Barrie’s curriculum offers students a variety of creative pursuits, from the visual arts to drama. Barrie students have the freedom and support to discover their talents and pursue their own interests. Small classes and enthusiastic teachers allow even the most introverted student to explore the creative arts and discover a hidden talent or interest.

Barrie’s Visual Arts faculty strives to provide innovative approaches to engage talented students in creative fields such as art, photography, and ceramics. The Art Cottage houses the Studio Arts Program, offering a darkroom for students to develop film and print their pictures. Open studios provide students the opportunity to work on their individual projects in a creative environment. The Barrie faculty is always present, assisting students and offering their support and insight.

Barrie graduates have attended such prestigious art schools as The Corcoran College of Art and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago and the highly regarded graphic design program at Cornell University. National art institutions always include a visit to Barrie when recruiting top students for their programs.

The Drama Program is a well-established extra-curricular program at Barrie, producing plays and musicals that often involve over one-quarter of the student body in the performances and technical aspects of the productions. Barrie’s Drama faculty work with students of varying degrees of skills and interests, offering classes such as Great Playwrights, Basic and Advanced Acting, Shakespeare, Directing, and Dialects.

Barrie's state-of-the-art black box theatre offers students the opportunity to learn the technical aspects of theatre production including the operation of high tech equipment found in colleges and in Broadway Theatres such as: JBL Pro-X Series Speakers, ETC Expression 3-400 Console, WYSIWYG Perform, ETC Emphasis Server, Wireless Remote Focus Unit, 48 Strand SL Fixtures, 15 Altman Fresnels, 12 Altman 15 Scoops, Wybron Color Scrollers, and Rosco IPS Dimmer Strips.

2006-2007 Barrie Theater Productions
Fall Play

2005-2006 Barrie Theater Productions
Fall Play
Winter Play
Spring Musical
Productions from past years

Visual Art Exhibits
2005-2006 Art Exhibits