As a student of Visual Arts at Loomis, you will find a broad experience across a wide variety of media for every skill level. The Visual Arts Department, located in the Richmond Art Center (RAC) will allow you to pursue your interests in ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, art history, and various digital media, on state of the art equipment in professional studios. The RAC has wonderful exhibition space, including The Mercy Gallery, for showcasing professional and student works. With a curriculum focused on your individual growth and self-expression, you will learn the fundamentals of technique and design working with our dedicated faculty, who are accomplished artists in their own right, as well as committed professional educators.
"Sway. Shift. Formation," an exhibition by mixed media artist Debbie Hesse, is on display in the Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery through April 18. Ms. Hesse spent time as a Visiting Artist in the Richmond Art Center this week and spoke at the Februay 14 opening reception.
Installation and sculpture artist Harriet Diamond spent a week in January working in and among the students and faculty of the Richmond Art Center as a Visiting Artist.
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"Things, Places, Faces," by Nanette Vonnegut, is on display in the Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery from January 10 through February 8, 2019. An opening reception was held on Thursday, January 10, in the Richmond Art Center.
Visiting Artist Dave Gloman spent the week of December 3 at Loomis Chaffee, where he worked in and among the students in the Richmond Art Center.
We allow for personal expression in every project from day one, asking that our students look into their own imaginations as their greatest resource while mastering the skills to bring their ideas to fruition.
— JENNIFER MCCANDLESS, HEAD OF VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT