Curriculum
GLAFA Program Offerings
Full-time Program
Extended Part-time Program
Youth Program
The Atelier Movement
The Atelier Movement is flourishing and has taken root once again across the globe. Young aspiring artists have multiple options to apprentice with living representational painters. Great Lakes Academy is proud to be a part of this movement and is dedicated to upholding these timeless traditions.
Jeffrey T. Larson
Co-founder / Director / Full-time Instructor
Jeffrey has been trained in the manner of the Old Masters at the prestigious Atelier Lack, a studio/school whose traditions and training methods reach back through impressionism and the 19th-century French academies.
Patrick Glander
Instructor
Patrick is a graduate of GLAFA and is now an assistant instructor at the school. He is a believer that a painter is eternally a student of nature and of the great artists of the past. He hopes to extend this reverence to students, guiding their learning. He is represented by Collins Galleries.
Austin Jasurda
Instructor
Austin Jasurda completed his academic journey at GLAFA in the spring of 2024. Subsequently, he transitioned to a role within the faculty, contributing to the instruction of the full-time program.
