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The CGS Art Program, which is referred to as Project Time, is designed to provide daily practice in creative thinking and non-verbal reasoning. All CGS students work in a wide range of 2-D and 3-D media, receiving direct instruction in technique and guidance towards developing a sense of aesthetics. As the students progress, instruction in technique is framed within the context of Art History.

Project Time is integrated within the curriculum, affording students hands-on opportunity to do something with the knowledge they are acquiring. For example, one might see students constructing clay gardens as they study bug habitats, creating mosaics while they read about the Byzantine Empire or making topographical maps to chart the routes of the explorers as they analyze colonial expansion.  In this manner, Project Time enables each student to create personal experiences that facilitate and reinforce their learning and recall.