Our Saturday workshops are open to high school students with various levels of experience. Whether you are new to art or a serious art student wanting to develop a portfolio, we invite you to join us. In our workshops, you will work closely with faculty, all working artists, who will help you advance your technical skills and introduce you to new forms of artmaking. Click here to register. 14-WEEK WORKSHOPS Portfolio Lab Crislin Meshberg, Tom MacIntyre, Gerald Rojek, and SMFA Admissions staff Saturdays 1–4:15 pm 14 weeks (September 6–December 13) HSP 1025-C1 2 Credits / Tuition: $475 Portfolio Lab is for high school students interested in putting together a first-rate portfolio for college admittance into an art school or program. In this workshop, you will acquire skills in numerous disciplines, gain self-confidence around your own creative process, and strengthen your portfolio at the same time. At the first session, admissions professionals and faculty members will meet one-on-one with you to organize your existing work and define areas in which you should bolster your portfolio and create more artwork. Over the next twelve weeks, you will concentrate on each of the following areas: 2-D (drawing and painting), 3-D (sculpture), and digital media (video and digital photography). You will spend four sessions on each area. Through challenging studio assignments and discussions you will advance your technical skills while experiencing the intersection of disciplines as part of the art-making process. In the final sessions of Portfolio Lab, all students, faculty, and admissions professionals will gather to view your work. Through small and large group discussions you will learn how to define your areas of interest and styles of work and how to talk about your work. We also will discuss documenting your artwork and how to contact art schools, as well as other logistics related to the application process. $50 general fee is applicable. No discounts apply. 12-WEEK WORKSHOPS

Captured by the Cape: Super Shot!
Lawrence Getubig
Saturdays 9 am–12 pm
12 weeks (September 6–November 22)
HSP 1030-N1 Non-credit / Tuition: $275

What do comic books, studio fashion shoots, and Steven Spielberg have in common? All involve deliberate lighting, blocking of elements, in the frame, and acute attention to camera angles and position. This introductory digital photography class will explore what it takes to create . . . the super shot!  Through individual assignments, class discussions, and presentations you will expand your working knowledge of the camera as well as your digital imaging and post production skills in Adobe Photoshop. Working as a team, you and other class participants will also get the chance to execute your own photo shoot and will be introduced to studio tools such as strobe systems and lighting elements.  All levels are welcome. Please note: students must have access to their own digital camera.

Portrait Drawing
Patrick Carter
Saturdays 9 am–12 pm
12 weeks (September 6–November 22)
HSP 1010-N1 Non-credit / Tuition: $275

The portrait is a subject that has endured throughout the history of art and is essential to virtually every form if fine art, from painting and sculpture to video and photography. Portraiture is specific and general, timely and timeless. It tells us about a particular individual while revealing something about us all. Portrait drawing involves technical, organizational, spiritual, and philosophical concerns to produce a physical resemblance to the model, but it is even more important to progress toward the elusive "other" inner life (sometimes at the expense of physical likeness). Although this workshop focuses on drawing, we will explore several approaches to portraiture using materials such as charcoal, graphite, acrylics, ink washes, and water-based paint.