Chautauqua School of Art
June 26 - August 14, 2010
Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawing, Printmaking
Student Schedules
Most classes/seminars meet with the faculty on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These 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 for several weeks, then ceramics for several weeks, and then sculpture for several weeks. Printmaking is offered Tuesday and Thursday mornings during the first half of the summer and the studio is available for use, under supervision of the print studio monitor, throughout the summer.
"I feel like my brain has been unfolded and I am beginning to see space and color and form in a way I never imagined. It happened suddenly and with a wink. It might have happened much later in my life, but it was Chautauqua that let it happen so swiftly and strongly."
Oriana Lewton-Leopold
MFA student, NY Studio School
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 Thursday 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.
