{"id":1456,"date":"2023-03-11T23:46:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T04:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/?page_id=1456"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:40:53","slug":"sacred-circles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-195.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-195.png 252w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-195-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sacred Circles&#8221; was first offered as a &#8220;minimester&#8221; course and later as a special 2-week art class in which 9th through 12th grade students explored the significance and symbolism of circular artwork found in various cultures and world religions.<br><br>In addition to the academic aspects (which included reading assignments accompanied by questions, as well as a required research paper and presentation), it was also an intensive art production course. Students worked through various skill-building exercises, ultimately creating their own personally-significant circular artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student Artwork:<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-illuminated-hands\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-illuminated-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scales of Light and Illuminated Hand Designs<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-circular-art-and-mandalas\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-circular-art-and-mandalas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Circle Designs and Mandalas<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-more-student-mandalas\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-more-student-mandalas\/\" target=\"_blank\">More Student Mandalas<\/a><br><br><strong>Field Trip Highlight:<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-tibetan-mandala\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/sacred-circles-tibetan-mandala\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-227.png 432w, https:\/\/www.art-rageous.net\/Art-Rageous3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-227-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sacred Circles&#8221; was first offered as a &#8220;minimester&#8221; course and later as a special 2-week art class in which 9th through 12th grade students explored the significance and symbolism of circular artwork found in various cultures and world religions. 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