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Westminster Christian School unveiled its brand-new performing arts center, the Lighthouse, ahead of schedule in fall 2020. In spite of the pandemic, the Fine Arts department managed to safely host limited events during the inaugural year.
The Lighthouse features a state-of-the-art auditorium with seating for nearly 650 and provides a top-notch performance environment for Westminster’s highly-esteemed, award-winning fine arts program. It also offers classroom space, a two-story lobby to display student artwork, as well as practice and performance spaces for orchestra, band, choir, theater, dance, and more. This magnificent building was made possible by the generous donations from school families, alumni, teachers and staff, and friends of the Westminster community.
“This is a first-class, world-class facility that is recognized by everyone who walks through the door,” said Donna Underwood, Westminster’s director of fine arts. “We are so blessed that we can shine a light on the amazing God-given talents of our students in a venue like this.”
The Westminster Christian School Fine Arts program receives broad support because it is known for nurturing and developing creative and artistic expression that complements critical thinking and academic skills in students. Westminster students have the opportunity to explore the arts through the following disciplines: band, choir, dance, theater, film, orchestra, and visual arts, which includes drawing and painting, photography, architectural design and sculpture. The fine arts curriculum is offered to students from preschool through grade 12, with focused instruction beginning in fourth grade.
In addition to the Lighthouse, The Lewis Fraser Art Building provides spacious studios where middle and high school students who study visual arts have all the tools necessary under one roof to hone their two- and three-dimensional artistic skills. The elementary school has its own art studio and music room where students learn and grow in the arts.
Westminster fine art groups routinely bring home top honors at competitions and travel annually to perform and/or enhance their arts education at locations nationally and internationally.
