Trinity's mission statement calls us to "challenge the minds, fire the imaginations and train the bodies of the young people who have been entrusted to us; to enlarge their spiritual lives; and to increase their capacity for mutual and self respect."

Through our offerings in ceramics, studio art, sculpture and photography, the Visual Arts Department hopes that help our students achieve these goals. Assignments that invite individual responses inspire students’ imaginations. Immersing students in a creative process, within a ‘studio’ environment aids in the development of confidence taking risks and challenges their problem-solving skills. Discussions and keeping a sketchbook nurtures critical thinking and metacognitive skills as students reflect on their own work as well as that of others.

Many assignments encourage the investigation of personal narrative or the investigation of others, allowing students to make their own voices heard and giving them opportunities to hear and value the varied voices of their classmates. In these ways we believe that mutual and self-respect are nurtured.