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Camp Name: SMFA Pre-College Summer Studio
Camp Focus: arts teens
Owner: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Director: Debra Samdperil
Address: 230 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115
Phone Number: 617-369-3644
Email: coned@smfa.edu
Website: www.smfa.edu/precollege
Camp Type: Arts
Camp Season: June 29- August 1, 2008
Application Deadline: April 9, 2008
Setting: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, located in the heart of Boston's cultural district.
Gender: Coed
Camp Capacity: 75
Pricing:
Residential Tuition $6,700*
*Includes tuition, student life fees, and activity fee ($3,600), room ($1775), and board ($1,325)
Commuter Tuition $3,800*
*Includes tuition, student life fees and activity fee ($3,600) and lunch ($200)
Notes: Housing is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference given to applications received by April 2, 2008
Slogan: The SMFA's five-week Pre-College Summer Studio is a unique and rigorous program focused on making art, sharing art, and living art.

Visits from renowned artists and excursions in the Boston area will provide opportunities for direct engagement with the local art and culture scene. You will participate in off-site interactive tours at several area college museums such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. You will also attend special programs at local studios and galleries, including GASP (Gallery Artists Studio Projects) and the Berwick Research Institute.

Just across the street from the SMFA, you will have access to the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and, a short shuttle ride away, the collections of the Tufts University Art Gallery/Aidekman Arts Center are available to you.

Come to Boston this summer and join a diverse group of young artists who are devoted to the evolution of their artwork. Individuals who have completed their sophomore year in high school are welcome to apply.

In the Pre-College Summer Studio you will explore painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and media art (video, digital photography, and sound), as well as public art, community, collaboration, and performance, so that you may take your artmaking to the next level. These core courses will encompass basic skills, experimentation, conceptual thinking, problem solving, critique, and discussions.

Highly skilled and experienced artists/teachers will instruct you in studio work and lead you in discussions about the artmaking process. Our unusually low student to faculty ratio (4:1) ensures that you will get the attention you need as you evolve your artwork. You will also be matched with a graduate student mentor in the Master of Fine Arts program who, during regular meetings throughout the Pre-College Summer Studio, will help you further develop your individual vision.