If you are a high school student with a strong interest in the visual arts, the 2013 School of Visual Arts (SoVA) Summer Art Camp, July 7 through 12, at Penn State University Park, was created for you. The camp, open to students entering grades 9 through 12 (and just-graduated seniors), will provide an intensive residential studio workshop program across various art media.
The camp’s theme, Portfolio Processes, underscores the goals of the program — to help you learn how to develop an art portfolio, with an exhibition provided on the last day of camp. The art portfolio is a window into one’s artistic identity, because the images and ideas are an indication of how an artist thinks and makes decisions, uses materials to solve problems, shows what is important, and displays where the imagination can take us.
The creative decisions that you make when creating an artwork are similar to the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that artists and designers use in their studios. A primary goal of the SoVA Summer Art Camp is to help you develop a distinctive vision and voice by learning new artistic and technical processes that will enhance your preparation of a distinctive portfolio.
The camp schedule will include workshops focused on drawing, photography, printmaking, and digital structures, taught by experienced graduate art students and faculty. All workshops will be held in the SoVA art and computer studios. The camp coincides with the 2013 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and opportunities to visit the Arts Festival may be incorporated into the schedule.