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A Saint Ignatius Education

Fine Arts Department

A message from Fine Arts Department Chair Jason Steffen...

The Fine Arts Department seeks to cultivate Cura Personalis in a manner consistent with the teaching mission of Saint Ignatius College Prep. The study of performing arts and visual arts enhances and enriches a student's intellectual, physical, emotional, and interpersonal skills. Through learning in the arts, a student is able to develop curiosity, awareness, social responsibility, and artistic integrity through cross-curricular connections to the world. Students can experience a wide range of courses all four years at Saint Ignatius, whether through performing courses like band, choir, orchestra, dance, and music theory, or through visual art courses like painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphic design, and animation.

Thomas Merton, Trappist Monk and Theologian

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

Resources

Meet the Fine Arts Department

List of 7 members.

  • Photo of Jason Steffen

    Mr. Jason Steffen 

    Music Teacher/Department Chair
  • Photo of Aaron Arreguin

    Mr Aaron Arreguin 

    Arts Teacher
  • Photo of Kevin Bellie

    Mr. Kevin Bellie 

    Fine Arts Teacher & Registrar
  • Photo of Christopher Marks

    Mr. Christopher Marks 

    Director of Instruction and Innovation
  • Photo of Teegan Ness

    Ms. Teegan Ness 

    Arts Teacher
  • Photo of Mary Ellen Schneider

    Ms. Mary Ellen Schneider 

    Music Teacher
  • Photo of Emily Steffen

    Ms. Emily Steffen 

    Arts Teacher

Saint Ignatius College Prep

Saint Ignatius College Prep, a Jesuit Catholic school in the heart of Chicago, is a diverse community dedicated to educating young men and women for lives of faith, love, service and leadership.