About ISSWhat is The Institute for Studio Studies (ISS)?The Institute for Studio Studies was founded to pursue an educational concept regarding the study of painting and drawing as a vehicle for understanding the wider range of creative processes. This philosophy has elements common to all endeavors and, therefore, ISS encourages participation by students from different disciplines who have an active interest in creative initiatives in painting and drawing, as well as in their own work outside the discipline. Central to this philosophy is the four-week course “Studio Practice,” offered during the YSS Study Abroad Program. Focused on individual research in the studio, the course provides an idealized “greenhouse” environment where the curriculum is designed to facilitate rapid development and thoughtful imaging of each participant’s ideas. Studio practice is central to the ISS mission. The program fosters intensive engagement in the making of work within an intimate community of diverse and committed participants. ISS is directed by practitioners who utilize the dynamics of studio practice as a means to offer rigorous training in vision and an attitude of rapid response and analysis. What can I expect from the ISS Program?The Program begins with individual conferences with the ISS Faculty. These meetings are held in a local café on the first day of the session. During the one-hour meeting the participant proposes a personally significant interest she/he wishes to pursue. This interest becomes the focal point for her/his painting and drawing investigation over the next four weeks. The investigation proposed by each student may be a new development of prior ideas or it may stem from responses to the new physical context in France. One of the Institute’s goals is both to teach successful painting and drawing, and also to promote, for each student, an ongoing experience of self-direction that is paramount in any artist’s studio practice. An intimate understanding of the dynamics of making work and how this making informs ideas and attitudes is gathered as a result of the program’s offering. In a brief four-week period, participants are able to see rapid development of their work, while increasing their visual and analytical skills. Additionally, individual practice along with each student’s involvement in the studio community, working alongside one another, produces a spirit of both personal inquiry and exchange. Each student’s engagement in the program yields an outstanding body of work accomplished during the session.
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