December/January 2007

Schools | Workshops and Residencies | International Programs

Academy of Art University
79 New Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
tel: 1-800-544-ARTS
e-mail: info@academyart.edu
www.academyart.edu
Established in 1929, Academy of Art University, the nation’s largest private art college, offers accredited AA, BFA, and MFA degrees in Advertising, Animation/Visual Effects, Architecture candidate status (M-ARCH), Computer Arts-New Media, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Motion Pictures & Television, Acting, and Photography.

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
MFA in Visual Arts Low-residency Program
Office of Graduate Admissions
29 Everett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel: 617.349.8300 or toll-free 888.LESLEY.U
e-mail: info@lesley.edu
www.aiboston.edu
You’re talented. You’re serious about art. But how can you combine your creative work and your life? A two-year MFA in Visual Arts from The Art Institute of Boston (AIB) can help. Our MFA program combines intensive, ten-day residencies with periods of work in your home studio. To take your art to the next level, contact us today. This program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Faculty includes: Anthony Apesos, Jan Avgikos, Judith Barry, Deborah Davidson, Rachelle A. Dermer, Jesseca Ferguson, John Kramer, Jack Lueders- Booth, Jane D. Marsching, Carrie Moyer, Tim Norris, Sunanda K. Sanyal, Julia Scher, Stuart Steck, James Stroud, Sarah Sutro, and Deb Todd Wheeler. Recent Visiting Artists, Curators, and Critics include: Bill Arning, Nayland Blake, Barbara Bloom, Dana Hoey, Jacqueline Humphries, Wendy Jacob, Byron Kim, Steve Locke, Barbara London, Tony Matelli, Marilyn Minter, Tom Patti, Alexis Rockman, and Shelburn Thurber.

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
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 Precollege 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 Architectural College
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
e-mail: admissions@the-bac.edu
www.the-bac.edu
The Boston Architectural College is New England’s largest independent, accredited college of architecture and interior design. With nearly 1000 students enrolled, the BAC offers accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Design Studies. Continuing Education programs can be applied to degree programs. BAC is an educational institution whose philosophy rests squarely on the core competencies of: affordability, accessibility and diversity, instruction provided by practicing professionals, and learning integrated with concurrent experience in professional practice. The BAC’s central location, combined with its strong links with the design community, makes it a strategic center for the discussion of urban design related issues in the city. McCormick Gallery regularly hosts exhibitions that explore the many ways in which design intersects with other disciplines.

Boston University, School of Visual Arts
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
tel: 617.353.3371 fax: 617.353.7217
e-mail: visuarts@bu.edu
www.bu.edu/cfa/visual
Receive an excellent fine arts training within a University environment. BFA and MFA degrees in painting, sculpture, graphic design, and art education. Pre-college portfolio-building program available for students ages 15–18 during the summer. Visit
Web site for more details.

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. Undergraduate programs in: Architecture, Ceramics, Community Arts, Creative Writing, Fashion Design, Glass, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Jewelry/Metal Arts, Media Arts, Painting/Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Studies, and Wood/Furniture. Graduate programs in: Architecture, Curatorial Practice, Design, Fine Arts, Visual Criticism, and Writing.

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
The largest non-degree granting art school in Massachusetts, DeCordova offers 400 courses, master classes, and workshops for all ages year-round in book arts, ceramics, drawing, fiber arts, furniture, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, silversmithing, and other disciplines. Educators earn PDPs.

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.

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Contact: Deb Sigmon
84 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
tel: 860-434-5232
fax: 860-434-8725
e-mail: dsigmon@lymeacademy.edu
www.lymeacademy.edu
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is an accredited college offering BFA, Certificate and Post Baccalaureate degrees with majors in painting and sculpture, as well as a Continuing Education program. Teaching emphasis is on figurative and representational art.

Maine College of Art
97 Spring Street
Portland, ME 04101
800-639-4808
e-mail: admissions@meca.edu
www.meca.edu
Offering a BFA in Ceramics, Graphic Design, Illustration, Metalsmithing & Jewelry, New Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Self-Design and Woodworking & Furniture Design. Also offering a postbaccalaureate in art education, a lowresidency MFA and continuing studies for youths and adults.

Massachusetts College of Art
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, International Programs, Art New England Summer Workshops in Bennington, VT.

Montserrat College of Art
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
tel: (800) 836-0487
fax: (978) 921-4241
email: admiss@montserrat.edu
www.montserrat.edu
With 300 students, sixty faculty, five galleries and thirty-five years of teaching, living, and making art on Boston’s North Shore, Montserrat College of Art offers its students a singular educational and artistic experience. BFA, Diploma, Pre-College, Continuing Education and Young Artists Programs available. Concentrations in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture, with Art Education and New Media. Internship opportunities available.

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.

Ryerson University
in association with George Eastman House-International Museum of Photography & Film
350 Victoria Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
tel: 1-416-979-5000 ext.7731
e-mail: rburley@ryerson.ca
www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/photopreservation
Bringing together the resources of America's most venerated photography museum and Canada's oldest and largest photography school, this program is unique in the world. Students spend their first year at Ryerson University in Toronto and their second year at George Eastman House in Rochester. This joint graduate program provides an integrated curriculum of academic study and professional education that will equip students to meet current responsibilities and future demands in photographic preservation and in managing and preserving photographic collections. Its faculty includes photographic historians, scientists, practitioners, curators and other museum professionals.

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
800.232-7242
Fax: 312-899-1840
e-mail: admiss@artic.edu
www.artic.edu/saic
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Certificate Programs: BA, BFA, BIA, MFA in Studio, MFA in Writing, MA in Art Therapy; MA in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism; MA in Arts Administration; MA in Art Education, MA in Teaching, MA in Visual and Critical Studies, MS in Historic Preservation; Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio; Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing. 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 & 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 or 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. Spring 2007 Continuing Education Open House : December 9, 1–3 p.m. Pre-College Summer Studio 2007 Open House: December 9, 3–5 p.m.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Art and Art History
Fine Arts Center
University of Massachusetts
151 Presidents Drive, Ofc 1
Amherst, MA 01003-9330
e-mail: mainoffice@art.umass.edu
www.umass.edu/art
Undergraduate and Graduate programs in Architecture, Art History, Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Photography, Art Education, Computer Arts, and Animation. Lecture series, New York Professional Outreach Program, Five College consortium, advanced Undergraduate and Graduate studios. Comprehensive studies in visual arts in a comprehensive university community.

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
M.F.A. in painting; B.A. in Studio Art; B.F.A. in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, furniture/wood design; B.A. in Art History.

University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Fine Arts
100 Morgan Building
205 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
tel: (215) 898-8374
fax: (215) 573-2459
email: fine-art@design.upenn.edu
www.design.upenn.edu
Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, New/Combined media. In the School of Design’s graduate Fine Arts program, motivated and promising artists work in a range of styles and approaches while immersing themselves in a curriculum that nurtures their technical skills and allows them the freedom to pursue ideas and develop their personal visions. Deadline for Fall 2007, February 1, 2007.

Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
tel: 508-799-4406
fax: 508-791-3951
e-mail: educationdesk@worcesterart.org
www.worcesterart.org
Dynamic program combines viewing authentic art objects in the galleries with art-making experiences in the studios. Workshops and classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, computer arts, and many more unique offerings. Register at the Museum, by phone or online.

Encaustic Workshops by R&F
Handmade Paints, Inc.
84 Ten Broeck Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401
tel: (800) 206-8088
e-mail: mail@rfpaints.com
www.rfpaints.com
Comprehensive workshops in encaustic technique held year-round in Kingston, New York City, and regionally throughout the country. Contact us also about private and mini workshops. Brochure available.

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

Great River Arts Institute
Contact: Carol Barber
P.O. Box 48
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
tel: 802-463-3330
fax: 802-463-3322
e-mail: grai@sover.net
www.greatriverarts.org
Great River Arts located in the Connecticut River Valley offers master classes and workshops in the visual and literary arts with artists and writers from throughout the Northeast. Courses run from two to five days.

Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts
Contact: Candy Haskell, registar
P.O. Box 518
Deer Isle, ME 04627
tel: (207) 348-2306
fax: (207) 348-2307
e-mail: registar@haystack-mtn.org
www.haystack-mtn.org
Offering one- and two-week workshops from June through September in blacksmithing, clay, glass, graphics, fibers, metals, and wood. New one-week conference in July. Scholarship deadline is March 1, 2007. General application deadline April 1, 2007. All levels.

Jentel Artist Residency Program
Contact: Mary Jane Edwards
130 Lower Piney Creek Road
Banner, WY 82832
tel: (307) 737-2311
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 genres.

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, textiles, and wood.

The Ragdale Foundation
Contact: Regin Igloria
1260 N. Green Bay Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
tel: (847) 234-1063 x206
fax: (847) 234-1063
e-mail: admissions@ragdale.org
www.ragdale.org
Ragdale is a non-profit artists’ community located thrity miles north of Chicago that supports emerging and established artists, writers, and composers from all over the world. Deadlines for the competitive application process are January 15th and June 1st. For application and guidelines e-mail: admissions@ragdale.org, call (847) 234-1063, ext. 206, or go to www.ragdale.org

Vermont Studio Center
Contact: Kathy Black, Residency Coordinator
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 in the Green Mountains. Residents receive private studios, rooms, all meals, prominent Visiting Artists and Writers offering talks, studio visits, readings. Applications ongoing. Full Fellowship deadlines: 2/15, 6/15, 10/1. Low-residency MFA with Johnson State College builds on intensive studio experience. (Application Deadline 2/15) www.vermontstudiocenter.org

Weir Farm Art Center
Artist-in-Residence Program
735 Nod Hill Road
Wilton, CT 06897
tel: (203) 761-9945
www.nps.gov/wefa/home.htm
Artist-in-Residence Program - Deadline: January 15, 2007. 2-4 week residencies at Weir Farm National Historic Site, $500/month stipend, all visual artists eligible. Spacious studio and furnished cottage. 60 miles from NYC. SASE for application.

Woodstock School of Art
Contact: Karen White
PO Box 338e
Woodstock, NY 12498
tel: (845) 679-2388
e-mail: wsart@earthlink.net
www.woodstockschoolofart.com
Year-round classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking. A fine art school run by working artists situated on 38 acres in America’s most famous art colony. Call or write for a free catalog.

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
34 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
tel: 845-679-2079 fax: 845-679-4529
e-mail: woodstockguild@hvc.rr.com
www.woodstockguild.org
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony. One-month residencies for artists. Beautiful, historic setting, secluded yet close to town of Woodstock, NY. Private room and studio space in rustic turn-of-century inn. Access to galleries, performances, hiking. $300 per four-week session. June–Sept; Deadline is April 1. Summer cottages also available May–Oct; April 1 deadline. Send SASE to The Woodstock Guild, Artist in Residence Program, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498.

International Programs:

Art New England’s Artists of the World travel program
Contact: Omi Rajpal
425 Washington Street
Brighton, MA 02135
tel: (617) 782-3008
fax: (617) 782-4218
e-mail: orajpal@artnewengland.com
www.artnewengland.com

Etruscan Places
Tuscany, Italy
10 Ashland Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
e-mail: info@landscapepainting.com
www.landscapepainting.com
Buonconvento, Montalcino, San Gimignano, and Roman Campagna. One-week intensive landscape painting workshops in idyllic Italian locations. Three distinct courses. May–October. Instruction supported by slide lectures and museum visits. All levels. Class limit: twelve.

New Hampshire Institute of Art
148 Concord Street
Manchester, NH 03104
tel: (603) 623-0313
fax: (603) 647-0658
www.nhia.edu
Landscape Workshop in Provence, France. This fourteen day workshop is being offered from July 2–July 16. Tuition includes roundtrip airfare tickets from Boston, MA, or Manchester, NH to Marseilles, France, house rental in Provence, double occupancy, gas and groceries, car rental for fourteen days from and to airport, and four to five hours of instruction for ten days. To Register/more information: Please call Karen Francis, Director of Continuing Education at (603) 623-0313 x 564 or kfrancis@nhia.edu. Space is limited to eight students. Deadline Jan 30 (first installment). Tuition: *$3,600* Final tuition may increase or decrease based on current airfare prices at the time of purchase.

International School of Painting,
Drawing and Sculpture in
Umbria, Italy
Contact: Marc Servin
06057 Montecastello di Vibio
Perugia (PG) Italy
tel: +39-075-8780072
fax: +39-075-8780072
U.S. Voicemail/Fax (toll-free) 866-449-3604
e-mail: mservin@giotto.us
www.giotto.us
Intensive summer studio school, residencies, landscape painting seminar in Umbrian hilltown, 2 hours from Rome, Florence. Trips to cities of art. New Continuing Education program: shorter term sessions for adults, in a supportive, intimate environment.

Studio Art Centers International
(SACI) – Florence, Italy
SACI Coordinator
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
tel: 212-984-5548 fax: 212-984-5325
e-mail: saci@iie.org
www.saci-florence.org