2025 Arts Intensive Courses
Theatre of the People: Performance Based Acting
Theatre of the People is a performance-based course in which students create and perform an original play or musical that addresses burning social issues.
Poetry and the Imagination: A Writing Workshop
Consider the capaciousness of poetry to hold multiple perspectives on subjects as wide-ranging as love, war, social and environmental crises, our selves, and the selves of those around us.
Narrative Filmmaking: From Script to Screen
Complete a 2-3 minute narrative film in this hybrid writing/production course.
Keynotes: A Piano and Voice Exploration
The objective of the course is twofold: to build piano skills, improve music reading skills and music theory knowledge; and to develop vocal production, sight-sing skills and ensemble experience.
Immersive Music Production
Delve into music production in this project-based course, from studio recording to immersive mixing. Create soundscapes, virtual instruments, and 3D songs while building your technical and creative skills.
Drawing
Two fun activities on campus during the summer are drawing in the studio and being outdoors. In this Arts Intensive Drawing class students will do both. The course will revolve around composition and layout, expressive mark-making, and basic drawing techniques.
Design for Silver and Bronze
Learn piercing saw work, light forming, embossing and potentially enameling. Equal attention will be given to technique and manufacturing.
Bay Area + Los Angeles Arts Immersion
In this Arts Intensive, students will learn about the dynamic histories of Black and Brown artists in both the Greater Bay Area and Los Angeles.