Studio programs, conservatories, and portfolio-building summer intensives for visual, design, and performing arts students.
Programs in this collection (10)
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Scholastic. Competition, USA. A national competition in which students in grades 7-12 who are at least 13 years old submit original art and writing in 28 categories through an online portal. Entrants must live in the U.S. or a U.S. territory or military base, and some students outside the U.S., including teens at U.S.-accredited schools abroad, also qualify. Entries cost $15 each or $40 per portfolio, fee waivers are available for financial need, and only graduating seniors may enter the Art Portfolio.
Interlochen Arts Camp: Interlochen. Summer Program, Interlochen, Michigan, USA. World-renowned summer arts camp for serious teen artists. January 15, 2027 is the priority deadline for programs that need an audition or portfolio; after that, applications are taken as space allows, and programs without auditions enroll on a rolling basis.
Walnut Hill Summer Programs: Walnut Hill. Summer Program, Natick, Massachusetts, USA. Summer arts programs at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, including a three-week Summer Theater Intensive for ages 13 to 17 with acting, musical theater, and dance, a Summer Voice Intensive for ages 12 to 16, and dance programs. Some programs offer day and boarding options.
NYU Tisch Summer High School: NYU. Summer Program, New York, USA. Four-week residential summer conservatory at NYU Tisch with tracks in animation, dance, drama, production and design, dramatic writing, filmmaking, game design, photography and recorded music, earning four to six college credits. Tisch also runs a free 14-week Saturday program for tri-state students.
Juilliard Pre-College: Juilliard. Fellowship, New York, USA. A Saturday music program at Juilliard in New York, held September through May, where students ages 8 to 18 study with Juilliard faculty. Majors include orchestral strings, woodwinds, brass, harp, guitar, organ, percussion, piano, voice and composition, and admission is by competitive audition in the major, with pre-screening recordings for some instruments. Beginners are not accepted, and financial aid up to and including full-tuition scholarships is available.
Manhattan School of Music Pre-College: MSM. Fellowship, New York, USA. Saturday conservatory at Manhattan School of Music running through the academic year, in either Classical or Jazz Arts, for musicians aged 8 to 18. Students take a private lesson plus theory, ear training, composition, orchestra, chorus and conducting, and perform regularly. Entry is by audition.
National Arts Competition: YoungArts. Competition, USA. A national arts competition run by YoungArts for artists ages 15 to 18 or in grades 10 to 12, covering ten disciplines across the visual, literary, and performing arts, including film, dance, and jazz. Artists may apply in as many disciplines as they like. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or legally able to receive taxable income in the U.S. The fee is $35 per application, and fee waivers are available.
SVA Pre-College Program: School of Visual Arts. Summer Program, Manhattan, New York, USA. Pre-college studio courses at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan in fields such as animation, design, film, fine arts, illustration, and photography, taught by SVA undergraduate faculty. Students sharpen skills and build portfolios, earning three college credits in the summer session or one in fall or spring. The July summer session is open to rising high school freshmen through seniors, and residence hall housing is available.
Aspen Music Festival: Aspen Music. Summer Program, Aspen, Colorado, USA. Eight-week summer music school in the Rockies. Most instrumental programs close January 5, 2027; some tracks close earlier (opera and VocalARTS September 1, collaborative piano October 15, composition November 1, conducting November 15), so check your program's page.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute: BUTI. Summer Program, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA. Residential summer music program in Lenox, Massachusetts, with two-week workshops for ages 14 to 20 and three to six week Young Artists Programs for ages 14 to 19. Students take lessons, classes, masterclasses and chamber music, and can earn college credit.