February/March 2009

Schools | Workshops and Residencies | International Programs

Schools:

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.

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-arts
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 Website for more details.

Chester College of New England
Office of Admission
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 inspires artists, writers, and designers to imagine, create, and achieve with unique courses and real-world opportunities.

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

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.

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Contact: Cara Sheridan
84 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371
tel: (860) 434-5232
fax: (860) 434-8725
e-mail: csheridan@lymeacademy.edu
www.lymeacademy.edu
Small class sizes; outstanding faculty. Lyme Academy College offers the ultimate immersion experience for the serious art student. Major in painting, drawing, illustration or sculpture. BFA, certificate, and post-baccalaureate degrees; plus continuing studies.

Maine Media College
70 Camden Street
Rockport, ME 04856
tel: (207) 236-8581 or (877) 577-7700
fax: (207) 236-2558
e-mail: info@mainemedia.edu
www.mainemedia.edu
Located on the campus of Maine Media Workshops, Maine Media College offers one-year professional certificate programs and low-residency MFA degrees in photography, filmmaking, and multimedia.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
tel: (617) 879-7200
fax:(617) 879-7171
www.massart.edu/ce
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: Jeffrey Newell, Assistant Dean of Admissions
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
tel: (978) 921-4242 ext.1153
fax:(978) 921-4241
email: admiss@montserrat.edu
www.montserrat.edu
With 281 students, 60 faculty, three galleries, and 38 years of teaching, living, and making art on Boston’s North Shore, Montserrat College of Art offers a community-based, mentoring educational and artistic experience. BFA, diploma, pre-college, and continuing education programs. Concentrations in animation and interactive media, book arts, graphic design, illustration, painting and drawing, photography and video, printmaking, sculpture and interdisciplinary studies; art education licensure and minors in art history and creative writing. 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.

Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education
20 Washington Place, 1st floor
Providence, RI 02903
tel: (800) 364-7473 ext.1 or (401) 454-6201
e-mail: cemail@risd.edu
www.risd.edu/summer
Experience Rhode Island School of Design this summer! Enroll in one or more of our many credit-bearing and non-credit summer courses, workshops and programs – RISD Summer Studies and Summer Study Abroad programs offer courses in many art and design disciplines; diversify your graphic design skills in the Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies; or delve into studio-based learning methods used by practicing design professionals in Career re:Design.

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.

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 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824-3538
tel: (603) 862-2190
e-mail: art-arthistory@unh.edu
www.arts.unh.edu
MFA in painting; BFA in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and furniture/wood design; BA in studio art and art history.

Workshops & Residencies:

Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Contact: Shannon Boloña
5263 Owl Creek Road
Snowmass Village, CO 81615
tel: (970) 923-3181 ext. 201
e-mail: info@andersonranch.org
www.andersonranch.org
Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class visual arts community promoting artistic development through workshops, artist residencies, community outreach, and public events. Over 130 summer workshops attract 1300+ students per year to this historic mountain ranch near Aspen.

Cape Cod Art Association
Contact: Curator’s desk
3840 Route 6A
Barnstable, MA 02630
tel: (508) 362-2909
e-mail: curator@capecodartassoc.org
www.CapeCodArtAssoc.org
Cape Cod Art Association classes and workshops are offered in every medium from painting and drawing to photography all year at our gallery in beautiful Barnstable Village. Current offerings listed on our Web site.

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
Contact: Carol Driscoll, Director
636 Marble Street, PO Box 495
West Rutland, VT 05777
tel: (802) 438-2097
fax: (802) 438-2020
e-mail: carving@vermontel.net
www.carvingstudio.org
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center offers workshops, residencies, and exhibitions. Artists and visitors are inspired by our unique location among Vermont’s historic marble quarries. Instructional workshops explore stone, wood, metal, plaster, and clay.

Concord Art Association
37 Lexington Road
Concord MA 01742
tel: (978) 369-2578
e-mail: education@concordart.org
www.concordart.org
Since 1917, the Association has promoted contemporary art through exhibits and educational programming. We offer a full roster of classes, artist demonstrations, a monthly lecture series, and also host local and international trips. Please visit our Web site or call for more information.

Fifteenth Annual Block Island Workshop
Contact: Don Simon,
East Side Art Center
26 Rochambeau Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
tel: (401) 331-2021
e-mail: eastsideartcenter@msn.com
www.eastsideartcenter.com
September 14-21, 2009 on New England's most beautiful island. An exciting, affordable five days of instruction and individual/group crits with noted painter, CC Wolf, plus two days of relaxation. Comfortable accommodations and camaraderie in our home site.

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. Call to inquire about renting our complete printmaking studio with its Takach large format press.

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Contact: Candy Haskell, registrar
PO Box 518
Deer Isle, ME 04627
tel: (207) 348-2306
fax: (207) 348-2307
e-mail: registrar@haystack-mtn.org
www.haystack-mtn.org
Offering one and two-week workshops from June-September in blacksmithing, clay, glass, graphics, fibers, metal, and wood. One-week conference in July. Scholarship deadline is March 1, 2009. General application deadline is April 1, 2009. All levels

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 35 years, this international school has offered hundreds of workshops in photography, filmmaking, multimedia, animation and design, and book arts. Programs are available for beginners, serious amateurs, and working professionals. Professional certificate programs and low-residency MFA degrees are offered through Maine Media College.

Montana Artists Refuge
Contact: Debbie Sheehan
PO Box 8
Basin, MT 59631
tel: (406) 225-3500
e-mail: mar@mt.net
www.montanarefuge.org
A residency program for artists in any discipline, from around the corner and around the world. Call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for an application and information. February 28th application deadline or apply any time.

One Day Acrylic Painting Workshops with Ellen Rolli
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
tel: (781) 662-6616
e-mail: ellenrolli@comcast.net
www.ellenrolli.com
Join artist Ellen Rolli in her South End studio for a day of relaxed and informal instruction. Learn to be brave and expressive with paint. All levels welcome. Workshops held twice monthly. Contact Ellen for more details. Ellen Rolli has recently been published in the ummer 2008 issue of American Artist workshop magazine. Visit her Web site to view the article.

Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists' Residency
36 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
tel: (800) 318-3019
fax: (312) 629-6156
www.ox-bow.org

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.

Paint in Ireland
Contact: Gaal Shepherd
PO Box 307
North Pomfret, VT 05053
tel: (802) 457-2050
fax: (802) 457-3653
e-mail: gaal@valley.net
www.gaalshepherd.com
Join landscape painter Gaal Shepherd next June 15-26 in spectacular County Kerry. Exceptional lodging/food available. Pastel demos & critiques, but all media welcome. Phenomenal painting sites.

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.

Rocky Neck Art Colony
Gloucester, MA 01931
www.rockyneckartcolony.org
One-month residencies for visual artists in America's oldest working art colony on Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA. Includes waterfront studio/gallery/living space, and access to a rich cultural community. June-October 2009. Application fee: $25. Deadline: April 1, 2009. Go to www.rockyneckartcolony.org for application and more information.

Southern Vermont Arts Center
Contact: Christopher Madkour
PO Box 617, West Road
Manchester, VT 05254
tel: (802) 362-1405
fax: (802) 362-3274
e-mail: sva1@svac.org
www.svac.org
National, international, and regionally recognized artists offer workshops in studios or on location on SVAC’s 407 acre Vermont campus, in oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting, pastels, sculpture, and more; for adults and children.

SVA Summer Institute in the Berkshires
Contact: Akiko Aubel
209 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
tel: (212) 592-2052
fax: (212) 592-2060
e-mail: ce@sva.edu
www.sva.edu/berkshires
The School of Visual Arts is offering week-long intensive courses in drawing, painting, and mixed media at the historic Mount Lebanon Shaker Village site in New Lebanon, NY. July 13–24, 2009.

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 residencies for artists and writers: private studio, housing, and all meals provided. Prominent visiting artists and writers offer talks and studio visits. Full fellowship applications due for 2009: 2/16, 6/15, 10/3. Low-residency MFA w/ Johnson State College.

Watermark Press
Contact: Martha Jeffrey Galuszka
30 Arbor Street #205
Hartford, CT 06106
tel: (860) 233-2286
e-mail: watermarkprs@aol.com
www.watermarkprs.com
Only open printmaking studio in Connecticut.  Classes, personal instruction in contemporary non-chemical methods for Intaglio, Relief, Monotype, Bookmaking. Press rental day/week/other. Etching and Vandercook letterpress. Solvent-free. Martha J. Galuszka, printmaker/owner..

International Programs:

Etruscan Places Tuscany, Italy
Contact: Joe Vinson
10 Ashland Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
tel: (212) 780-3216
fax: (212) 673-6502
e-mail: info@landscapepainting.com
www.landscapepainting.com
Buonconvento, Montalcino, Murlo, and Roman Campagna. One-week intensive landscape painting workshops in idyllic Italian locations. Four distinct courses. May–October. Instruction supported by slide lectures and museum visits. College credit available. All levels. Class limit: 12

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.

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.

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
Immerse yourself in the art and culture of another place and time. Choose from Mexico in February, Italy or France in May, or in June enjoy trips in Massachusetts to the Cape and Gloucester! Take the creative trip of a lifetime with an expert teacher-guide!