A University Heights Academy student will spend part of her summer in New York learning more about art.
According to a news release from the family of Riley Harper, she was selected to participate in a pre-college Summer Institute at Sotheby’s Art Institute. Harper will participate in an intensive study focused on modern and contemporary art while residing in New York, New York during the two-week term.
Admission to Sotheby’s is reportedly highly competitive, with applicants selected based on their artistic ability and strong academic background along with their ability for critical thinking. The Summer Institute students are immersed in the most vibrant global art capital with auction houses, blue chip, and emerging galleries, world-class museums, artists’ studios, private collections and arts foundations during their term.
Harper is the daughter Dr. Shea Godwin and Bailey Oliver, of Cadiz and Thomas Harper, of Bowling Green. She is a freshman at University Heights Academy in Hopkinsville.
Sotheby’s Art Institute is now the global leader in art business education with campuses in London, New York City, and Los Angeles.
