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Summer Foundation Program

10-week program, 9 credit hours

June 2 - August 11, 2008

Tuition and fees: $9,300.

The summer foundation experience is intense, rewarding and a terrific way to begin your tenure at the Kansas City Art Institute. It is intended for transfer students who have some credit but still need a semester of Foundation prior to matriculating into either the School of Design or the School of Fine Arts.

This curriculum is an accelerated program that acts as the equivalent of the 15-week fall semester foundation offering. It is offered at a discounted tuition rate and is intended to allow students to get “on track” for their department’s curricular mandates and encourages graduating on time.

The Summer Foundation Program is a general-purpose curriculum that attempts to increase technical facility, design skills, conceptual skills and critical analysis. We address strengths and condition you for the KCAI workload and studio standards, while you develop a focus for your chosen major. The curriculum includes: drawing, design, 3-D structure and design, digital camera, computer orientation, woodshop orientation and hand tool orientation. We also invite studio critics, visit the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, as well as other field trips around Kansas City.

Additional information:

  • Classes run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday
  • Studios accessible from 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
  • Shop and computer labs available on the weekends
  • On or off campus living arrangements can be made through the Student Life office 816-802-3397.
  • Financial aid, in the form of scholarships and student loans, is available for this program for those who qualify. Call the financial aid office at 816-802-3448.
  • Holiday: July 4 - studios will be accessible from 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
  • There will be some digital work within this program and computer access is available throughout this period. However, if you have a laptop you will find it convenient to bring it along.
  • Supplies will run approximately $500.

Registration deadline for Summer Foundation Program 2008 is May 23.

Orientation: Friday, May 30.

Instructor Bio - Steve Roberts

Kansas City Art Institute’s 2008 Summer Foundation program will be led by Steve Roberts, a current instructor in our foundation program. Steve holds B.F.A. degrees from KCAI (ceramics) as well as School of the Art Institute of Chicago (painting). His M.F.A.-Artisanry (ceramics) is from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Born in Colby, Kansas and raised in Helena, Montana, Steve has been teaching for the past seven years throughout the United States. He has won awards in juried shows, acted as studio manager as well as facilities manager at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, Maine. His work can be seen locally at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. You can e-mail Steve at sroberts@kcai.edu.

For more information, please call Admissions at 816-802-3302 or 800-522-5224.