Our program actively seeks students from diverse backgrounds. Successful applicants have included art majors, biologists and surgeons. Each year, 40 to 50 individuals submit portfolios and preliminary evaluation materials. Applicants have come from Asia, Canada, Europe, South America and nearly every state in the union. Of these preliminary applicants, approximately half appear to meet the the program's rigorous artistic and academic criteria. These individuals are invited to submit formal application materials for evaluation. Once these materials are received, applicants are scheduled for an interview. Upon successful completion of the interviews, a class is chosen to fill the limited number of seats available.
Our new graduates, the Class of 2009: left to right, in front, Yolanda Supersad, Kelly Carvallis,
Marco Marchionni, Emma Vought, and Lindsay Moore; in back, Mark Mangum,
Brett Ganyard, Nick Klein, and Kevin Clark.
The Class of 2010, clockwise from the upper left square: Elizabeth McDonald,
Cliff Garzzillo, Doug Walp, Jedidiah Campbell, Summer Smith, Begoña Rueda,
Helena Martin and Michelle Reinke.