WHY HEARTWOOD?
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- Heartwood offers an Associate of Arts Degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, and a certificate program, each in three fields of concentration: Design & Crafts (Ceramics, Jewelry, Weaving and Glass), Fine Arts (Painting, Drawing and Printmaking) and Photography.
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- The Heartwood College faculty is a family of professional working artists, many of whom have received regional and national recognition for their work.
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- Heartwood offers very small classes and personalized experiences for every student. Instruction here might be better described as mentorship or independent study.
- Heartwood has the added advantages of being surrounded by the strong artist community in southern Maine and the inspirational natural setting of the area.
- Heartwood is also just a half hour from Portland, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and 1 ½ hours from Boston. Each of these vibrant cities offers an active scene for visual art, music and theatre, as well as many other cultural and recreational activities.
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- Heartwood degree programs require liberal education courses to present a holistic concept of art preparation. Art includes history, writing skills, mathematics, psychology, sociology, etc., and these disciplines are the foundations upon which the artist creates.
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- For programs of exceptional quality, Heartwood has one of the lowest tuitions of art colleges in New England - $10,400 per year.