Our model provides Resident Artists the opportunity to work with a small number of students in a deeply focused way throughout the academic year. For the 36 weeks of the academic year, six hours a week, Resident Artists will implement an intensive, scaffolded visual arts program, connecting their students to the elements and principles of visual art, while guiding them toward independent artistic practices. The result of a year of co-creation is a more inclusive arts program that affirms the diversity of learning profiles and celebrates cultural heritage.

FIRST SEMESTER: Foundation

Taking a cue from the Bauhaus Preliminary Course, Residents will design and implement core experiments in Life Drawing, Color, Two Dimensional Design and Three Dimensional Design, introducing a range of materials and techniques to explore formal principles, while connecting these investigations to examples in the world through field trips to local galleries, museums and public art works.

SECOND SEMESTER: Independent Practice

Residents will guide young artists as they synthesize foundational experiments from the first semester toward individuated artistic projects, drawing inspiration from the world around them and the practices of adult artists.