Hands-on & Industry-taught
Each workshop is booked solid with daily activities to establish advanced drawing skills, enhance the creative process, and broaden your comprehension of the visual arts. This is as hands-on as art education gets.
Small Classes
We keep the workshops small, so each student receives personal guidance from the visiting artist on a daily basis. Every student gets a front row seat and a chance to connect with professional artists.
Real Mentorship
Student work is critiqued in both one-on-one and group settings. These sessions include assignment feedback, as well as discussions on artistic goals and career development.
Demanding assignments
Visiting Mentors assign an industry-geared assignment for each workshop. During studio time, students formulate, develop, and refine a unique approach to problem solving the assignment.
Lectures & Demonstrations
Daily, artists present lectures, demonstrations, and panels focused on a wide variety of topics. Subjects cover technical skills, visual problem solving, drawing from reference, process, industry workflow, and entrepreneurial strategies.
Life Drawing
Life drawing with a nude model is hosted three times per workshop. This is an opportunity to practice form, shape, and light. During these sessions, students also observe Academy instructors, masters of great drawing.
Enroll à la carte
Students can sign up for individual or multiple workshops. Any combination is encouraged.
EXAMPLES
Student A: Only enrolls in Workshop II
Student B: Enrolls in both Workshops II and III
Student C: Enrolls in all 4 Workshops
One week at The Illustration Academy
Arrive, register, lecture
1:30-4PM: Registration & check-in, local students only attend 5:30pm reception.
5-6PM: Reception and Meet & Greet. Reception is only hosted the first Sunday of the Illustration Academy.
LECTURES, DEMOS & ASSIGNMENT
9AM-12PM: Instructors provide the assignment. Students develop thumbnails, reference, and research. If it is not the first Monday of the Academy, student assignments are critiqued.
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Lecture or demonstration presented by a visiting artist.
5-6PM: Dinner
6:30-9PM: Studio time, work on assignment. Occasional lectures and demos.
GROUP CRITIQUES, DEMO/LECTURE & LIFE DRAWING
9AM-12PM: Breakout group critiques from visiting artists. Studio time.
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Guest artist lecture/demonstration
5-6PM: Dinner
6:30-9:30PM: Life drawing
GROUP CRITIQUES, DEMO/LECTURE, STUDIO
9AM-12PM: Breakout group critiques from visiting artists. Studio time.
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Guest artist lecture/demonstration
5-6PM: Dinner
6-9:30PM: Studio time, work on assignment. Occasional lectures and demos.
ONE-ON-ONE CRITIQUE, DEMO/LECTURE, PIZZA NIGHT, LIFE DRAWING
9AM-12PM: One-on-one critiques and studio time
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Guest artist lecture/demonstration.
5-6PM: $5 Pizza Social
6:30-9:30PM: Life drawing
ONE-ON-ONE CRITS, LECTURE/DEMO, STUDIO
9AM-12PM: One-on-one critiques and studio time
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Guest artist lecture/demonstration.
5-6PM: Dinner
6-9:30PM: Studio time, work on assignment. Occasional lectures and demos.
CRITIQUES CONTINUED, STUDIO, LIFE DRAWING
9AM-12PM: One-on-one critiques and studio time
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Life drawing
5-6PM: Dinner
6-9:30PM: Studio time, work on assignment. Occasional lectures and demos.
FINAL CRITIQUES
9AM-12PM: Departing Students receive final critiques. Studio time and continued critiques for students continuing to next workshop
12-2PM: Lunch
2-5PM: Lecture & demonstration
5-6PM: Dinner
6-9:30PM: Studio time, work on assignment. Occasional lectures and demos.
DEPARTURES
11AM: Students who are not attending the following workshop checkout of campus housing.
Students are welcome to use the Student Activities Hall, and attend all activities scheduled for Sunday. We recommend flights for Sunday afternoon.
CONTINUING
Studio: Prepare your assignment for your FINAL critique by the NEW instructors on Monday.
2-5PM: Lecture & demonstration
NEW ARRIVALS
1-2PM: Check-in, desk selection
2-5PM: Lecture & demonstration
MONDAY: REPEAT
9AM-12PM: Previous workshop students final critiques with NEW guest instructors.
12 - 2PM: Lunch.
2 - 5PM: New Instructors present workshop assignment. Lecture/demonstration presented by a visiting artist.
5 - 6PM: Dinner
6:30 - 9PM: Studio time. Work on assignment, review lessons. Occasionally, bonus lectures and demos.