School of Art / Student Schedules
Chautauqua School of Art
Days are divided into morning and afternoon sessions. Students choose an area of concentration and work with a range of faculty in that area throughout the summer. They have the option of working in their primary area the entire day, or of spending half of the day in disciplines outside their area of concentration. Drawing meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. For instance a student majoring in painting might meet with the series of faculty teaching in that area 3 mornings per week throughout the summer. That student can then choose to continue by working independently in painting in the afternoons, or they might choose to take drawing and/or printmaking, or ceramics, in the afternoons. That same kind of flexibility is also possible for students majoring in sculpture, ceramics, drawing or printmaking.
All other times are reserved for studio time and sign up sheets are available for visiting artist critiques on several of these days. All of the studio faculty are available to every student who wishes to sign up for critiques.
Faculty and visiting artist lectures take place on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
To put it succinctly: You eat breakfast and then work in the studio and talk about art. Then you have lunch followed by working in the studio and talking about art. Then dinner, followed by a lecture and/or working in the studio. Then you go to bed and start all over again the next day. You do this every day for seven incredible weeks. If you're an artist, it's the kind of intensive experience you will seek out for the rest of your life.


