The Art Career Project - description of art careers, and a ranking of art schools that provide the best training/programs in a variety of disciplines
Academy of Fine Arts - Lynchburg
Bower Center for the Arts, - Bedford
Lynchburg Art Club - Lynchburg
Randolph College - Lynchburg : "Science + Art Saturdays" for high school students, free but requires registration, August - December annually.
Riverviews Artspace - Lynchburg
Clifton Forge School of the Arts - Clifton Forge, Virginia
McGuffey Art Center - Charlottesville, Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, Virginia
Visual Arts Center of Richmond - Richmond, Virginia
Summer Program at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) - Baltimore, Maryland
Summer Program at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) - Richmond, Virginia
Summer Program at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) - Atlanta, Savannah
Summer Program at Ringling College of Art and Design - Sarasota, Florida
Summer Institute and "Gap Year" Programs at Sotheby's - New York City, London
Summer Program at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - Providence, Rhode Island
Summer Program at the Putney School - Putney, Vermont
Summer Program at Interlochen - Interlochen, Michigan
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - regional and national art and writing competition for secondary school students, grades 7-12. Deadline for entries - beginning of December, annually.
Shirley D. Hobbs Scholarship (Lynchburg Art Club) - Each year a high school senior interested in pursuing a degree in art is selected from area schools to receive a four-year college scholarship totaling $4,000. The applicant must have As and Bs in their art courses and have maintained good grades in high school. The application includes an essay and two recommendations. The scholarship gives the one winner of the scholarship $1,000 per year for four years if they continue in their art major, keep at least a B average, and are in good standing with the school. The student’s grades must be sent to the LAC each semester for review to keep their scholarship. We are proud to help and encourage local students to pursue their dreams of working and participating in the art world.
Young Arts - national competition, national young arts week, creative opportunities, professional development, grants and awards, community
All American High School Film Festival (AAHSFF) - Submit your film to this organization, whose mission is “to provide immersive education with a profound impact, connecting the filmmakers of the future with the rewards, respect, and recognition they deserve.” Go to eligibility guidelines (and deadlines)
Annual High School Art Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - This exhibition “celebrates students’ journeys and discoveries from early childhood to young adulthood.”
The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition - This competition “celebrates the outstanding works of art in a variety of art media in five different categories and shines a spotlight on the talents of today’s artists.” Awards: $500, $1,000, or $2,000 ($17,000 total cash prizes) plus inclusion in the Jan/Feb issue of Artists Magazine.
Congressional Art Competition - Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated. “Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of district artists select the winning entries. Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The winning works are displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol.”
National Portfolio Day Association - schedule of portfolio event meeting days, where art school representatives will be available to offer information and review students' portfolios. This site also includes a listing of the country's best art schools and universities with reputable art programs - along with majors, minors , concentrations, and post-baccalaureate certificates offered.
James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA
Longwood University - Farmville, VA
Radford University - Radford, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - Richmond, VA
Alfred University - Alfred, New York
California College of the Arts - San Francisco, California
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) - Valencia, California
Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus, Ohio
Cornish College of the Arts - Seattle, Washington
Cranbrook Academy - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Delaware College of Art and Design - Wilmington, Delaware
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) - New York City, New York
Laguna College of Art and Design - Laguna Beach, California
Maine College of Art - Portland, Maine
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) - Baltimore, Maryland
Montserrat College of Art - Beverly, Massachusetts
Moore College of Art - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New York Academy of Art - New York City, New York
Paris College of Art - Paris, France
Parsons School of Design - New York City, New York
Penland School of Craft - Penland, North Carolina
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - Providence, Rhode Island
Ringling College of Art and Design - Sarasota, Florida
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Rochester, New York
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design - Denver, Colorado
School of Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Tufts University - Boston, Massachusetts
Studio Art College International (SACI) - Florence, Italy
Suffolk University, The New England School of Art & Design - Boston, Massachusetts
The Cooper Union - New York City, New York
Tyler School of Art + Architecture, Temple University - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anthony Howe - kinetic sculpture
Carol Long - ceramics, organic design in form and surface embellishment
Christine Gray - painting; alternate universes of unfinished and abandoned craft endeavors, spatial distortions through the manipulation of texture and pattern
Cristina Cordova - ceramics, large-scale figures
Dan Eldon - visual journals
Eloy Morales - painting, hyper-realistic portraits
Jaume Plensa - sculpture, large-scale anamorphic heads
Kehinde Wiley - painting, modern-day portraits executed in an 18th Century European style
Michael Velliquette - paper sculpture
Patrick Bremer - collage
Theo Jansen - sculpture, kinetic mechanisms that locomote through space
Wendy Artin - drawings and paintings; highly-realistic figures, landscapes, and still-lifes
Yayoi Kusama - polka dots, pumpkins, installations, and infinity mirror rooms
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery - Lynchburg, Virginia
Bower Center - Bedford, Virginia
Daura Museum of Art, University of Lynchburg - Lynchburg, Virginia
Findings - Lynchburg, Virginia
Fralin Museum of Art, UVA - Charlottesville, Virginia
Goose Creek Studio - Bedford, Virginia
Institute for Contemporary Art, VCU - Richmond, Virginia
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts - Farmville, Virginia
Lynchburg Art Club - Lynchburg, Virginia
Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College - Lynchburg, Virginia
Oxide Pottery - Lynchburg, Virginia
Riverviews Art Space - Lynchburg, Virginia
Taubman Museum of Art - Roanoke, Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - Richmond, Virginia
Mr. Picasso Head - interactive game where you can create abstract faces like Pablo Picasso
Pigments Through the Ages - catalog of pigment names, history of creation and usage, and media produced
Pressure + Ink - demonstration of various printmaking processes
The Art Story - art history guide to artists and movements, Classical to Contemporary