Chautauqua School of Art
June 26 - August 14, 2010
Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawing, Printmaking
The Art Program
Each student receives their own partitioned studio space with 24 hour access. They also have 24 hour access to communal studios in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture. The faculty represent a wide range of viewpoints and approaches. The media in which students and faculty work are also broad. However, the common link among these varying sensibilities, which remains primary in importance, is that a genuine dialogue with both faculty and peers is established so that an intensive continuity of working experience is maintained.
This intensive studio program is designed for students with a high level of commitment. In many ways motivation is more important than what some might call ability. The School of Art presents the opportunity for the kind of sustained and focused study in studio art not available in academic settings.
"Chautauqua really is the definition of an immersion program. The intensity of the experience leads you to strides in your art that might not be possible in a usual academic situation. Chautauqua for me was a marathon to lead me into my graduate school experience. I now feel ready to enter my MFA with new ideas and influences to draw upon."
Anna Wieder-Blank
MFA program, Pratt Institute
The program is not designed for everyone. Those who need continual instruction or who cannot work in a community would find the long days, the requirement for self-motivation and the demanding nature of the program difficult to adjust to. But for those hungry to engage themselves with exceptionally serious artists, those who wake up in the morning thinking about being in the studio, this is home.
Drawing plays an important role. Many view it as the link between disciplines, the vehicle through which one thinks as an artist. Our session begins with a two-day drawing marathon taught by all of the resident faculty in the school at the start of the session. This not only introduces students to the faculty in a very direct way (before students set up their schedules for the remainder of the summer), but it also emphasizes the importance of drawing in the context of the larger role that it plays as an intrinsically meaningful bridge within the school. Drawing classes are offered throughout the summer.
Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawing, Printmaking
The faculty represents a range of viewpoints and approaches — non-objective work, installation, working directly in the landscape or from the model, constructed objects, mixed media, abstraction, vessel building and much more. The media in which students and faculty work are broad — paint, clay, concrete, wood, welded steel, print media, found objects, plaster and more. What remains primary in importance is that a dialogue with the faculty and with peers be established so that an intensive continuity of working experience will be maintained.
Collectively, the artists/teachers who participate each summer are represented in major museums and galleries throughout the world. They are also highly respected artists who, altogether, have taught in virtually every major art program in America. Most of the artists who teach at Chautauqua are resident faculty. Resident faculty members teach, work and live on the grounds of the Institution for extended periods of time (two to seven weeks). Visiting faculty are generally present for several days of critiques and/or teaching. A final biographical listing of current faculty is available upon request (e-mail art@ciweb.org) in late February.
