June 23-August 11, 2012

Attendance

The school stresses the individuality of each student, while insisting on a mature working attitude, the ability to work independently without the constant presence of the instructor, and the ability to coexist supportively in a community of artists. Full-time participation is mandatory. This consists of attending morning and afternoon sessions as well as the School of Art lecture series. Most students choose to work well beyond the minimum. More information on this program will be provided at the opening orientation. The school reserves the right to dismiss any student, without refund, for behavior that is disruptive to the community learning and living environment.

College Credit

Students still enrolled in college often can receive graduate or undergraduate transfer credit for study in the School of Art from their home institution. Such credit should be arranged through the department chair prior to the beginning of our session. Contact Lois Jubeck through the School of Art if you need verification of faculty contact hours or other information for your department chair. Up to six credits are also available by special arrangement with the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Fredonia. This is at the prevailing cost of SUNY tuition, in addition to your tuition at Chautauqua. This option must be selected at the beginning of the session.

Housing

The Chautauqua Institution offers two housing facilities, Bellinger Hall and Lincoln Dorm. Lincoln Dorm is a women only facility, and Bellinger Hall has a men only wing, two women only wings and one co-ed wing. You may indicate your preference on your registration forms that you receive once admitted into the schools.

Chautauqua provides residence hall lodging for approximately 280 full-time students enrolled in the art, music, dance and theater schools. The residence halls are located within walking distance to all of the music festival facilities. Dorm rooms are mainly all doubles, but we do have a few triples and quad rooms. Each room comes with a bed, desk and closet for each student and the bathroom is shared with one other room. Two full time dorm counselors are hired specifically for each wing as well as two student counselors. Students are housed together based on their age and discipline. Dormitories will be open for students to move in as early as Friday, June 22..

Meal Plans

All students who live in the residence halls will automatically be enrolled in our full meal plan. This plan includes breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. There is no option to opt-out of the meal plan.

The food service in the residence hall operates very much like a food court. Because we are using the food court set-up, there will be vegetarian offerings at every meal for any student. “Vegetarian” meals are not vegan meals. Please be aware that we cannot accommodate unique or individual dietary requests.

There are no cooking or food storage facilities in the dormitory. If you have questions on our food service or its offerings, please contact us and we’ll do our best to help you. You may bring a mini-fridge to keep in your room.