Thanks for the responses, @momrath and @gouf78. D did take a drawing and painting class this year (as a sophomore) and next year she’ll start IB Visual Arts which is a two-year class. I meant that she doesn’t want to take any outside art classes. However, the last time we talked about that was a couple of years ago, and she was probably thinking that any art classes she took would be like they were when she was a kid – being given an assignment and told to complete it. I would imagine that classes for teens would be more about giving her feedback on the work she chose to do, right? I should talk to her about it again.
Is Scripps really known for art conservation? Her big sister is about to attend Scripps in the fall. I did see that art conservation was among their courses of study but I didn’t know it was known for that more so than other colleges. That’s very interesting. D would love to attend the same school as her sister!
I know that art conservation wouldn’t involve any real creativity. I’m just thinking about ideas here. She is very strong in math, and she’ll be taking a programming course this summer, so computer animation may be in her future. She doesn’t really have any ideas about what she wants to do; I’m the one pushing her to try this and that (the programming class was my idea) so she can figure out what she likes and is good at.
Again, thanks for the suggestions! I’m just trying out ideas, because for a long time I’ve thought of her as my math-and-science kid, so thinking of her as an artistic kid is something new. My older daughter is the one who thrives in her English class, writes short stories in her free time, choreographs routines in her dance class, etc. Younger daughter is less about creating new ideas and more about honing technical skill (in dance as well as in art). And English is her least favorite subject!