At Knox students participate in a drawing course and a seminar. The drawing course is preparatory for intensive classes at the New York Studio School in Greenwich Village. In addition to studio work and lectures at the New York Studio School, the New York segment includes visiting galleries and museum collections. Each student gives a presentation in New York directly in front of a selected work. The last week of the course students return to Knox to resolve a body of work based on their experiences in New York.
Temporary work is installed around campus.
Students learn to build preliminary scale models of their proposed projects, as well as procedures necessary for the installation of public works of art. Emphasis is placed on the process of perceptual painting while exploring various spatial structures in both representational and non-representational works. The expression of the material, the sense of place, the development of formal vocabulary and issues of content are integral to assigned projects and individual work. Individual development and experimentation are encouraged. Students examine art materials, activities and instructional methods appropriate for the K-12 classroom, with an emphasis on elementary.