Art Colleges

Rick Lowe, acclaimed for art-as-urban-recovery, returns to L.A. for a residency at Otis College, in the Graduate Public Practice Department. The Houston-based artist and activist, who planted the seed for Project Row Houses 15 years ago, will be back in town to spend nine weeks helping graduate students in the schools Public Practice program, who are training to create art in the civic realm.

Lowes chief accomplishment is Project Row Houses, which he launched in Houston in 1993. The initial work of rehabbing 22 abandoned homes in the city’s Third Ward as a community center serving both aesthetic and social ends has grown to 40 structures, according to the Project Row Houses website. Michael Kimmelman, art critic of the New York Times, wrote in 2006 that it may be the most impressive and visionary public art project in the country.

After getting Project Row Houses off the ground, Lowe came to Watts starting in 1994 and tried to do the same. The Watts House Project was the focus of his contribution to Uncommon Sense, a spring 1997 group exhibition of conceptual art at L.A.s Museum of Contemporary Art Lowes installation at MOCAs Geffen Contemporary was a three-room house-cum-information center that told viewers what he was trying to accomplish a few miles away in Watts. In his review, Times art critic Christopher Knight wrote that the artist’s open-ended ideas for loosely coordinated community projects that don’t require massive infusions of funds — or numbing civic bureaucracy — together make for a vibrant sense of possibility marked by welcome pragmatism. The Geffens ‘model home’ offers inspiring information, but the real project is rightly taking place far beyond museum walls.

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Creative careers do exist! Training at VCAD to become a graphic designer, whether for magazines, advertising or the web, will help you pursue your dream career. Because our curriculum is heavily influenced by graphic design industry professionals, our graduates go on to work for graphic design companies around the world!

This program will give you training on industry-standard 3D animation software packages, as you learn what it takes to create visuals that hold their own alongside your programming and level design.

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I am in India, 10th Grade and I guess I want to go to an Art school or a Designing School after I finish school. What qualifications do I need ? and please suggest some good Schools of Designs if you have any in Mind. It could be anywhere on this planet! I am interested in Multimedia, Fashion, Drawing, Sound Mixing, Photography and Photo shop(Photo Editing).

When you’re putting together your portfolio, shoot for somewhere between 6 to 10 of your BEST work. The first piece in your portfolio should be the best thing you’ve ever made, and the last should be something that leaves an impression so they’ll remember you. If you’re sending your portfolio away, spend the money and get something nice, like a 9 x 12 black leather book portfolio with nice prints of your work. If you’re sending your work in digitally, make sure its high res and you include a nice cover letter explaining who you are and why you want to go to their school specifically.

It’s great that you have such a wide range of interests! Really show that in your portfolio. Having varied talents as an artist is a great advantage in the art world right now. It really gives you the upper hand when you’re being interviewed for jobs later on– so when you’re in school, try to keep exploring all of your interests. I don’t know about international schools but in the states I would recommend Savannah College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Art and Design, and Ringling College of Art and Design.

Savannah College of Art and Design presents the Annual Sidewalk Arts Festival for 2009. This popular event features a chalk drawing competition on the sidewalks of Savannah’s centerpiece, beautiful Forsyth Park. Drawing competition entries are judged and awarded prizes. The event also includes food, children’s and youth areas for young artists, as well as music throughout the day. Special events are offered for alumni, prospective students and families of current SCAD students. Thousands along with Southeast411was there to enjoy this fun-filled day. For more info http://www.scad.edu/events/sidewalkarts/2009/

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I already know about Parson and FIT….so please don’t mention those..i need to know about different ones..not just those..i know there has to be more..or even colleges in NY with really good design/art programs…THANKS!!!

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