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[quote=Anonymous]My DC is a studio art major at a top LAC, and we toured a number of LAC studio art facilities.

I was impressed by the facilities at Williams, Skidmore, Pomona, Smith, and Wesleyan. Dartmouth, which is very LAC-like, also had fantastic facilities although my DC wasn't impressed with Dartmouth's art program itself. Skidmore and Wesleyan's facilities aren't as pretty-looking as the others, but they are well resourced, which is more important. I've heard good things about Bard and Kenyon but I haven't seen them myself.

All LACs offer courses in the basics--drawing, painting, basic 3d, photography, etc. But the breadth of courses beyond that can be pretty limited. Oberlin, for example, is reputed to have a decent art program but doesn't have a ceramics studio. Very few LACs offer much in the way of animation, which I think leans more toward craft than art but affords a very employable skill. If your DC is interested in particular mediums, you definitely need to look into what each particular LAC offers.

Studio art classes, at least at DC's LAC, are in high demand. Studio art majors, thankfully, can get into most classes. I can see why many LACs have invested in lavish studio art facilities--they are very marketable to prospective and current students even if the percentage of studio art majors isn't that high. (At DC's school, studio art is probably outside of top 7 or 8 majors, but still more popular than most majors.) The classes themselves demand a lot of time and energy, and DC seems to have close relationships with her professors, some of whom are well-known artists.  [/quote]

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