Urgent-Which summer art program to choose?

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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BARRING TUITION COSTS, which summer art program should I choose?
I won a gold key for the scholastics art awards, and I’m eligible for a scholarship for a summer art program.
Below are my choices, some are great programs, others are not well known. I would love to get some insight on these programs, in terms of quality and rigorousness. I would especially love input from students who’ve attended any of these programs! I would also love to know of any programs not on this list that but very good and well known.

Abovoagogo Art Studio
409 W Seneca St
Ithaca, New York 14580
https://abovoagogo.com

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
www.theartcenter.org

Ashcan Studio School of Art
45 East 34 Street #4
New York, NY 10016
http://ashcanstudio.com

Belin-Blank Center Summer Programs: National Scholars Institute
N459 Lindquist Center
Iowa City, IA
http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/students/summer/

Center for Architecture Foundation: Summer@theCenter
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10003
http://www.cfafoundation.org/summer

College for Creative Studies
201 East Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202
http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/assets/files/9h/createconnect14_1upf-1.pdf

Cranbrook Summer Art Institute
39221 Woodward Avenue Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/SummerInstitute.html

Cue Art Foundation Summer School
137 West 25 Street
New York, NY 10001
http://cueartfoundation.org/artworks-summer2014

Greenwich House Pottery School
16 Jones Street
New York, NY 10014
http://www.greenwichhouse.org/gh_pottery/index

Herron Honors Art Summer Program
Community Learning
735 W. New York St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
http://www.herron.iupui.edu/community-learning/honors-art

ICP Teen Academy
1114 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
http://www.icp.org/school/teen-academy

Maine Media Workshop + College
P.O. Box 200, 70 Camden Street
Rockport, ME 04856
http://www.mainemedia.edu/

Massachusetts College of Art & Design Summer Intensives
621 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
http://www.massart.edu/Continuing_Education/Youth_Programs/Summer_Intensives.html

Maryland College Institute of Art Summer Precollege
1300 West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
http://www.mica.edu/Programs_of_Study/Programs_for_Children_and_Teens/Programs_for_High_School_Students/Summer_Pre-College.html

The Mattress Factory Summer Art Cooperative
500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
http://mattress.org/content/summer-art-cooperative

Minneapolis College of Art & Design Summer
2501 Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
http://mcad.edu/continuing-education/art-and-design-classes-kids-and-teens

Montclair Museum of Art Summer at Yard School of Art
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
https://montclairartmuseum.org/learn-and-create/yard-school-of-art

Morean Art Center for Clay
420 22nd Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33712
http://www.moreanartscenter.org/content.php?id=30

New York Studio School Summer Intensive
8 West 8th Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.nyss.org/programs-courses/pre-college-2014-courses-for-high-school-students/

Otis College Art & Design Summer of Art
9045 Lincoln Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90045
http://www.otis.edu/summer-art

Parsons the New School for Design
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-programs/

Pratt Institute Summer Precollege
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
https://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing_education_and_professional/pro_credit_programs/precollege/summer_programs/

Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design High School Programs
1600 Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80214
http://www.rmcad.edu/nowatrmcad/programs-and-workshops

The School of Visual Arts Summer Precollege Program
209 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
http://www.sva.edu/special-programs/pre-college-program/summer-program

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Congratulations on your fine achievement!

My D attended RISD Precollege and LOVED it. Didn’t want to leave and came away with some great portfolio pieces.

Any precollege program that offers an intensive studio experience should be fine - the thing we liked about RISD was that it was six weeks duration - long enough for her to get REALLY sick of it if art school was NOT for her (she didn’t and it is - and now we know that). The only disadvantage is that it’s pretty expensive - almost $8,000 last year. Still, if you have a scholarship that has to help quite a bit.

Good luck with your decision!

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Ringling College of Art and Design pre-college, Sarasota FL. Pick two areas of study.
4 weeks duration. Great experience! Rigorous.Fun but intensive. Must be at least 16.

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Ok, so I didn’t know getting a gold key at that event meant getting money towards a precollege program. I was going to apply for atleast 5 or 7 pre college programs anyway.

How much money does the gold key award give us for pre college programs?

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I used to live in Montclair and the Montclair Art Museum is most likely a much smaller program than many of the other listed.

What type of art do you want to study?

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I used to live in Montclair and the Montclair Art Museum is most likely a much smaller program than many of the other listed.

What type of art do you want to study?

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Do you need room and board? Some of these programs will offer that, others not. Even if you can arrange for housing, it would be an easier process if the program offered student housing (even if it at your won expense.) Also do any of the programs affiliated with a college you’d be interested in attending? I would take advantage of the opportunity to test the waters of a college program you are considering if you have the opportunity.

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@lilq10‌ Scholastic has something called ASAP awards for low income regional gold key winners to attend summer programs. Look it up at artandwriting.org.