August/September 2008

Schools | Workshops and Residencies | International Programs

Academy of Art University
79 New Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
tel: (800) 544-ARTS
e-mail: info@academyart.edu
www.academyart.edu
Established in 1929, Academy of Art University, the nation's largest private accredited art university, offers AA, BFA, MFA, and MArch degrees in: advertising, architecture, animation/visual effects, computer art/new media, digital arts & communications, fashion, fine art/ sculpture, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior architecture & design, motion pictures & television, and photography.

The Art Institute of Boston
at Lesley University
Office of Admissions
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
tel: (617) 585-6710 or
toll-free: (800) 773-0494 ext. 6710
e-mail: admissions@aiboston.edu
www.aiboston.edu/info/artists
Professional college of visual arts within a larger university. Studio-intensive mentoring with individualized instruction in the cultural center of Boston. Programs include MFA, BFA, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, and pre-college summer residency program. Low residency MFA with concentration in interdisciplinary media. Post-Baccalaureate Advanced Professional Certificate in graphic design, illustration, or animation. BFA majors: graphic design, illustration, animation, photography, fine arts, and art history. Dual degree: BFA/MEd in art education.

Boston University Metropolitan
College, Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree in Arts Administration
Contact: Daniel Ranalli, Director
808 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
tel: (617) 353-4064
fax: (617) 358-1230
e-mail: artsad@bu.edu
www.bu.edu/artsadmin
The masters degree program in arts administration at Metropolitan College is designed for students who wish to pursue careers in visual arts, performing arts, and arts service organizations in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Graduate certificates are also offered in arts administration and fundraising management.

California College of the Arts
Contact: Sheri McKenzie,
Vice President for Enrollment Management
1111 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
tel: (800) 447-1ART
www.cca.edu
Degrees offered: BFA, BA, BArch, MFA, MA, and March, and MBA*. Undergraduate programs in: animation, architecture, ceramics, community arts, fashion design, furniture, glass, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interior design, jewelry/metal arts, media arts, painting/drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, visual studies, and writing and literature. Graduate programs in: architecture, curatorial practice, design, design strategy, film*, fine arts, visual and critical studies, and writing. *Coming 2008-2009.

Ceramics Program at Harvard
Contact: Shawn Panepinto, Registration
219 Western Avenue
Boston-Allston, MA 02134
tel: (617) 495-8680 fax: (617) 496-9787
e-mail: ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
www.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics
Create with earth, water, fire, and air. Clay, concrete, and glass media. Oxidation, reduction, soda, raku, and saggar firings. Pottery, sculpture, figure modeling, tiles, and murals. Beginning–professional development courses, workshops, and studio space for general public and Harvard communities.

Chester College of New England
Admissions Office
40 Chester Street
Chester, NH 03036
tel: (603) 887-4401 or
toll-free: (800) 974-6372
fax: (603) 887-1777
e-mail: admissions@chestercollege.edu
www.chestercollege.edu
Chester College of New England will offer you a sense of place: a place to learn, to create, to grow, to think, and discover. We offer you the opportunity to explore and expand your world.

College of Visual and Performing Arts
at UMass Dartmouth
Contact: Jarrad Nunes
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
tel: (508) 910-6669
fax: (508) 999-9126
e-mail: cvpainfo@umassd.edu
www.umassd.edu/cvpa

DeCordova Museum School
51 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
tel: (781) 259-0505
fax: (781) 259-3651
e-mail: education@decordova.org
www.decordova.org
As one of the largest art schools in Massachusetts, exhibiting artists teach 400 courses, master classes, and workshops for all ages year-round: book arts, ceramics, drawing, fiber arts, furniture, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and silversmithing. Free parking in an idyllic setting.

Endicott College, School of Visual and Performing Arts
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915
tel: (978) 232-2250 fax: (978) 232-2231
e-mail: admissio@endicott.edu
www.endicott.edu
Programs in creative arts therapy, graphic design, interior design, music, photography, studio art, sustainable design, and theatre. Coursework combined with three internships prepares students for successful careers. New 65,000 square foot facility opens December 2008.

Harvard University Extension School,
Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies
Contacts: Professor David Gordon Mitten, Director
Linda Newberry, Assistant Director
tel: (617) 496-4966
e-mail: linda_newberry@harvard.edu
www.extension.harvard.edu/museum
Master works of art or endangered animals in a zoo, museums help preserve the past, define the present, and educate for the future. The master of liberal arts in museum studies gives students the opportunity to engage in a comprehensive study of the functions of museums in their social and cultural context and provides a foundation for conducting research. Course offerings range from the theoretical to the practical and are as varied as the many issues and challenges confronting museums in the twenty-first century.

Heartwood College of Art
Contact: Audrey Gup-Mathews, Dean of Admissions
123 York Street
Kennebunk, ME 04043
tel: (207) 985-0985
fax: (207) 985-6333
e-mail: hca@heartwoodcollegeofart.org
www.heartwoodcollegeofart.org
Associate and BFA degrees in fine arts (illustration, painting, pastel, photography, and printmaking) and design/crafts (ceramics, jewelry/metals, and weaving). “Boomer U” college certificate program for students 50+. Excellent faculty, low tuition, small classes, and located near beaches and cultural centers of Boston and Portland.

Lesley University
Creative Arts in Learning Division
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel: (617) 349-8300
e-mail: info@lesley.edu
www.lesley.edu/info/creativearts
At Lesley University we see art as a way of connecting people, promoting intellectual curiosity, and furthering learning. Through stimulating courses and numerous hands-on experiences, students discover the power and potential of the arts to reach children and adults in new and effective ways. Students also engage in an exciting personal exploration of their own creativity, uncovering in the process their innate talents and strengths. Masters degree programs in community arts, art education, and integrated teaching through the arts.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
tel: (617) 879-7200
fax:(617) 879-7171
www.massartplus.org
Graduate and undergraduate courses and programs. Art education, art history, design, photography, film/video, interrelated media, fine arts (2 and 3D), printmaking. International programs, programs for youth grades 4–12; certificates in graphic design, industrial design and fashion design, and Art New England summer workshops in Bennington, VT.

Montserrat College of Art
Contact: Jes Perry, Dean of Admissions
and Enrollment Management
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
tel: (978) 921-4242 ext.1153
fax:(978) 921-4241
email: admiss@montserrat.edu
www.montserrat.edu
With 275 students, sixty faculty, three galleries, and thirty-seven years of teaching, living, and making art on Boston’s North Shore, Montserrat College of Art offers a singular educational and artistic experience. BFA, diploma, precollege, and continuing education programs. Concentrations in animation and interactive media, book arts, graphic design, illustration, painting and drawing, photography and video, printmaking and sculpture; art education licensure and self-directed study programs available. Internships required.

The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
tel: (617) 573-8785
fax: (617) 994-4250
e-mail: nesad1@suffolk.edu
www.suffolk.edu/nesad
Interior design: MA, BFA; graphic design: MA, BFA; fine arts: BFA; Educator Licensure in visual art; continuing education; summer programs: pre-college, pre-graduate, and Italian study abroad.

Rockport College
70 Camden Street
Rockport, ME 04856
tel: (207) 236-8581
(877) 577-7700
fax: (207) 236-2558
e-mail: info@rockportcollege.edu
www.rockportcollege.edu
Rockport College is a small conservatory for the world’s imagemakers and storytellers, offering professional certificate and low-residency MFA programs in photography, filmmaking, and multimedia.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
36 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: (800) 232-7242
Fax: (312) 629-6101
e-mail: admiss@saic.edu
www.artic.edu/saic
Undergrad, grad, and certificate programs: BA, BFA, BIA, MFAin studio; MFAin writing; Master of Architecture; Master of Architecture with an emphasis in interior architecture; Master of Design in designed objects; MAin art therapy; MAin modern art history, theory, and criticism; MAin arts administration and policy; MAin art education; MAin teaching; MAin visual and critical studies; MS in historic preservation; dual degree: Master of Arts (MA) in modern art history, theory, and criticism and MA in arts administration and policy; Post-Baccalaureate Certificates in studio and writing. Graduate Certificate in art history, theory, and criticism. Departments: architecture, interior architecture, and designed objects; design for emerging technologies; art and technology studies; art education; art history, theory, and criticism; art therapy; ceramics; fashion design; fiber and material studies; film, video, and new media; liberal arts; painting and drawing; performance; photography; printmedia; sculpture; sound; visual and critical studies; visual communication.

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
tel: (617) 369-3626
(800) 643-6078
fax: (617) 369-4264
e-mail: admissions@smfa.edu
www.smfa.edu
Post-graduate studies (all-studio Diploma and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate); degree programs in partnership with Tufts University: BFA, BFA in Art Education, BA/BS and BFA combined-degree, MFA, and MAT; and continuing education. Learn more about the school’s continuing education classes and programs for teens.

Shelburne Arts Center
Contact: Lisa Torchiano, Program Director
PO Box 52
Shelburne, VT 05482
tel: (802) 985-3648
e-mail: info@shelburneartcenter.org
www.shelburneartcenter.org
Classes and workshops year-round in beautiful Vermont, featuring the area's only Artists-In-Residence program. Weekend and week-long intensives in painting, ceramics, woodworking, and jewelry. Small classes, inviting atmosphere, all levels, quality instruction, art/craft gallery.

Silvermine Guild Arts Center School of Art
Contact: Anne Connell, School Director
1037 Silvermine Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
tel: (203) 966-6668 ext. 2
fax: (203) 966-8570
e-mail: school@silvermineart.org
www.silvermineart.org
Faculty of artist educators offer instruction in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, digital imagery, photography, jewelry design, and mixed media. Courses and workshops for full and part-time students of all ages and levels.

University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Art Department
71 Wilder Street, Suite 8
Lowell, MA 01854
tel: (978) 934-3494
www.uml.edu/dept/art

University of New Hampshire
Department of Art & Art History
30 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-3538
tel: (603) 862-2190
e-mail: art-arthistory@unh.edu
www.arts.unh.edu
MFA in painting; BA in studio art; BFA in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and furniture/wood design; and BA in art history.

Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
tel: (508) 793-4333 or (508) 793-4334
fax: (508) 793-4433
e-mail: educationdesk@worcesterart.org
www.worcesterart.org
Develop your artistic voice. Dynamic program combines viewing authentic art objects in the galleries with art-making experiences in the studios. Pursue studio art, creative writing, computer art, plus exciting Study Abroad/U.S.A. Register at the Museum, by phone, or online.

Creative Arts Workshop
80 Audubon Street
New Haven, CT 06510
tel: (203) 562-4927
fax: (203) 562-2329
www.creativeartsworkshop.org
Explore your creative side with year-round classes and workshops in book arts, decorative arts, drawing, fiber, jewelry, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, and sculpture. Mention ANENEW10 for 10% off your first adult class or workshop.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
24 Pearl Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
tel: (508) 487-9960
fax: (508) 487-8873
e-mail: dantczak@fawc.org
www.fawc.org

Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street
Brockton, MA 02301
tel: (508) 588-6000 ext.125
fax: (508) 587-6191
e-mail: registrations@fullercraft.org
www.fullercraft.org
Fuller Craft Museum’s hands-on workshops and educational programs are designed for students, families, and adults of all skill levels, and children of all ages. Explore craft with the artists in a fun, engaging, and imaginative way.

Great River Arts Institute
Contact: Tonia Fleming
P.O. Box 48
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
tel: (802) 463-3330
fax: (802) 463-3322
e-mail: info@greatriverarts.org
www.greatriverarts.org
Taking advantage of the wealth of artistic talent found in the picturesque southern Connecticut River Valley, Great River Arts offers intensive workshops in the literary and visual arts. We invite adult artists to take a break from their everyday life to work with an experienced instructor and return home with a renewed creative spirit.

Jentel Artist Residency Program
Contact: Mary Jane Edwards
130 Lower Piney Creek Road
Banner, WY 82832
tel: (307) 737-2311
fax: (307) 737-2305
e-mail: jentel@jentelarts.org
www.jentelarts.org
One month residencies in rural ranch setting in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains January 15-December 13. Award includes accommodation, studio, and stipend for visual arts in any media and writers in any genre

Maine Media Workshops
70 Camden Street
Rockport, ME 04856
tel: (207) 236-8581
(877) 577-7700
fax: (207) 236-2558
e-mail: info@theworkshops.com
www.theworkshops.com
For over 34 years, this international school has offered hundreds of one- and two-week workshops in photography, filmmaking, multimedia, animation and design, and book arts. Programs are available for beginners, serious amateurs, and working professionals.

Millay Colony for the Arts
Contact: Calliope Nicholas
PO Box 3
Austerlitz, NY 12017
tel: (518) 392-3103
e-mail: residency@millaycolony.org
www.millaycolony.org
Now accepting applications from visual artists, writers, & composers for 2009. Those invited receive room, studio, and meals for one month at no cost except travel. Located on the pastoral estate of Edna St. Vincent Millay in upstate New York. Application deadline October 1st; visit our Web site for more information.

North Country Studio Workshops
Contact: Jeanne Haskell, Registration Office
Kathy Hanson, Director
PO Box 186
Deerfield, NH 03037
tel: (802) 454-1298
e-mail: kephanson@aol.com
www.northcountrystudioworkshops.org
Thirteen advanced-level workshops will be held January 28-February 1, 2009 at Bennington College, Vermont. Nationally recognized faculty will teach wood, design, drawing, sculpture, clay, book arts, surface design, metal, basketry, quilting, and printmaking.

Painting and Drawing Fine Art
Contact: Lorna Ritz
1245 South East Street
Amherst, MA 01002
tel: (413) 256-8841
e-mail: lenajenny3@yahoo.com
www.lornaritz.com
Individual instruction in a completely supportive atmosphere by professional painter and arts educator of 30+ years. Offering three tiers of painting/drawing instruction: three hours private critique session, 7 sessions = 21 hours commitment, and Residential Study Assistant for professional development. Points with your school, to be worked out. Lodging negotiable.

Penland School of Crafts
PO Box 37
Penland, NC 28765
tel: (828) 765-2359
fax: (828) 765-7389
e-mail: office@penland.org
www.penland.org
Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education offering one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists' residencies.

Plein Air Painting Workshop at
Katahdin Lake, Maine
Bates College Museum of Art
tel: (207) 786-8302
e-mail: museum@bates.edu
www.bates.edu/museum

Provincetown Art Association and Museum
The Museum School at PAAM
Contact: Lynn Stanley
460 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
tel: (508) 487-1750
fax: (508) 487-4372
e-mail: lstanley@paam.org
www.paam.org
Offering intensive studio art workshops in the summer and fall and accredited courses in the fall and winter for introductory to advanced levels of experience. Concentration on portfolio development and media exploration. Distinguished faculty of nationally and internationally recognized artists.

River Gallery School of Art
Contact: Donna C. Hawes
32 Main Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
tel: (802) 257-1577
e-mail: rgsart@sover.net
www.rivergalleryschool.org
Make monotypes with Jules Olitski’s printmaker, Kimberly Hartman Colligan – Sept. 27–28 and Oct. 25–26 in beautiful studios in Brattleboro, VT, a top-ten art town. BMAC’s Olitski show is next door! Also, various on-going studio & printmaking classes, all ages & levels.

Rockport Art Association
12 Main Street
Rockport, MA 01966
tel: (978) 546-6604
www.rockportartassn.org
Summer/Fall Workshops: Paul George (8/6-8/8) Outdoor Watercolor; Line' Tutwiler (8/13-8/15) Outdoor Oil/Acrylic; Bill Duffy (9/19-9/21) Outdoor Oil; David Curtis (9/26-9/28) Outdoor Oil; Lou Bonamarte (10/3-10/5) Outdoor Watercolor; Hagop Keledgian (10/21-11/2) Indoor Oil Still Life. 3-day workshops, $275; RAA members, $250. Call for brochure.

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
Contact: Nancy Fleming
Howard Cook Road
Roswell, NM 88201
tel: (575) 623-5600 fax: (575) 623-5603
e-mail: stephen@rair.org
www.rair.org
For forty years, the RAiR Program has been providing studios, housing, and a generous stipend to gifted visual artists for a full year. The "Gift of Time" supports serious artists in a non-academic, non-corporate environment.

STUART SHILS: The Perceptual Moment,
Three Full Day Painting Workshop, Farmington, CT
Contact: Kevin Rita
Brick Walk Fine Art, 322 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
tel: (860) 233-1730  
e-mail: brickwalk@sbcglobal.net
September 23-25, 2008. This workshop is designed to throw the painter into the pleasures and vigor of painting out-of-doors with loaded brushes in hand.

TIDEPOOL Studios & Gallery
6 N. Main Street
PO Box 571
Milbridge, ME 04658
tel: (207) 546-7736
Summer workshops: Painting in a Maine Seaside Village: August 4-8. Photograph Maine Colorscape August 11-14. Draw the Wind, Paint the Tide: painting and sailing on a schooner August 18-23. Street Photography: August 26 + 28.

Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
10 Meetinghouse Road & 1 Depot Road
PO Box 756
Truro, MA 02666
tel: (508) 349-7511
fax: (508) 349-7513
e-mail: castlehill@gis.net
www.castlehill.org
Our location, nestled in the dunes of Truro and within walking distance to Cape Cod bay, provides an inspirational and meditative backdrop that enhances the workshop experience. Our faculty consists of prominent artists in the fields of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry, and writing. Our student body consists of both working artists and art students who hail from all over the US and Canada.

Vermont Studio Center
P.O. Box 613
Johnson, VT 05656
tel: (802) 635-2727
fax: (802) 635-2730
e-mail: info@vermontstudiocenter.org
www.vermontstudiocenter.org
Year-round 2–12 week independent residencies. Residents receive private studios, housing, and all meals. Prominent visiting artists and writers offering talks and studio visits. Full fellowship application deadlines for 2008: 2/15, 6/15, 10/3. Low-residency MFA with Johnson State College.

International Programs:

International School of Painting,
Drawing and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy
Contact: Marc Servin
06057 Montecastello di Vibio
Perugia (PG) Italy
tel: +39 075 878 0072
fax: +39 075 878 0072
U.S. Voicemail/Fax (toll-free) 866-449-3604
e-mail: info@giotto.us
www.giotto.us
Intensive studio and residency programs in Italian hilltown, two hours from Rome and Florence. Day-trips to Rome, Florence, Siena, Assisi, Arezzo, Urbino, Bologna; ideal combination of seclusion and community in a setting of breathtaking beauty.

La Romita School of Art
Workshops in Umbria, Italy
Contact: Edmund Zimmerman
PO Box 58219
Washington DC 20037
tel: (800) 519-2297, access code 03
U.S. Office: (202) 337-3120
e-mail: schoolinfo@laromita.org
www.laromita.org
Stay in our beautifully restored sixteenth century monastery, classes in the frescoed chapel studio, eat home-cooked Umbrian cuisine, day trips to Assisi, Perugia, Spoleto, Orvieto, and breathtaking hill-towns, award-winning instructors in all media… en plein air.

Studio Art Centers International
(SACI) – Florence, Italy
50 Broad Street, Suite 1617
New York, NY 10004
tel: (212) 248-7225
fax: (212) 984-7222
e-mail: admissions@saci-florence.org
www.saci-florence.org
Studio Art Centers International (SACI) is a premiere art institution located in the heart of Florence, Italy. SACI specializes in studio art, art history, art conservation, architecture, design, and Italian cultural studies. Courses are offered in over forty different studio and academic disciplines. Programs include: semester/year abroad, MFA/MA, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and summer studies. SACI is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and Bowling Green State University. Scholarships are available.