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Make Art ... Change the World


At the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts​ - Half Day, we offer pre-college, pre-professional arts training for high school students. Since 1985, the Academy has been nurturing the next generation of emerging artists. Here, you get the best of both worlds. In the mornings, students from over 40 school districts attend their local high schools for academic classes. Then, in the afternoons, they join us for intensive instruction in Dance, Design and Theater Production, Music, Musical Theater, Theater, and Visual Arts. 

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Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts​ - Half Day courses expose students to work and study in 6 arts disciplines in order to challenge and develop their abilities and to provide practical experience in a range of possible college/career paths.

Dance
Dance

The mission of the Dance department is to create a climate of professionalism that encourages all students to expand their technical knowledge and creative abilities as dancers; to create an environment which supports effort, hard work and risk taking so that each student confidently uses their talents to reach their full and unique potential; and to foster respect for the art form and for the diversity and passions of the individuals within it.

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Music
Music

Instrumental Music and Voice Students learn to perform in small ensembles that include jazz, classical piano, string, woodwinds, guitar, and chamber ensembles.

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Theater
Theater

The GHAA Theater Department empowers students to use the narrative tools of Theater to tell their own stories, and to develop the sense of empathy and compassion which will enable them to tell the stories of others with truthfulness and respect.

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Visual Arts
Visual Arts

The Visual Arts department faculty teaches the fundamentals of art in a variety of disciplines, including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, analog and digital photography, art history and digital illustration, filmmaking, and marketing design.

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