Art and design schools in the United
States
In the U.S. Art and Design schools that offer BFA and/or MFA degrees
break down into basic types with some overlap and variations. At the most
fundamental is a small, private art or design school. Art Academy of
Cincinnati, School of Advertising Art, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts,
O'More College of Design, Maine College of Art, Montserrat College of Art,
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, etc. would all be representative of
that model. Add to that the larger private art schools, like the Rhode
Island School of Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Art Center
College of Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, Art Institute of
Fort Lauderdale, Pratt Institute, New York Academy of Art, University of
the Arts, Philadelphia, School Of the Art Insititute of Chicago, Otis
College of Art and Design and The School of Visual Arts which is the
largest private art school in the U.S. Some of these schools belong to a
consortium called AICAD (Association of Independent Colleges of Art &
Design). These schools differ from career schools in that they require a
strong component of liberal arts courses in addition to art and design
courses, providing a well-rounded college degree. Others belong to the
ACCSCT, or the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of
Technology.
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Academy of Art University
79 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
ACICS Accredited - NASAD Accredited
415 274-2200 800 544-ARTS
Art Abloom
735 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, CA 415 256-1112
Arora Productions Studio
2096 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, CA 415 453-6627
Art League-Northern California
500 Palm Dr, Novato, CA 415 506-0137
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609 Glenwood Ave, Mill Valley, CA 415 388-2845
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1337 4th St, San Rafael, CA 415 451-8119
California College of the Arts
1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-2247
NASAD Accredited - AICAD Member
415 703-9500 800 447-1ART
Messy Art Net
San Rafael, CA 415 460-9801
North Bay Artworks
7049 Redwood Blvd, Novato, CA 415 892-8188
Susan Sternau Studios
403 Napa St, Sausalito, CA 415 331-1668 |
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There are also partnerships between art schools and universities such
as the The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University,
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, the Rhode Island School
of Design with Brown University, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
in conjunction with Tufts University, Tyler School of Art at Temple
University, or Herron School of Art at Indiana University. There is
one state supported independent art school in the U.S., Massachusetts
College of Art.
Cooper Union in New York City is the most prestigious of art schools,
admitting 4%, with every student on full scholarship. In 2007 there
were 1656 applicants, 65 of whom were accepted. The Yale School of Art
at Yale University offers only graduate instruction in its two-year
MFA programs. The Yale Daily News reported on Thursday, February 1,
2007 that the School had 1215 applications for its class of 2009, and
would offer admission to fifty-five students.
Next up the scale in size would be a large art or design department,
school, or college at a university. If it is a college, such as the
College of Design[1] at Iowa State University, it would typically
contain programs that teach studio art, graphic design, photography,
architecture, landscape architecture, interior design or interior
architecture, and art, design, and architectural history areas.
Sometimes these are simply the schools of Art, Architecture, and
Design like at the College of Fine & Applied Arts at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, or the Yale School of Art. Some
variations on that theme can be found. The essential element to know
is that programs at universities tend to include more liberal arts
courses and slightly less studio work compared to dedicated but
independent schools of art.
The final and most common state supported or private program would be
at a university or college. It is typically a BA program but might
also be a BFA, MA, or MFA. These programs tend to emphasis a more
general degree in art and do not require a major in a specific field
but might offer concentrations. A concentration is not accepted by
some accrediting or professional organizations as enough study in some
fields for success as a professional. This is the case for graphic
design, where typically the minimal degree is a BFA major in graphic
design.
Many of the degree offering institutions do not offer intense training
in classical realism and academic painting and drawing, although the
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is considered a collegiate version
of this educational model. This gap is filled by Atelier art schools
(schools located inside an artist's studio) or in separate locations,
such as the Art Students League of New York, established in 1875, and
Mims Studios School of Fine Art, Studio Incamminati, and The New
School of Classical Art. |
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