SeattleFineArt.org
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Gage Academy of Art, Seattle
Description
Step into Gage Academy and you will discover a learning community passionate about the many ways art changes lives. Our intimate studio programs offer personal attention and hands-on, rigorous training in the techniques of drawing, painting and sculpting. Because we believe that your talent emerges naturally as your skills grow, the only prerequisite for our courses is the desire to learn. At all skill levels, Gage Adult Programs focus on the practical applications of art theory, educating you in both the techniques and the aesthetic issues of artmaking with a proven, stimulating framework accelerating the growth rate of your artistic skills.
The Academy began in 1989 as a series of workshops held in Santa Fe, Seattle and New York, created by artist Gary Faigin and architect Pamela Belyea.
In 1995, the school began operations year-round in Seattle with a variety of classes and workshops for artists of all levels of ability. The school became a nonprofit in 2000 and changed its name from the Academy of Realist Art to the Seattle Academy of Fine Art.
