Weekend art classes--which one should I attend?

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>I'm looking into two weekend art programs in New York:
<a href="http://www.sva.edu/continuing-education/fine-arts/painting"&gt;http://www.sva.edu/continuing-education/fine-arts/painting&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/ce/spring2014.html#saturday"&gt;http://www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/ce/spring2014.html#saturday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I am a current high school junior, and I want to develop a portfolio for college. I've been doing art since grade school, but I stopped doing art last year because of my school work. I want to attend a program to get back on track. My forte is cast drawing, however I really want to learn painting. Is this too late to start learning painting to develop a portfolio for college? I am debating whether to continue cast drawing at NYAA, or start taking a painting class at one or the other. </p>

<p>Do you know either of these programs? Suggestions on which program and which art class to take? Suggestions on developing an art portfolio for college?</p>

<p>Side note: I won't be applying for art schools for college. I'll be applying to regular 4 year universities and I'm shooting for Ivies (not that that's relevant).</p>

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<p>Do you intend to become an artist? RISD is near Brown and you can take classes at Brown as a student at RISD. I think the opposite is true also. Either way, for a 4 year liberal art college, you could continue with cast drawing. For an art school I think a portfolio with some diversity is better so in that case I would take up painting but to keep your cast drawing skills sharp as well. Don’t sacrifice your passion to gain a new skill just for a portfolio.</p>

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Also look at Pratt, FIT and NYU pre-college. NYU may gave some free classes for tri state residents.

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@Madaboutx‌ Sorry for the belated reply. I do not intend to become an artist; I do art purely as a hobby. Thanks for telling me about RISD and Brown, I never knew that you could take classes at both! Also thank you for your advice! I will most likely start painting classes in the spring. @uskoolfish‌ Thanks, I’ve looked into all–I couldn’t find the free classes for tristate residents?

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http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/education/visionary_studio/

I would contact them directly and see who it is open to.

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@uskoolfish‌ This is an amazing program!! How did you know about this? I just signed up and hopefully I will be able to attend their classes in the spring. Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it!

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@AngEverlasting D is a BFA student in studio art at NYU. She is going to be applying for her MA in art education, so I was on the website looking around for info :wink: Also, did you notice the pre-college summer art intensive? D did that program in 2011. They haven’t done it for a few years because of on-going renovations to the Barney Building during the summer months, but now it’s being offered again in a slightly revised format. It was an outstanding program, even if you don’t want to become an art major.