The Community and Continuing Education (CCE) wing at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) has announced a lineup of summer classes for high school students and children.
The summer programme for high school students will run from July 7-25. Those who opt for the fourth week of portfolio development classes will continue until August 1. The classes will take place from 10am to 1pm on the specified dates.
This year, in addition to the university’s popular Summer Art and Design High School Programme 2024, the CCE wing will conduct a robotics course for younger children. Both courses will take place at VCUarts Qatar in Education City.
The Summer Art and Design Programme for high school students is an intensive three-week programme with an optional week of portfolio development classes.
During the first three weeks, students will be introduced to all the fine art degree programmes at VCUarts Qatar, including kinetic imaging, graphic design, interior design, and painting and printmaking. They will then be given a chance to select their field of interest and study it in depth over the remainder of the course.
Students who opt for the portfolio development classes will continue into the fourth week. The aim of the portfolio development classes is to teach high school students the best practices for compiling a portfolio of their creative work, to international standards.
Given that most competitive art and design universities request a portfolio as part of the application process, this course is especially beneficial to those seeking admission into specialised programmes related to art, design, architecture, new media, communications and technology.
Rasha Alkasab, programme manager for Community and Continuing Education at VCUarts Qatar, said: "Each summer, our summer course provides high school students an inspiring glimpse of VCUarts Qatar’s diverse academic programmes. Year after year, we see how excited they are as they discover what art and design in the 21st century look like. They express their desire to take their newfound passion for arts and design to the next level, with some of these students eventually joining our University.”
The summer programme for high school students will run from July 7-25.
