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54th Annual Utah All-State High School Art ShowJanuary 31, 2026 – March 20, 2026

The Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show features over 250 artworks from Utah’s top student artists representing 100 high schools across the State.The Annual Utah All-State High School Art Show is a juried exhibition. Twelve jurors with professional art experience and understanding of high school art are selected to represent various media categories. Jurors will select works to be accepted in the exhibition, as well as the award winners.Various Awards, including cash prizes, are presented to selected students in this exhibitio


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This is the artwork our student, Penelope Poulson, had accepted into the Springville All State Art Show! It is a huge accomplishment! With over 1000 entries submitted and only a handful accepted, it is the most prestigious art show for Utah high schoolers, and we are so excited for her! The show will be on display at the Springville Art Museum from January 31- March 20. 


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"Creativity takes Courage"


Here at Summit Academy we have a wide range of Art Classes. Our students learn the foundations of art and the principles behind it, building upon each other year to create proficiency at the high school level.

Fine Arts (Jr High)

Art Foundations 1 - Covers a wide variety of art mediums, including printmaking, water color, acrylic, collage, photography, ceramics, stop motion video making, learning about contemporary and past art methods.

Art Foundations 2 - An intermediate course in visual arts that builds on concepts introduced in Art Foundations 1


"I never painted dreams or nightmares. I painted my own reality." - Frida Kahlo

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Fine Arts (9-12)

Art 1 - Course designed to provide an overview of visual arts through drawing, painting, sculpture, and a variety of other media. With an emphasis on studio production, this course is designed to develop higher-level thinking, art-related technology skills, art criticism, art history, and aesthetics.

Ceramics - develops basic skills in the creation of 3-D forms and pottery from clays. Techniques in hand building, wheel throwing, basic glazing, and firing are taught. With an emphasis on studio production, this course is designed to develop higher-level thinking and art related technology skills. Some art criticism, art history, and aesthetics may be included. Should take Art I prior to this course.


"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

Drawing - This course will explore a variety of drawing techniques and artistic movements to gain a foundation of drawing skills. Students in the class will learn about the mechanics of drawing and focus on observing the world around us. There is a focus on pencil drawing and charcoal