CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Museum of Contemporary Art announced a new, affordable opportunity this week for students looking to study art.
The New Art School Modality is a partnership between the MCA and art teacher Romi Crawford and aims to close the gap between art education and those seeking it.
Led by artists, art scholars and professionals, the program will provide 50 students each with a free, semester-long intensive art course in Black history and a $250,000 grant.
“The course topics and approaches are actively grounded in a revised set of values for arts education and learning: underrecognized art histories; intergenerational and collaborative methods; and outcome projects that live in the world, rather than course credit,” Crawford said in a statement.
“The primary currency is not the course credit or degree. Instead, the New Art School Modality offers opportunities to take part in and produce a course outcome, such as being part of an exhibition, publication, or civic project that lives in the world.”
The program's inaugural course will take place at the MCA this September.
Applications open July 15 and are due August 14.
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