Program Description
The Visual Art Department at Germantown Academy is committed to providing a comprehensive education in the arts within the context of a liberal arts education. Our foundation and advanced curriculum is a well-rounded and versatile approach to the study and application of art. It is designed to provide a creatively stimulating education in an open environment of studio classes. Experimentation and innovation, collaboration and social responsibility are themes built into the curriculum. While these courses extend excellent opportunities for the general study of art and life-long arts advocacy, they are also designed to cultivate serious talents in the visual arts. Many of our students have gone on to prominent careers in commercial, fine, and applied arts.
Cameron Yates Film Maker and Film Programmer Visits Visual Arts Classes
Cameron Yates, a documentary filmmaker and film programmer spent the better part of Wednesday sharing his work with students in the Visual Arts Program. He is the former World Cinema and Documentary Programmer for the Hamptons International Film Festival and has worked for the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and NewFest: The NY LGBT Film Festival. Cameron’s first film "14 and Payrolled", a half-hour portrait of four teenagers working as pages for the Virginia House of Delegates, premiered on PBS in 2003. In 2009 he was awarded the Garrett Scott Documentary Grant, given to emerging filmmakers who bring a unique vision to the content and style of contemporary documentary production. His first feature documentary "The Canal Street Madam," the story of a New Orleans madam who ran a brothel with her mother and daughter until she was busted by the FBI, premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival and is currently on the international film festival circuit.
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