Session One:
Sketch to Study | Painting and Sculpture
September 13—October 4, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Visual Arts Saturday Program mirrors The Academy’s Visual Arts Department’s curriculum and pairs teaching foundational skills and techniques with contemporary art-making practices. 

In Sketch to Study students will explore working at various speeds from gesture and improvisational methods of drawing to more planned and intentional methods of image making. Students will learn a variety of drawing techniques and will use their “quick” ideas as a resource to create more involved painting and sculpture projects. Weekly exercises will include drawing from observation as well as imagination. Our program’s instruction is highly individualized and projects will be geared towards and accessible to students who are beginners as well as to students with advanced levels of arts training and experience.

Session Two:
Exploring Multiple Mediums: Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture
October 18—November 8, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Students will be introduced to various techniques to combine painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Whether working from imagination or observation to create abstract compositions or representational imagery that conveys a story, students will learn to integrate mediums and have the opportunity to work on individual and independent projects of their own design. Though recommended, Sketch to Study: Painting and Sculpture is not a prerequisite for this session.