Academy of Art

More than a century ago, the audience of an art show viewed drawings and paintings with a kind of visual literacy that is almost lost today. Those viewers understood principles of fine art that are unknown even to most artists in our contemporary culture. Artists who were trained in the Academies of the 19th century knew the true “secrets of the masters” that have been carefully safeguarded by only a few dozen artist/teachers, and which have never before been available in a liberal arts College program. Now Academy of Art at Founders College has a true ‘classical’ academic fine art program available, with options to suit every art lover. Read more ->