THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Arts Scholars values creativity, curiosity, and community. Take a look at the many ways we have connected as scholars, artists, and as a community of learners this year.

Welcome Week

In Scholars, we really know how to make a warm welcome! Our first year students began their first week in Scholars with a host of events, including Scholars Under the Lights, Service Day, Scholars Convocation, and our "Ice Cream, You Scream" Arts Welcome Event.

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Colloquium

In the Fall semester, our First and Second Year colloquiums give students an opportunity to explore the role of the arts in our personal and social lives, and expand their personal definitions of what constitutes art while building community. The course structure includes a mix of campus visits, experiential guest artist visits, in-class discussions, as well as group and individual research projects.

CPSA100 works on "slow looking" at the CAPP (Contemporary Art Purchasing Program) Gallery

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Spring Workshops

In the Spring semester, all Arts Scholars freshmen and sophomores take part in hands-on art-making via peer-led workshops. Workshops are led by Arts sophomores who have chosen to lead a workshop as their Arts Scholars capstone. Workshop participants learn artistic techniques, develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the central workshop topic, and contribute original work to our annual ArtsFest exhibition.

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Field Trips

Each semester students participate in one of the 4-5 offered experiential field trips. Field trips are an important analytical aspect of the program experience that provides invaluable opportunities for students to engage with art from a range of contrasting disciplines. The added benefit of these trips is to introduce students to the vibrant and active arts community that permeates the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. These excursions vary in scale and type and include visits to The Clarice Performing Art Center, galleries and museums, performing arts venues, as well as occasional day trips to Baltimore or a weekend in New York City.

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Community Building

Arts Scholars build community in a variety of ways. Concert in the Quad (CITQ) is an impactful collaboration with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, which features 60-90 minute intimate performance and discussion with emerging to well-established professional performing artists. Developed and led by Arts Scholars Teaching Assistants, Craft & Chat events offer students an opportunity to engage in hands-on art-making in a fun and relaxed environment where they can use creativity to build community. Peer mentors guide first-year students in acclimating to college, connect them to resources on campus, and plan several events per semester. And the Arts Advisory Board (AAB) is a student organization tasked with planning and implementing co-curricular activities, and relaying student interests, concerns, and perspectives to Arts Scholars faculty.