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Throwback Thursday: Advanced Placement Drawing Classes

September 21, 2017

Student artists at the Albright-Knox as part of an Advanced Placement Drawing Class, ca. 1982–84. In the foreground is Robert Rauschenberg's Ace, 1962. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

In the early 1980s, the Albright-Knox offered a series of Advanced Placement Drawing courses for area high-school students. These classes offered talented young artists an opportunity to study works of art in the museum's collection closely and in-person.

Student artist at the Albright-Knox as part of an Advanced Placement Drawing Class, ca. 1982–84. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Student artist at the Albright-Knox as part of an Advanced Placement Drawing Class, ca. 1982–84. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Student artist at the Albright-Knox as part of an Advanced Placement Drawing Class, ca. 1982–84. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Student artist at the Albright-Knox as part of an Advanced Placement Drawing Class, ca. 1982–84. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Today, the Albright-Knox continues to offer a range of art classes for children and teens throughout the year. Three-class sessions for artists ages 6 through 17 begin October 14. Learn more