“I attended the Mt. Gretna School of Art Summer Intensive Program, which is a seven week painting program in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania that emphasizes landscape painting and figure drawing. This program was a transformative learning experience, due to the rigorous schedule, the incredible rotating faculty, and visiting lecturers and critics. Not only was I able to learn from a set of amazing painters and artists from around the country, but this program also included trips to museums and galleries in New York and Philadelphia. This program was an incredible experience for me because I was able to work alongside other serious painting students in an intensive setting and because I also had the liberty to pursue independent projects outside of class-time, which allowed me to experiment with my improved skills. I returned from Mt. Gretna even more excited about painting than I was before.”

- Sara Schellenberg