SMFA Studio Art

Join our community of artists and makers, and spend your summer developing as an artist. Take art school for a test drive by engaging with SMFA at Tufts’ interdisciplinary approach to art making and create conceptually sophisticated artwork. As you learn to work with new materials and deepen your understanding of familiar mediums, you will make connections to bigger ideas. Over the course of the program, you will participate in three foundation classes led by a team of qualified artists and educators: Drawing and Painting, Sculpture/3D, and Animation. Students will be encouraged to blur the line between disciplines while advancing technical skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, and animation; allowing you to create materially complex, intentional works of art. You will also have the opportunity to connect with the SMFA at Tufts admissions team as they share insights into portfolio development, college applications, and the value of attending art school. Group critiques led by instructors, visits to the SMFA at Tufts art library, and field trips to world-renowned museums, such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, will encourage you to think deeply about what it means to make art!