Summer Pre-College Art (6 week)

Pre-College Art motivates, stimulates and prepares emerging artists and creative problem solvers. Modeled after the rigorous undergraduate School of Art program, students are taught by practicing artists and professors, in cutting-edge facilities, at a school ranked among the top ten in the country. Using both traditional tools and new technologies, students develop and hone technical skills and critical thinking. Students are introduced to the spirit and substance of the School of Art's culture through challenging courses, critique, stimulating workshops, portfolio development and energetic interaction with dedicated faculty and talented peers. The programs mission is to teach students as artists and to help students understand how their personal vision and ambition can be harnessed as art-making material. By merging curriculum that focuses on technical skill with coursework that pushes students to think conceptually, Pre-College Art provides the essential building blocks for future study in a competitive college art setting or for applying creative thinking to pressing social issues, in whichever field they may choose. During Pre-College Art, students attend morning and afternoon classes, Monday through Thursday. Students work in our beautiful, spacious studios in the historic College of Fine Arts building and the School of Art’s Doherty Hall fabrication facilities. In addition to structured class time, students participate in weekly workshops, open studios and portfolio reviews. Individual instruction, in-class work sessions, critiques, demonstrations and lectures are all part of the classroom experience. Students should expect to attend nightly open studios in order to complete work outside of class. The Pre-College Art curriculum focuses on the fundamentals of technical skill as well as the growth of conceptual thinking and how those elements are applied to personal artistic practice. During session one all three and six-week students take the following courses: Drawing, Sculpture, Animation, and Concept Studio. All six-week students take the following courses during session two: Painting, Digital Photography, Printmaking, and Concept Studio (a continuation of session one).