The Kansas City Art Institute's School for Continuing and Professional Studies is offering Pre-College ArtLab (PCAL) this summer. The three-week studio residency for high school students will be offered from Sunday, July 8 through Friday, July 27. Through the program, designed to help students discover exactly what it takes to be an artist, approximately 65 students from across the country will create art...five days a week, nine hours a day for three weeks.
PCAL faculty artists will both inspire and motivate participants to achieve their artistic goals by providing curriculum that will expose them to numerous new techniques and media, using well-equipped studios with specialized equipment.
The program schedule will keep the budding artists busy with six hours of studio major work, three hours of life drawing, 15 hours of liberal arts studies, field trips, workshops, planned weekend activities, and some free time for participants to use as they wish. Students will have the opportunity to focus on one studio major, with options including animation, kiln-fired glass, photography, printmaking, or painting. Click here to view full descriptions of these studio choices.
Admitted students must pay a $2699 course fee, as well as a $300 non-refundable deposit. That cost includes tuition, room and board (in the Student Living Center on the KCAI campus), three college credits, art supplies, as well as excursions and weekend activities throughout Kansas City.
In addition, participants will also receive a portfolio review, the opportunity to show their work in a final public exhibition, a CD of life drawing and major studio work, and extensive professional practice and critique. For those who may later enroll full-time at KCAI, a one semester Living Center grant will also be provided.
Competitive scholarships are available for select applicants, based upon artistic merit, academic achievement, and demonstrated financial need.
The PCAL application deadline is Friday, March 23. Required components include a brief essay expressing the student's desire to participate in PCAL, a CD with six images of original art work, a letter of recommendation regarding artistic talent and aspiration, official high school transcripts, and most recent IRS tax return (if applying for a scholarship). Click here to apply online.
For additional information, contact Ruth Kartman at (816) 802-3505 or by email.
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