Marymount University DC Summer Art Institutes for H.S. Students Recently Updated

Marymount University collaborates with the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, which organizes and staffs the Summer Art Institute for high school students ages 14-18 years old.  Students will attend the Institute at either the MOCA Arlington or Marymount's campus.

Intro to Ceramics - Held at Marymount University, learn the fundamentals of handbuilding, throwing on a wheel, glazing, and much more. In this two-week course, students will explore hand-building techniques, wheel throwing, and strengthen ideas that exemplify individual artist expression guided by professional working artists. Participants will get the opportunity to learn about the intersections of technology, sculpture, and ceramics. Students of all skill levels are welcome.

Fundamentals of Drawing - Held at MOCA Arlington, this program provides you with a solid foundation in essential drawing skills that can then be translated to all of the visual arts. You will learn to use line, value, perspective, gesture, and mark making to create works that are representational. As the camp continues, your work will evolve into the realm of abstraction. You will work through a variety of traditional and experimental techniques and projects will include, still-life, portraiture, landscape, and more.