2013 Pre-College Summer Programs
Each Portfolio workshops give aspiring high school art students a taste of creating art in the spacious studios at the Meadows School of the Arts, located at the heart of SMU’s beautiful tree lined campus in Dallas, TX.
Each week’s session is interdisciplinary in focus, covering 2-D, 3-D and digital medias. The curriculum for these MAYA summer sessions is modeled after the Division of Art’s innovative major and minor programs available to BFA and BA Studio Art majors.
Weekly sessions run Monday – Friday, from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.
Please choose only one session per week.
June 17th – 21st
ART I: Visualization
Students will use their imagination and metaphors to create the unseen in the 2D studio. Analog and digital processes will be explored in Digital Media and wire sculptures in 3D Design.
FASHION STUDIES I:
In Fashion Journalism I, participants create their own blog for fashion media. An in-depth study of the figure occurs by drawing nude models and using fashion illustration techniques. Street style fashion trends are studied, created and published in Fashion Photography.
June 24th – 28th
ART II: Motion
Gestural and figurative paintings and drawings are used to study the figure. In Digital Media, students experience collage using physical and digital appropriation. Suspended abstract mobiles are created in the Doolin Gallery.
FASHION STUDIES II:
Using print, online and other media outlets, students write short feature stories for fashion media. Figurative design and collage pieces using models as a reference are practiced in Figure Studies. Students develop “inspiration boards” to create, style and photograph their own editorial fashion shoot.
July 8th – 12th
ART III: Composition
Based on Postmodern and New Wave movements, students create “fractured” paintings and drawings. Storyboards and images are used to create short digital films in Stop Motion Animation I. Found-object boxes, a la Joseph Cornell, explore space and design in a confined cube.
FASHION STUDIES III:
In Fashion Journalism I, participants create their own blog for fashion media. An in-depth study of the figure occurs by drawing nude models and using fashion illustration techniques. Street style fashion trends are studied, created and published in Fashion Photography. (Repeat of Session I)
July 15th – 19th
ART IV: Volume
Students learn how to simulate volume of 3D forms using 2D drawing and painting techniques. In Digital Media, students are taught to shoot stop motion animation fluidly in real time. A variety of tools are used to subtract material and create a closed form out of foam sheets using Henry Moore as an inspiration.
FASHION STUDIES IV:
Using print, online and other media outlets, students write short feature stories for fashion media. Figurative design and collage pieces using models as a reference are practiced in Figure Studies. Students develop "inspiration boards" to create, style and photograph their own editorial fashion shoot. (Repeat of Session II)
Typical Daily Class Schedule
8:30 – 9:00 am: Meet and greet in Owens Lobby
9:00 – 11:00 am: Studio
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Lunch (provided on campus)
12:30 – 2:30 pm: – Studio
2:30 – 3:00 pm: – Break
3:00 – 5:00 pm: – Studio
5:00 – 5:30 pm: – Clean-up/Dismiss
Session cost: $549
- Class size is limited to 16 students per week; all sessions must have 6 students enrolled to be held.
- All art supplies are included.
- Some digital cameras will be available for student checkout. If you have a digital camera, please bring it with you daily to class.
- We recommend that students purchase a suitable portfolio and carry bag, so that they may easily transport their 2D and 3D work between residence and SMU during the week if they so desire.
- A daily lunch is provided on campus in the Umphrey Lee Dining Center.
- Daily on-campus parking passes are also provided.