Visiting artists and guest lecturers complement the curricular offerings.
Students travel with their instructors on day trips to major museums and galleries.
In preparation for the job market, students routinely create official designs used by companies and organizations such as the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, the Lancaster Healthy Communities Project, and the Philadelphia Zoo. Key members of its faculty decided to continue the tradition of art education and to form a new school. The new School's founders, supporters and other volunteers spent the summer of '82 readying the facilities for the classes in the fall. PSA offered a three year diploma program which consisted of classes in fine art, interior design, and communication arts. The School thrived and soon outgrew its facilities in Marietta.