Program areas at The Drawing Studio
Adult education program: our adult education program has a yearly enrollment of 1500 in 200+ courses and workshops offered in our main Studio in tucson Arizona. Highly skilled teaching artists offer fundamental course sequences in Drawing and design as well as classes and workshops in a wide variety of media and genres including painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed-media, abstract, plein air, figure/portrait), Drawing (pastel, charcoal, ink, mixed media, plein air, figure/portrait), printmaking (intaglio, mono type, relief), and book arts. We offer ongoing professional development activities for our teaching artists, all of whom engage in their own professional art practice.
Partnership program: The Drawing studios partnership program reaches 400 plus individuals per year with free art experiences and art instruction. We work with seniors, veterans, refugees, people who are homeless, and others who cannot access our main Studio location at libraries, senior and neighborhood centers, congregant living centers and The veterans affairs hospital. 100% of these programs are free and supported by philanthropy. The artmoves program integrates movement and dance with visual instruction as a means of reaching and engaging those who have experienced trauma. The student opportunity artist-in-residence (soar) program places professional teaching artists directly into tucson schools that no longer have a formal arts program or have seen it diminished. The Drawing studios be readi program (race, equity, access, diversity, and inclusion) is a free series taught by black, indigenous, people of color (bipoc) and queer folx, people with disabilities, and others underrepresented in our community. Our aim is to listen, learn, and grow alongside those of us with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Be readi creates that space for artmaking together.
Youth education program: since 2002, we have conducted an intensive summer Studio arts immersion program and today serve ages 6-17. We also conduct weekend classes throughout The school year. These programs serve 200+ youth annually. Through generous private support, we are able to provide reduced or waived tuition for 35 to 40% of our students in The youth education program.