Precollege Summer Experience
Application Deadline
The application deadline for scholarship consideration has been extended! Applications are now due by June 1st for scholarship consideration.The final application deadline is June 1st.
Download the application (183 KB, PDF).
High school sophomores, juniors and seniors from across the country come together to learn from experienced faculty and accomplished artists. The Experience includes required and elective courses as well as guest speakers and studio visits. Students who successfully complete their course work earn college credit.
The Core (required)
- Life Drawing
- Art History
- Digital Portfolio Development
Major Elective options (choose one option)
Transportation Design • Product Design • Interior Design
Develop product design concepts using drawing, sketching and ideation techniques. Create a vehicle brand image, design the vehicle and related merchandise, and produce a space specific for the brand from which to market, promote or sell your designs.
Graphic Design • Advertising Design • Photography
Take on the role of art director to take your ideas from concept development to storyboard, through production and editing. Find out how the industry works combining graphic and visual images to create unique identity and branding strategies for print and video.
Animation • Illustration
Explore the world of animated entertainment. You’ll go from story to drawn storyboards and character development to time-based animation using your own unique characters and environments. Use traditional and digital animation techniques.
Crafts • Fine Arts
Design, model and prototype your own site-specific sculpture. You will be trained in the metal shop, will work with stone. You will be challenged to combine several materials and techniques effectively.
Application Requirements
- $35 Application Fee (non-refundable)
- Complete application form
- 6-10 samples of your work (digital CD of scanned images or slides are accepted)
- Statement about a piece in your portfolio (250 words or less). Be sure to identify the piece you are writing about.
- Letter of recommendation (optional)
Tuition Details
Resident- Full Meal Plan $3,125
includes room and board, three meals on weekdays and 2 meals on weekend days, event admission fees, all materials*
Commuter- Full Meal Plan $2,855
includes three meals on weekdays and 2 meals on weekend days, event admission fees, all materials*
Commuter- Lunch Only Meal Plan $2,325
includes lunch only on weekdays, event admission fees, all materials*
* for complete details about enrollment levels please see the complete application brochure available January 2009 or inquire with the CE Office.
