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this program was designed to challenge and inspire you
to develop your artistic skills in a variety of media
under the guidance of University professors and other
professional artists
About the School of Art and Design
Syracuse University’s School of Art & Design
is one of the finest in the country, with a tradition
of excellence that goes back more than a century. In
fact, Syracuse was the first university in the United
States to grant a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Faculty
members are practicing artists who exhibit across the
country and around the world, yet make teaching their
first priority.
Excellent
facilities complement faculty dedication; three main
buildings house the school. The Shaffer Art Building
and Comstock Art Facility were tailor-built for its
programs. The Lowe Art Gallery hosts traveling exhibitions,
faculty and student shows and the impressive University
Art Collection, which holds more than 40,000 works of
art used for classroom instruction and is enjoyed by
the campus and surrounding community.
The
College of Arts & Sciences is the founding college
of Syracuse University and is the largest of the undergraduate
schools and colleges. The college houses the traditional
liberal arts disciplines grouped as humanities, social
sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics. The
humanities division has long and close ties to the studio
arts for its examination of constructs and issues that
relate to the arts. Traditionally, humanities includes
areas of study such as fine arts, history, languages,
literature, philosophy, and religion.
In
the Summer College Art & Humanities program, you
will experience this connection between art and the
humanities. You will work mornings in the art studio
Monday through Friday. You’ll join with instructors
who are professional artists and with peers of like
mind and talent, working hands-on with art tools and
materials. You will take afternoon classes, Monday through
Thursday, in the humanities course you select.
Successful
completion of these courses earns you six college credits.
This intensive immersion in art, tied to a selected
humanities topic, allows you to explore theories and
develop skills in the visual arts as you experience
being a full-time university student.
Drawing
allows students to expand their ability to experience
and state their world in visual terms. Your course is
not a 'How to do it' course; it is more a 'How to see
it' course. It covers gestural, structural, and dynamic
insights as well as critical analysis while using a
variety of materials and techniques. Drawing plays a
service role in all the arts and is a major expressive
medium in its own right.
In Painting, you manipulate paint on a variety of surfaces.
You interpret subject matter including still life, landscape
and the human figure, explore fundamental aesthetic
concepts and analyze pictorial problems.
As
part of this experience, your instructors work with
you on portfolio preparation. You learn how to select
work that best displays your abilities and interests
when applying for college.
A final exhibition of students’ work is held in
the Schine Student Center on campus. Students from all
programs, family, friends and the community at large
will be able to see the artwork produced by Summer College
students.
here’s
the deal
• learn from instructors who are working artists
• experience professional art school in a university
setting
• work in excellent facilities
• work on a portfolio for college admission
• connect hands-on experiences to the theories
and issues of the humanities
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