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The Program
This intensive studio program
is designed for students with a high level of commitment. In
many ways motivation is more important than what some might call
ability. The School of Art presents the opportunity for the kind
of sustained and focused study in studio art not available in
academic settings.
"The program at Chautauqua
allows you to lose yourself in your art with plenty of people
around to pull you back when you stray too far. The faculty inform
you, challenge your ideas, and at time expose their own struggle
to you. You share an experience with so many people you won't
easily forget -- every day is exciting."
Tina Browder, Knox College
The program is not designed for
everyone. Those who need continual instruction or who cannot
work in a community would find the long days, the requirement
for self-motivation and the demanding nature of the program difficult
to adjust to. But for those hungry to engage themselves with
exceptionally serious artists, those who wake up in the morning
thinking about being in the studio, this is home.
Drawing plays an important role.
Many view it as the link between disciplines, the vehicle through
which one thinks as an artist. Our session begins with a two-day
drawing marathon taught by all of the resident faculty in the
school at the start of the session. This not only introduces
students to the faculty in a very direct way (before students
set up their schedules for the remainder of the summer), but
it also emphasizes the importance of drawing in the context of
the larger role that it plays as an intrinsically meaningful
bridge within the school.
Painting,
Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Drawing
The faculty represents a range
of viewpoints and approaches — non-objective work, working
directly in the landscape or from the model, constructed objects,
life modeling, abstract painting, vessel building and much more.
The media in which students and faculty work are broad —
paint, clay, concrete, wood, welded steel, block printing, etching,
dry point, plaster and more. What remains primary in importance
is that a dialogue with the faculty and with peers be established
so that an intensive continuity of working experience will be
maintained.
Collectively, the artists/teachers
who participate each summer are represented in major museums
and galleries throughout the world. They are also highly respected
artists who, altogether, have taught in virtually every major
art program in America. Most of the artists who teach at Chautauqua
are resident faculty. Resident faculty members teach, work and
live on the grounds of the Institution for extended periods of
time (two to eight weeks). Visiting faculty are generally present
for several days of critiques and/or teaching. A final biographical
listing of current faculty is available upon request (mail, telephone
or e-mail art@ciweb.org) in
late February. |
