Yale for undergrad studio art?

momcinco
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:52:11 +0000

Have her look at the course selection for Studio Art. The main question she can ask herself is whether she wants the big campus experience or a more intimate exeprience where there are no grad students. Or if she is looking for an art-centred but still academic place (like RSID for example) or a school that “has” art. If she decides to apply she can submit a portfolio. And if she is admitted have her emphasize that she wants / needs studio space in her residential college. At least one of them has a studio in the basement. Studio courses are time intesnsive and it is helpful to be able to paint where she lives (Another residential college has a kiln and another has a woodshop.)

Our student embarked on a similar journey four years ago and is very happy at Yale. We focused on BA, not BFA programs. He is not taking many art classes however! He does work at the Yale Art Gallery though and he does find ways to remain connected to his love of art. He spent the summer in Rome studying art and architecture and did a multi-layered ink sketch of the Castel Sant’Angelo (to show the four historical phases through architecture) as his final project.

Admit rate is in the single digits so she should have several schools in mind.