The Ursuline Campus is located on the former site of the Ursuline Academy and Convent, which was opened by the French Ursuline nuns in 1851 as an all girls school. Today the School continues to gain national recognition as a historic site and as a resource for arts education offering programs for adults, children and teens. The School offers classes taught by outstanding local, regional and national artists. The School also presents exhibitions, a lecture series, and guided tours of the historic site. Fall, Winter-Spring, and Summer.
Classes are open to all adults, including qualifying young adults age sixteen and above.
Saturday Morning Discovery is a free studio art program for children and families. The Mobile Arts Program sends artist-teachers into the community to work with children in their neighborhoods or with social service agencies. Tuition-based studio art classes are offered year around, though the Summer Art Camp is the most extensive. Scholarships are available for these classes. The Teacher Training Initiative is designed to provide training in the visual arts for classroom teachers and to provide ideas for how to incorporate the visual arts into the regular school curriculum.