Art schools - Directory

Art in America, Oct, 2003

NEW ENGLAND

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

Office of Admissions

700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215

617.585.6700 Fax: 617.437.1226 Toll-free 800.773.0494

Web: www.aiboston.edu

Professional college of visual arts within a larger university. Studio-intensive mentoring with individualized instruction in the cultural center of Boston. Programs include M.F.A., B.F.A., Diploma, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Continuing+Professional Education and Pre-College. Low residency M.F.A. with concentration in interdisciplinary media. Post-Baccalaureate Advanced Professional Certificate in graphic design, illustration or animation BFA majors: graphic design, illustration/animation, photography, fine arts.

Boston University School of Visual Arts

College of Fine Arts

855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215

617.353.3371 Fax 617.353.7217

Web: www.bu.edu/CFA

BFA/MFA: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Art Education. MFA: Studio Teaching

Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown

24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657

508.487-9960

Web: www.fawc.org Email: info@fawc.org

SEVEN-MONTH RESIDENCY

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts is dedicated to providing emerging visual artists with time and space in which to pursue independent work in a community of peers. The deadline for our seven month Winter Fellowship Program for visual artists is February 1, 2003. For information call: 508-487-9960, e-mail: info@fawc.org.

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Hartford Art School

University of Hartford

200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford CT 06117

860.768.4827

Email: calafiore@mail.hartford.edu

Web: www.hartfordartschool.org

A professional accredited art school of 350 within a University of 4,000. Offering modern studios, semi-private spaces, small classes, 24-hour access, a distinguished faculty and active visiting artist program with 8 BFA and 3 MFA majors offered.

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LymeAcademy College of Fine Arts

84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371

860.434.5232 ext. 112 or 136 Fax: 860.434.8725

Web: www.lymeacademy.edu

Email: admissions@lymeacademy.edu

A fully accredited four year independent undergraduate Fine Arts College offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA, in Painting and Sculpture. The LymeAcademy College of Fine Arts is dedicated solely to the study of the Fine Arts Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking Certificate, community and Pre-College programs also available

Maine College of Art

MFA in Studio Arts

97 Spring Street, Portland ME 04101

800.639.4808

Web: www.meca.edu Email: mfa@meca.edu

Innovative, two-year MFA in Studio Ads features 8-week summer intensives with nationally renowned visiting faculty, reentered non-resident studio practice, and academic work in critical theory and cultural studies. Co Directors: George Smith and Katarina Weslien. Visiting faculty have included Vito Acconci, Mel Chin, Alex Colas, Hal Foster, Wenda Gu, Mary Kelly, Ming Cho Lee, Lucy Lippard, William Pope.L, Yvonne Rainer, Martha Roster, Carolee Schneemann, Jeanne Silverthorne, Robert Storr, Marcia Tucker, Fred Wilson, Krzysztof Wodiczko.

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Massachusetts College of Art

Continuing Education & Community Partnerships

621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

617.879.7200 Fax: 617.879.7171

Web: www.massart.edu

Continuing Education courses & workshops, full time Graduate programs; housing available. One week summer workshops in a variety of media held in Bennington, VT through our Art New England program; Youth Programs, Certificates in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, New: Urban Arts Certificate Fashion Sequence. Check www.massart.edu, click on Continuing Education or Graduate Programs.

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Offers students the unique opportunity to design an individualized course of study from diverse studio and academic resources. In partnership with Tufts University, the Museum School awards a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, a Master of Fine Arts, and a Master of Arts in Teaching, as well as an all-studio Diploma and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. For more information, visit www.smfa.edu/info.

Vermont College of Union Institute & University

36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602

800.336.6794; 802.828.8500 Fax: 802.828.8855

Web: www.tui.edu/vermontcollege Email: vcadmis@tui.edu

The MFA in Visual Art Program at Vermont College allows students to earn a 60 credit degree over a period of two years. The Program combines ten-day on-campus residencies followed by six-month semesters of self-designed studio practice conducted from students' home studios in the context of the communities in which they live, work, and make art. The Program encourages an interdisciplinary approach to studio practices, helping emerging artists to integrate contemporary cultural theory with the practical concerns of their own media, method, and place in the world.

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Yale University School of Art

Patricia DeChiara, Director Academic Affairs