Studio Art Programs: Smith, Macalester, Oberlin, Wesleyan

mommycat1962
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:17:42 +0000

My D is strongly interested in studio art as a possible major, definitely a minor, along with an equally strong interest in science (bio, botany, environmental science). She has taken art electives all 4 years of high school, portfolio classes at MICA and attended SAIC’s pre-college program last summer but decided to go apply to liberal arts colleges and not an art school because of her strong science interest. Now that we’ve heard from all the schools her best options overall are Smith, Oberlin and Macalester (waitlisted at Wesleyan). She is especially interested in sculpture/installation art. Any advice specifically about the merits of the these schools’ studio art programs would be appreciated!