Scripps has a gorgeous ceramics studio and, in general, excels in the art disciplines:

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton has a required studio art distributional requirement, so they are putting resources into those classes. I went into the building once when my D was taking a class and wanted to show me the space. I was super impressed with the facilities, but I have nothing to compare it to since that wasn't something we looked at on tours.

Every liberal arts college has this requirement that isn't open curriculum

Actually, I don't know of any other LAC that requires every student to take a studio art class. There might be some, but I don't know of any. My other kid at a NESCAC has a few distributional requirements, and there is no art (maybe something in the arts, but art history is very different). STEM majors at every other colleges aren't required to take sculpture or ceramics, etc.

Literally every other one? You sound like you don’t do your research

OK - so educate me. Here are the requirements for Carleton, Williams, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Wesleyan and Grinnell. None of these schools are open curriculum and Carleton is the only one with an explicit studio art requirement. As I said, there may other schools that do have this requirement, and perhaps I am not seeing it if it's called something else, but I have a student at one of these and it is most definitely NOT required.

https://www.carleton.edu/academics/liberal-arts/requirements/
https://catalog.williams.edu/degree-requirements/
https://www.swarthmore.edu/new-students/distribution
https://www.bowdoin.edu/first-year-experience/academics-course-registration/requirements.html
https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/centers-programs/phi-beta-kappa/requirements
https://catalog.wesleyan.edu/academic-regulations/general-education-expectations/

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton has a required studio art distributional requirement, so they are putting resources into those classes. I went into the building once when my D was taking a class and wanted to show me the space. I was super impressed with the facilities, but I have nothing to compare it to since that wasn't something we looked at on tours.

Every liberal arts college has this requirement that isn't open curriculum

Actually, I don't know of any other LAC that requires every student to take a studio art class. There might be some, but I don't know of any. My other kid at a NESCAC has a few distributional requirements, and there is no art (maybe something in the arts, but art history is very different). STEM majors at every other colleges aren't required to take sculpture or ceramics, etc.

Literally every other one? You sound like you don’t do your research

?? It's true that most LACs don't require a studio arts class to graduate. For one, most colleges don't have the facilities to accommodate a required studio arts course. Second, studio arts will often be considered one of several electives under a broader "humanities" category. So yes, some students will choose to fulfill their humanities requirement with a studio arts class, but most will not simply because studio arts classes are notorious for the amount of time required.

Bennington

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton has a required studio art distributional requirement, so they are putting resources into those classes. I went into the building once when my D was taking a class and wanted to show me the space. I was super impressed with the facilities, but I have nothing to compare it to since that wasn't something we looked at on tours.

Every liberal arts college has this requirement that isn't open curriculum

Actually, I don't know of any other LAC that requires every student to take a studio art class. There might be some, but I don't know of any. My other kid at a NESCAC has a few distributional requirements, and there is no art (maybe something in the arts, but art history is very different). STEM majors at every other colleges aren't required to take sculpture or ceramics, etc.

Literally every other one? You sound like you don’t do your research

Kenyon, Smith, Skidmore, Hamilton, Vassar

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Anonymous wrote:Colby and Williams have very nice facilities. Amherst had the least impressive academic offerings and facilities of any institution we toured.

Anti-Amherst circlejerk at it again

Just say you can't listen to constructive advice. Amherst doesn't have the same studio art facilities and resources seen by peers. Take it up with their BoT if this is a big issue for you.

This post was about complimenting schools, yet someone has Amherst so rent-free in their head that they just had to take a moment to shit on them. Where in the OP did they ask what the worst schools are?

Anonymous wrote:I went to Bates and they had it.

Congrats! Many other schools do not. The Bates experience is not universal.

Williams, for example, does not appear to offer any courses in ceramics:

Courses – Art History and Studio Art https://share.google/EcE4k3pNGVKU2Jppz

I went to Bates and they had it.

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Anonymous wrote:You may want to consider the range of media available. Relatively few LACs offer full ceramics facilities and ceramics courses, for example.

So wrong - all the top LACs have these and so much more

It's hard to know where even to begin with this, but for one thing, you may be confusing pottery with the full breath of ceramics. Even at that, colleges may support a pottery club but not offer pottery classes. Relatively few LACs, as previously stated, offer both full ceramics facilities and ceramics classes.

Anonymous wrote:You may want to consider the range of media available. Relatively few LACs offer full ceramics facilities and ceramics courses, for example.

So wrong - all the top LACs have these and so much more

Skidmore

You may want to consider the range of media available. Relatively few LACs offer full ceramics facilities and ceramics courses, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:Carleton has a required studio art distributional requirement, so they are putting resources into those classes. I went into the building once when my D was taking a class and wanted to show me the space. I was super impressed with the facilities, but I have nothing to compare it to since that wasn't something we looked at on tours.

Every liberal arts college has this requirement that isn't open curriculum

Actually, I don't know of any other LAC that requires every student to take a studio art class. There might be some, but I don't know of any. My other kid at a NESCAC has a few distributional requirements, and there is no art (maybe something in the arts, but art history is very different). STEM majors at every other colleges aren't required to take sculpture or ceramics, etc.