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Susan Aulik, Full-Time, Painting & Drawing,
2010 - Current
"I've taken art classes at UC Berkeley, the SF Art Institute and at a variety of junior colleges and small art schools. Nothing comes close to the SF Studio school. My improvement as a painter has been dramatic. The teachers are gifted, dedicated and articulate. The instruction is tailored to meet the needs of each individual student..."
Louise Victor, Full-Time, Painting & Drawing,
2010 - Current
"Thank you very much for the wonderful semester at San Francisco Studio School. It far exceeded my expectations. I am so happy I got the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful group of people..."
German Walteros, Associate-Study,
Photography, 2008 - Current
"A brief note to thank both of you for facilitating a unique experience
for me, your guidance and approach to the art of photography was right
-on! As a beginner photographer, I never felt criticized, or out of the
loop. I left feeling that my approach to my work is valuable and at the
same time the process increased my awareness of my potential for growth
and need for development."
Anne Scallon, Associate-Study,
Painting & Drawing, 2007-2009
"Your program is an integral part of my development as a painter. I am
grateful for having found truly dedicated teachers who take such a
genuine interest in their students' as well as in their own work."
Gwyneth Tripp, Full-Time, Painting & Drawing,
2007-2009
"I am at end of the two-year full-time certificate program at San
Francisco Studio School. It has been a profound experience because of
the depth and challenge of the curriculum, equal focus on the language
of the visual arts and the practice, and the astute, individualized, and
guided instruction in painting, drawing, photography, and collage. The
school is focused on cultivating the highest, informed creative
potential in each student - I have experienced and witnessed the
full-time and visiting faculty draw this out of students repeatedly both
within the program and in the excellent workshops they offer during the
summer. You will be challenged to expand what you know about your
practice and the visual arts, to consider the dynamic tradition of art,
and to read, think, discuss, and practice during the sessions and
outside of it, which in my eyes is the pinnacle of learning. If you are
engaged with your art making either as your life's work or as an
enriching part of who you are, I highly recommend this school."
Nathan Sigman, Associate-Study,
Painting & Photography, 2006-2007
"... I have attended 4 art schools over the years and I still to this
day wish to go back to the San Francisco Studio School. The facilities
are excellent and the faculty is extremely well informed. The location
amazing in a historic part of San Francisco and guest lecturers who are
honored artists and art critics. They also have small class sizes for
personal student attention. I can't find any faults with a school that
thrives on freedom to express one-self through their art and teach one
to articulate what they are doing through their medium.
My time at the San Francisco Studio School propelled me in this
self-evolution, as I am now able to articulate what I am doing through
the visual language and the expression of form."
Tui Suchak, Full-Time, Photography &
Painting, 2006-2007
"I am grateful to the faculty at the SFSS who have been instrumental in
my development as an artist, a person and a teacher. The quality of
critiques and readings has not only broadened my perception of art &
photography but also influenced the way I perceive and experience the
world all around me.
Being someone who has always been drawn to the visual medium and has
consciously and unconsciously used it to express myself and my views of
the world, I found a treasure when I found the SFSS. Here the faculty
taught me how to SEE, understand, articulate and read the visual
language. As a writer must understand the written word, a visual artist
must understand the visual form...
The faculty at this school is very experienced and the students who go
here can consider themselves fortunate....My interaction with other
artists and faculty at the SFSS, was the most memorable experience that
pushed me beyond my limits and whose critique informed my work."
McNair Evans, Associate-Study,
Photography, 2009
"In terms of exposure, understanding, and growth in the visual arts, the
experience at SFSS has been my most profound thus far. Thank you for
all of the time and attention you invested in my development this
Spring."
Daria Francu, Full-Time, Painting &
Drawing, 2006-2009
"... As a student, I was challenged to expand my knowledge of art
history and aesthetics and to become more disciplined and more ambitious
in my art practice. I found great value in our class discussions,
readings and critiques and more substance than my MFA program had to
offer. The SFSS interdisciplinary core which includes photography,
painting, drawing, mixed media and critical studies allowed me to gain a
comprehensive understanding of the visual language. I have never
encountered instructors so dedicated to their students or colleagues so
supportive of their peers anywhere in my life. As a student, like any
other artist, I was encouraged to figure things out by myself in the
studio, but I also received constant feedback on a weekly basis. At
SFSS, my projects evolved faster and more meaningfully than ever in the
past."
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