Big Changes for the Start
of the 2018-19 School Year!

• New ArtQuest Office Location
We are now located in a beautiful new office building!  Formerly the Media Center on the SRHS Campus.  Facing Mendocino Ave., small parking lot, come through the 'arches' right to our front door!  Please stop in and say hello!
• New Phone System
Our School District is going through replacing old phone wiring and laying down a new phone system!  What a big job! 
New Phone Number:  SRHS General Number:  707-890-3850. 
ArtQuest:  Same as SRHS, Extension# 52290.
• New Principal
As of August 10th, we are all excited to announce our new Principal!  Her name is Kim Clissold.  More information to follow, we are happy to have her!
• New Program assistant
Another new face in the ArtQuest Office is our Assistant, Cindi Ewert!  She is a former teacher from Salem/Bend Oregon, in the areas of Dance, Productions, Drama, and P.E.!  She is very excited to be a part of such an awesome friendly staff, please come by our AQ office and introduce yourself!
No shadowing appointments...
will be taken/accepted until early September - Stay tuned!
We will update website info just as soon as we are able!

A Letter from the ArtQuest Director

Dear Parents and Students,

Hello and welcome (and welcome back) to ArtQuest Visual Fine Arts and the new School Year!  You will get a complete “Class Information Packet” with more detailed information, specific to each level, in the coming weeks, but for now, we would like to focus on just the essentials.
 
THIS YEAR’S THEME – Each year, the ArtQuest program chooses a theme that provides a centerpiece for curriculum planning and collaboration.  Thematic integration allows us to explore ideas in depth from many different perspectives, to redesign curriculum and to consider the role of artists in communicating ideas to their community and beyond.  This year’s theme is “Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”. We are taking this moment in time to reflect and look back on where we have come from and what in our past we can learn from and use to help propel us forward. To use history, gained knowledge and insight to steer us in the right direction. ArtQuest is celebrating its 25th Birthday this year and we couldn’t think of a better way to acknowledge this milestone, than to celebrate our past and explore our future.

We hope to see you all at our events so we can fill you in on all the exciting things happening in ArtQuest and in our classes.  Please watch for the full “Class Information Packet” with more level-specific details about curriculum, assessment, expectations etc.  Thank you for your support of your student and the arts in education.  We look forward to a very good year. 

Jan Sofie, ArtQuest Director

Shadowing
We are going to be doing Shadowing this fall, after the hiatus of last year when we were out of school for so long it became too difficult to include Shadowing while catching up with everything else.  We will  begin taking Shadowing appointments and offering more detailed information in the early part of September, so please contact us again then.

I can tell you that the AQ Fall Showcase (which is highly recommended for families and their students who are interested in attending AQ) will be on Thurs., Oct. 4, beginning at 6:30 pm in the SRHS Auditorium.  The Shadowing program is tentatively scheduled to begin Tues., Oct 16 and will be available through Nov. 8,  mornings only, Tues., Wed. and Thurs. only, and by appointment only.  You will need to wait a couple weeks however for more details and to have access the scheduling an appointment.

Thank you very much for your interest in 'AQ'!  We look forward to meeting you and your student!

ArtQuest Entry Packets Available & Deadlines Coming Up Soon
More info to follow!

Intra-District “Open Enrollment” Date Extended to Nov. 27th by Santa Rosa City Schools (SRCS) District   
 More info to follow!
 
UPDATED AQ Performance Schedule for Fall Semester
More info to follow!
 
The 2019-20 Entry Packet information coming soon.
More info to follow!

About ArtQuest

ArtQuest at Santa Rosa High School is an award-winning specialized public high school magnet program in the visual and performing arts developed for students for whom creativity and artistic expression is of paramount importance.

As part of the well known, comprehensive Santa Rosa High School, and in the heart of artistically rich and diverse Sonoma County, ArtQuest offers an "above and beyond" experience in the Visual and Performing Arts. At ArtQuest, the passion, commitment and discipline of the Arts is connected to the energy of academic study; inspired by guest artists; enlarged by meaningful off-site visits, exhibits and performances; enriched by its proximity to Santa Rosa Junior College,  the Sonoma County Museum and numerous other nearby cultural organizations; and nurtured by generous parent, community and business support.

ArtQuest is a place where students, from all over Sonoma County and beyond, come together as young artists to exhibit, perform and begin to build their dreams into realities; and to pursue artful lives, wherever they may lead.

ArtQuest is a true artistic learning community, devoted to the development of creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, responsibility, accountability, discipline, focus, and community-mindedness. ArtQuest works to nurture opportunities to experience camaraderie and excitement about learning, and envisions school as a place that can and should be filled with dynamic and compelling discoveries. At ArtQuest students are challenged to be both artists and scholars in the broadest sense.
At ArtQuest, the Arts ARE Academic.

ArtQuest offers eight Arts Specialties:  
Inside ArtQuest
A student produced documentary which explores
the eight specialties in the ArtQuest program.
An ArtQuest Feeling
A student produced music video which provides
a look into the spirit of the ArtQuest program.

ArtQuest T-Shirts!

ArtQuest T-Shirts are back on sale with the original design and a new splatter design. 
​Buy yours today!

Important Dates for 2018-19!

*Friends of ArtQuest - Back To 'AQ' Picnic
Thurs.,  Aug.31st, 5:30 ~ 7:30 pm.
DeSoto Lawn.
*SRHS Back to School Night
Thurs., Sept. 13th ~ TBA
*'AQ'  Fall Showcase - Thurs,. Oct. 4th,
6:30pm - Auditorium.
'AQ' Vocal Music Debut Concert - 
Thurs., Oct. 11th, 7:00pm Auditorium.
*AQ Student Shadowing Program
Tues.-Thurs., Oct. 16th-Nov .8th
By Appt. Only.
*AQ Instrumental Music Concert -
Thurs., Nov 8th, 6:30pm Auditorium.
*AQ Info and Entry Packet Assistance Night.
Thurs., Nov. 8th, 6:30pm,
SRHS Multi-Purpose Rm.
*AQ Priority Entry Packet Submission Deadline
 Monday, Nov. 13th, 3:45pm.
*AQ Dance Company Performance
Friday, Sat., Dec. 7th & 8th, 7pm
Auditorium.
*Vocal Music Winter Concert
Fri, Sat., Dec. 14th & 15th, 7:00pm, Auditorium
*AQ Adv. Theatre Performance.
'Chekhov's "The Seagull" - Thurs, Fri., Sat., 
Dec. 7th, 8th, 9th, 7:00pm - Auditorium.
*Instrumental Music Fall Concert - 
Thurs., Nov. 15th, 7:00pm - Auditorium.

For more detail, please contact the ArtQuest Office:  707-890-3850, ext. 52290.

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