Recommended

Summer Pre-College Art and Architecture Programs

Pratt, New York City
RISD, Providence, Rhode Island
Maryland Institute and College of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Corcoran School of Art And Design, Washington DC
Fallingwater (Architecture only) Bear Run, Pennsylvania
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Delaware College of Art and Design
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
University of Maryland
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Check out the websites of each listed above and click on "summer programs."

Recommended Baltimore-Washington Metro Area Arts Centers for Portfolio Enriching Experiences
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
The Schuler School of Fine Art, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
The Art League, Alexandria, VA
The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA

Recommended Museums and Galleries in the Baltimore-Washington Metro Area
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (world art
th
(contemporary and modern art)
up to 20 century)
Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
The American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
(outsider art)
(historic and modern American art)
The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD (contemporary
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
art)
National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
Washington, DC
The Mitchell Gallery at St. Johns College, Annapolis,
Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC
MD
(East Asian Ceramics and Art)
The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (fine arts
National Museum of African Art, Washington,
and horticulture)
DC
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, PA
The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA (collection Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
of galleries/studios)
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Wexler Gallery , Philadelphia, PA (craft)

Not art museums, but good places to find inspiring things to draw:
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History, Baltimore, MD

Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA (medical oddities)