3816 Bellaire Boulevard
Houston
TX
77025
Arts
Our fine arts curriculum offers art classes that include art history, mixed media, and art technique, and music classes feature singing, performing, and learning to play musical instruments.
Visual Arts
Zero Hour
During Zero Hour, our art teacher opens her studio to our artists looking for a time and place to focus on their next masterpiece. Open Studio gives students access to art supplies and time to develop their skills through independent study. Drop-ins, short term visits, or daily attendance are welcome!
Middle School Electives
Our students can explore more visual arts in our middle school electives like art journaling and ceramics (for 8th graders), and express themselves creatively through making artwork. These offerings change each trimester.
Clubs
Our clubs offered in the fall and the spring through extended care give students additional opportunities to be creative, learn arts skills, and even learn art making software such as Procreate. These offerings change year to year.
Music
The St. Mark's Singers
Our 3rd and 4th graders can join the St. Mark's Singers to develop their vocal skills in choir practice after school, perform at school events, and attend field trips to sing for local organizations.
Middle School Choir
Middle school choir is all about building on group singing skills and working towards learning more advanced music. Our middle school singers also perform at school events and go on field trips to sing for local organizations, sometimes collaborating with our lower school choir, the St. Mark's Singers.
Performing Arts
Dance
Our up and coming dancers can refine their skills, build foundational skills, and practice performing in front of audiences. We offer a spirit dance team club after school as well as dance electives for our middle school students.
Musical Theater
St. Mark's produces two musicals a year. Interested performers must audition and cast members are required to attend rehearsals during Zero Hour. We also offer other performing arts Zero Hour courses, as well as a technical theater elective for 8th graders.
Arts Faculty
Margaret Alvarez is a dedicated and creative professional with a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Painting. Having just earned her Art Therapy Practitioner certification this summer, she is now even more equipped to help people use creativity for emotional well-being. For over a decade, she has taught art to students from Kindergarten through 8th grade at St. Mark's Episcopal School.
Sara Brannon has taught at St. Mark's since 2012. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Lawrence University in 2012 and a Master of Music in Music Education from George Mason University in 2024. She is fully certified in both Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk and maintains professional memberships with Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), and American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Sara also sings with the Houston Symphony Chorus and the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Chorus.
Lawna Gamble’s career spans museums, therapy, and education, all rooted in a passion for art. She has worked in exhibition design at the National Museum of American Art and in the education department at the Detroit Institute of Arts. As a therapist and working abstract expressionist artist, she used artistic expression as her primary tool for growth and self-discovery. Today, she brings that expertise into the classroom, inspiring students to think critically, create boldly, and express themselves authentically.
Leticia Hernandez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Theater from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. She has danced with various professional dance groups throughout Texas, and performed in multiple musicals.. Leticia was a faculty member of several institutions, including Houston Community College, The High School of Performing and Visual Arts, and Houston Academy of Dance. She currently serves as a guest artist and adjudicator throughout the U.S. She currently teaches middle school music, dance, musical theater, technical theater and the afternoon dance club at St. Mark's.
Alyssa Longoria received her Bachelor of Music Education from Southern Methodist University in 2022. In addition to teaching Primary School music classes, Ms. Longoria also assists with the Musical Theater program and leads a new instrumental elective called Lions Echo Ensemble at St. Mark's. She has taught private voice and piano lessons for more than five years, and regularly sings with her church choir on Sundays.