June/July 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
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 Boston University Arts Administration Program is designed for students who wish to pursue careers in visual arts, performing arts, and arts service organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

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.

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
With exceptional faculty and facilities, CVPA offers undergraduate (BA & BFA), post-baccalaureate, graduate (MAE & MFA), and certificate programs in over twenty areas of study. Visit our Web site for more information.

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.

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, 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.

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.

Western Connecticut State University,
Masters of Fine Arts
181 White Street
Danbury, CT 06810
tel: (203) 837-8410
www.wcsu.edu

Yale University School of Art
1156 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06520
tel: (203) 432-2600
e-mail: artinfo@yale.edu
art.yale.edu
MFA programs in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Summer undergraduate courses in drawing, graphic design, painting, digital photography, and sculpture. Annual Open House: November 20, 2008.

Bennington Center for the Arts
Contact: Jana Lillie
44 Gypsy Lane
Bennington, VT 05201
tel: (802) 442-7158
fax: (802) 442-3704
e-mail: jana@benningtoncenterforthearts.org
www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org
Instruction in drawing, painting, carving, photography, pastels, and mixed media from renowned artists John Seerey-Lester, William Schneider, Craig Srebnik, Floyd Scholz, Katherine Josten, John Pitcher, and Alan Nyiri. Small classes, personal attention, pastoral arts center setting, and reasonable accommodations.

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 paint.

Elizabeth Nields Clay Workshop
429 Chicken Farm Road
Otego, NY 13825
tel: (607) 783-2476
e-mail: enields@citlink.net
Elephant Temple Installation, outdoor sculpture, and works in clay and pottery. Call first. Workshops in clay designed for artists in other media. Painters, sculptors, potters, and novices welcome. Intensive and Salt Workshops throughout the year. August Clay Workshop: July 28-August 24, an intensive workshop with a show August 24. Raku: August 11, 12, 18, & 19. Accommodations 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

Fourteenth 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 15–22 and September 22–29, 2008. 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.

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: grai@sover.net
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.

The Hambidge Center
for Creative Arts and Sciences
PO Box 339
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
tel: (706) 746-1247
fax: (706) 746-9933
e-mail: residents@hambidge.org
www.hambidge.org
For artists of all disciplines: 2 to 8 week residencies in live/work studios, situated on 600 acres of natural beauty in the mountains of North Georgia. Application deadlines: January 15, April 15, and September 15.

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, 2008. Award includes accommodation, studio, and stipend for visual arts in any media and writers in any genres.

Landscape PaintingWorkshop,
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 f
ax: +39 075 878 0072
U.S. Voicemail/Fax (toll-free): (866) 449-3604
e-mail: info@giotto.us
www.giotto.us
August 16-30. Painting trips to some of the most awe-inspiring landscape sites in Umbria. Includes studio space, single room, three meals a day, and ground transportation from Rome airport. See Web site for summer and fall programs and residencies.

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.

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.

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.

TIDEPOOL Studios & Gallery
6 N. Main Street
PO Box 571
Milbridge, ME 04658
tel: (207) 546-7736
Summer workshops: Draw the Wind, Paint the Tide: painting and sailing on a schooner July 14-19 & August 18-23. Painting in a Maine Seaside Village: August 4-8. Photography: Portraits July 21-24 & Maine Colorscape August 11-14.

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.

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
www.weirfarmartcenter.org
Artist-in-Residence Program deadline: July 15, 2008. 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. www.weirfarmartcenter.org for information and application.

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. Pursue studio art, creative writing, computer art, or teacher education in intensive daytime or evening workshops. Undergraduate and graduate credit available. Exciting ongoing classes and study abroad/US also available!

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.

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.