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CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education

Studio Classes at the Lyme Academy offer students of all levels an opportunity to receive the highest caliber of one-on-one professional art instruction, with the freedom to design their own schedules. Classes are offered weekdays, nights, and on weekends during ten-week trimesters, with additional classes and workshops offered in the summer.

During their studio training, students are guided through historically-based academic exercises with clear explanations, individual guidance, and demonstrations by acclaimed professional artists. Students advance in their learning through this sequential, skills-based process, moving at their own pace through each class.

The Academy focuses on strengthening critical observational skills and technical facility in each of its studio classes. This is accomplished through a program of individual exercises designed to introduce new concepts and complexities, allowing a strategic and progressive learning experience. Instructors introduce foundational to advanced concepts supportive of this process. These include: achieving accurate proportions, understanding the interaction between light and form, value relationships, structure, color theory, and color mixing.

What are Class benefits?

  • Create your own schedule
  • Receive instruction from acclaimed professional working artists and educators
  • Work in a professional studio environment
  • Enjoy a 10% student discount at Lyme Academy’s new art store, de Gerenday’s Fine Art Materials and Curiosities (located on campus)
  • Attend guest lectures with working artists, critics, and art world professionals
  • Pay a student rate for Open Studio Drawing Sessions ($10/session)

Interested in our Classes?

Choose ‘Continuing Education Classes’ on our inquiry form and we will contact you directly to help you consider the options and begin the enrollment process!

Academic Calendar

Classes run on a trimester schedule. Trimesters are separated into Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. Each trimester is ten weeks and the Summer session is eight weeks.

For details on the course offerings contact Edmond Rochat, Continuing Education Program Director at edmond@lymeacademy.edu.

FALL TERM
Classes Begin: Monday, October 2, 2023
Thanksgiving Break: November 22 – November 24, 2023
Classes End: Saturday, December 16, 2023

Winter Break: December 17, 2023 – January 7, 2024

WINTER TERM
Classes Begin: Monday, January 8, 2024
Classes End: Monday, March 18, 2024
Note: no class sessions on Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Spring Break: March 23 – April 1, 2024

Winter Term Class Schedule

DRAWING

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Morning Session
9 am-12 pm
Drawing CourseDrawing CourseDrawing Course
Afternoon Session
1-4 pm
Drawing Course
(uninstructed)
Figure Drawing
Drawing Course
(uninstructed)
Drawing Course
(uninstructed)
Evening Session
5-8 pm
Figure DrawingDrawing Course Figure DrawingFigure Drawing

PAINTING

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Morning Session
9 am-12 pm
Painting CoursePainting CoursePainting Course
Afternoon Session
1-4 pm
Painting Course
(uninstructed)

Alla Prima Still Life
Figure Painting
Painting Course
(uninstructed)
Painting Course
(uninstructed)
Evening Session
5-8 pm
Painting Course Figure PaintingFigure Painting

SCULPTURE

Class Descriptions & Registration

Pricing and Registration are for 10-week periods, and run on a trimester basis (Fall, Winter, Spring). Students who register after a trimester has begun will have their fee prorated. Please contact the Program Coordinator at caitlin@lymeacademy.edu for registration after a class has begun.

All Drawing Course and Painting Course classes (please refer to Class Schedule above) include 3 hours of same-day uninstructed studio time, in order to allow students to continue working on their class exercises independently. Note that Tuesday evening classes have no uninstructed studio time.

Fees for individual classes can be found on the class description pages below.

Currently enrolled students can link here to go directly to the student portal for registration, and payments.

DRAWING COURSE

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PAINTING COURSE

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FIGURE DRAWING

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FIGURE PAINTING

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FIGURE  SCULPTURE

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ALLA PRIMA STILL LIFE

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