Summer Studios
Summer Studios is a week-long program that offers teens the opportunity to cultivate technical skills in art and design with an emphasis on problem solving, designing, communicating and creating. Students will engage in two studio classes with choices available in architecture, art, fashion, graphic design, and interior design, as well as participate in seminars led by industry professionals and college faculty. Students will also have time to develop their work during supervised open-studio time.
This program provides a rigorous art and design school experience, with students engaging in critiques as they work toward an exhibition at the conclusion of the program. Students have the option to engage in the full college experience by staying in the dorms and eating in our dining halls for the week. We will provide evening programs for all students staying on campus in the dorms, including a field trip to experience the best Nashville has to offer with an architecture and art tour of the Frist Art Museum and visit to Assembly Food Hall.
Program applications are due by May 12
Program Cost
Residency Program: $1250
- 1 seminar class and 2 studio classes
- 17 total meals provided
- 4 evening workshops, 1 field trip and 1 exhibition reception
Day Program: $525
- 1 seminar class and 2 studio classes
- 5 total meals provided
- 1 exhibition reception
Program Information
Program applications are due by May 12.
Scholarships are available for students with financial needs. For more information about scholarships contact Jackie Tingle at jacqueline.tingle@belmont.edu.
We strive to create experiences, opportunities, and resources to help program participants get the most out of their stay on campus. Students staying on campus will reside in suite style accommodations. Each building and floor are secured with our card access system to ensure participants’ safety, and we provide supervision in dorms at a 10:1 ratio of students to dorm counselors. Our dorm counselors are responsible for ensuring program participants make it to all scheduled classes and enrichment opportunities as well as plan fun social activities for the students at the dorms after curfew. Students staying on campus will join us for three meals a day in our on-campus dining hall. Our dining services team works to ensure a community experience centered on culinary expertise, fresh ingredients, and healthy options.
Belmont reserves the right to cancel a course in the event of insufficient interest for that course noted in completed student applications. Courses with low enrollment will be canceled, and students will be contacted to select another choice or receive a program refund. If a course is in high demand, we will work to create another section to accommodate student interest.
Students will receive a full refund if they drop out of the program at least two weeks prior to that start of the program. No tuition or fees will be refunded within two weeks of the start date of the program. Requests for cancellation and refunds should be sent in writing to the Director of Community Education for Watkins College of Art at jacqueline.tingle@belmont.edu. Requests for refunds must be received during our business hours between 8 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday. If a request for a refund is sent over the weekend, it will be considered as received the following Monday.