Studio 7 offers a fine arts program for students aged 7 to 17. The program focuses on the development of technical skills, as well as the creative expansion of individual ideas, through the ardent study of nature and form.
Learning in a studio environment, rather than a classroom, is a very old idea. As a child, Leonardo Da Vinci began his studies in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio. Being brought at a young age to study in an artist’s studio was an experience which comprised the artistic foundation of almost every historical painting master. The belief was that art students should begin young and be taken seriously. It is a belief those of us at Studio 7 share.
Parents who bring their children to Studio 7 typically do so because their child has exhibited a true passion for drawing. Drawing is almost always the first method of expression because it is the only medium easily accessed within a child’s environment (it’s not hard to find a pencil and a piece of paper).
The Studio 7 program begins in September and ends with our annual Student Exhibition in June. Classes are 2 ½ hours long and each group meets once a week. Registration begins in February.
The program at Studio 7 explores many mediums and opens up many new forms of expression for students. Painting is our most popular unit - we do it twice, 7 weeks in the fall and eight weeks in the spring. We start the year with drawing, still life, landscape, and the human figure. Mask making, clay sculpture, and print making are our winter units.
