Fine Arts at Foxcroft
Express Yourself
With limitless opportunities for creative expression, the arts at Foxcroft help you find your unique voice.
Whether playing the piano, performing with a ballet class, taking voice lessons, or being a “techie” during stage productions, you’ll discover your individual passions while honing your creativity.
Explore Our Fine Arts Offerings
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Visual Arts
Performing Arts
Arts Integration
The Arts hold a special place in the curriculum, really allowing the girls to have that freedom and flexibility of self-expression.
— Julie Fisher, Fine Arts Department Chair
Arts Week
We celebrate the fundamental human desire to create and inspire creativity during Arts Week each year. We offer a wide array of activities offered throughout the week including club-led workshops, visual arts exhibits, as well as musical, theatrical, and dance performances. The week kicks off with voting on our community wide Science Photography Contest, with views from microscopes, flora and fauna captured from around the world, as well as experiments with light and motion. Voting also takes place to determine the “Best in Show” among our senior solo exhibits, which is then adopted into Foxcroft’s permanent art collection.
Niblack Arts Lecture Series
The Helen Cudahy Niblack '42 Arts Lecture Series was launched in 2007 by Austi Brown '73, in memory of her mother. Since then, it has brought a variety of literary, performing, and fine artists to campus to share their work, their stories, and their perspective on the nature of the creative process with students and the larger community. One of the goals of this series is to provide an artist with the opportunity to share her artistic journey and creative inspiration with the Foxcroft community in a comfortable setting, creating space for an exchange of ideas that just might inspire a Foxcroft girl or two to chase her own artistic dreams.
Co-Curricular Opportunities in the Arts
Wintermission
Offered annually in the winter months, Wintermission often includes a one-week course in a unique form of art.
Clubs
Clubs are an engaging and dynamic way for girls to refine creative skills and interests while making friends and building connections.
Don’t be afraid to express yourself. Get out what is in you so that the world may know what is there.
— Miss Charlotte, Foxcroft's Founder
Fine Arts News
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Following a festive day of activities during Family Weekend, parents, siblings, relatives, and guests were treated to an evening of singing and dancing during the 2024 “Girls On Fire” fall musical revue. Talented students took the stage with confidence, both as soloists and during group performances, showcasing music from across the decades that celebrates the strength and spirit of girl power.
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![Four Performing Arts Students Nominated for Cappie Awards]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1716579374/foxcroftorg/mcrqnkn2fcwkfixuv1i7/CappieNominees2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1716579374/foxcroftorg/mcrqnkn2fcwkfixuv1i7/CappieNominees2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1716579374/foxcroftorg/mcrqnkn2fcwkfixuv1i7/CappieNominees2024.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1716579374/foxcroftorg/mcrqnkn2fcwkfixuv1i7/CappieNominees2024.jpg","width":890}])
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Meet Our Fine Arts Faculty
Deborah Balcom
Job Title:
Chorale Director/Music Coordinator/Private Music Lessons
Degree(s):
M.M., Northwestern University
B.S., Nazareth College
B.S., Nazareth College
Email:
Julie Fisher
Job Title:
Director of STEAM Education; Department Chair, Fine Arts; Yearbook Advisor
Degree(s):
M.F.A., New Hampshire Institute of Art
B.F.A., James Madison University
B.F.A., James Madison University
Email:
Ginny Riley
Job Title:
Digital Media Specialist and Video Production Teacher
Degree(s):
M.F.A., Boston University
B.A., Virginia Tech
B.A., Virginia Tech
Email:
Nance Sweet
Job Title:
Art & Ceramics Teacher
Degree(s):
M.A.Ed., University of Central Florida
B.F.A., University of Central Florida
B.F.A., University of Central Florida
Email:
