Art Colleges

Due to mandated testing, the core academic subjects of art, dance, music, and drama are being cut so that students can focus on one or two tested subjects. Students are not able to study the arts in our public schools and I’m afraid we are going to lose our innovative thinkers in this country! Help us! We need the creative class and the training in our public schools to keep the arts and culture of the U.S. alive.

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While this has nothing to do with thanksgiving, I am thankful, however, for my artistic ability. And what better to celebrate it than with a Sesame Street segment.

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Hello. I would be glad if You shared your opinion about studies of visual arts in high European art schools, be it academy or university.
I’m actually looking for studies in English language, and I’m particularly interested in schools, providing combined course of fine arts, some practical things, like design, and art history.
Thank you.

For an English speaking art school, check out Glasgow School of Art. That’s where I’d go for graduate school if I had any money.

Also check out Edinburgh College of Art.

National Portfolio Day offers budding artists an opportunity to show off their artwork to admissions representatives from dozens of the nation’s best art schools. This is an actual portfolio review to give you an idea of what you might expect at National Portfolio Day.

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what art schools r there?

It depends somewhat on what you want from an art education, what kind of career you’re interested in, and what type and intensity of an art environment you prefer.

There are art schools that give no degree, just a certificate, and others that give a university-level education with a degree at the end. Some, like the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, offer a certificate, but also the possibility to obtain a BFA degree in coordination with a university (in this case, the University of Pennsylvania). Some of them are independent schools (Philadelphia University of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design), some are affiliated with universities (Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia), and some are good art departments of universities themselves (Yale University), where you can take a general program but major in art.

Back when I was in high school and had to decide on my art future, I remember that there was a booklet or two (maybe provided through our guidance counselors, but I don’t remember exactly) listing schools, possible art careers, etc. You could also ask your art teacher for info.

Wikipedia has a list of art schools in the United States, with links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Art_schools_in_the_United_States

This other list is broken down differently, international in nature, and necessarily incomplete (for example, Tyler/Temple is missing):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Fine_Arts