Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Vol. 41, No. 43

June 1, 2007

186 Students Chosen for Missouri Fine Arts Academy

              Nearly 200 outstanding young artists from public and private high schools across Missouri have been selected to attend the 2007 Missouri Fine Arts Academy, to be held June 10-30 on the campus of Missouri State University, Springfield.

              This is the twelfth year for the state-supported Fine Arts Academy which provides a unique and challenging learning environment for talented visual and performing artists -- singers, dancers, painters, musicians and sculptors – from Missouri high schools.

              This year, 186 students who have just completed their sophomore or junior years have been selected to attend the academy.   The program is sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and hosted by Missouri State University. 

              During the three-week residential program, students take part in interdisciplinary coursework, where various aspects of the arts are explored, experienced and integrated.  Students devote part of each day to classes in their specific area of artistic expertise.  Each afternoon includes other discipline-specific classes, along with private and ensemble lessons. 

              Evenings are packed with cultural, educational and social functions designed to help broaden each student’s experiences as an artist, a learner and a citizen.  The academy’s co-curricular activities include gallery visits, workshops with guest artists and alumni, and community service activities that focus on the arts.

              Each public and private high school in Missouri is eligible to nominate at least one student to attend the Fine Arts Academy.  The participants are chosen through a competitive selection process that requires students to submit written applications and portfolios or performance videos.  

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Missouri Fine Arts Academy List (.pdf file)