Art schools

Art in America, Jan, 2005

NEW ENGLAND

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

Office of Admissions

700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215

tel: 617.585.6700 or 800.773.0494 toll free fax: 617.585.6720

tel: admissions@aiboston.edu www.aiboston.edu

Professional college of visual arts within larger university. Studio-intensive mentoring with individualized instruction in cultural center of Boston. Programs include M.F.A., B.F.A., Diploma, Post Baccalaureate Certificate and Pro College summer residency program. 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. Dual degrees in art education and expressive therapies.

Boston University School of Visual Arts

College of Fine Arts

855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 92215

617.353.3371 Fax 617.353.7217 Web: www.bu.edu/CFA

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

Brandeis University

Fine Arts Department

Waltham MA 02254

781.736.2656 Fax: 781.736.2672

Email: fair@brandeis.edu

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Heartwood College of Art 123 York Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043. Phone: (207) 985-0985. Email: hca@heartwoodcollegeofart.org. Heartwood College of Art, in Kennebunk, Maine offers BFA Degree h7 Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Ceramics, Weaving Jewelry, Metals, and Photography. A short distance from the cultural center of Portland and an easy drive to Boston, Heartwood's location is a small picturesque New England town flanked by unspoiled beaches anti nature preserves makes it an ideal place to study and create art. Heartwood values the individual, and its faculty of working artists is devoted to creating a dynamic, inspiring learning environment.

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

John D. Werenko, Ex. Dir. of Admissions

84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 96371

860-434-5232 ext 119 Fax: 860-434-8725

E-Mail: jwerenko@lymeacademy.edu

BFA with majors in Painting & Sculpture. Certificate in Painting & Sculpture, Post Baccalaureate. Strong curricular emphasis: figurative, realist visual art.

Maine College of Art

MFA in Studio Arts

97 Spring Street, Portland ME 04101

800.639.4808

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

A full-time, low-residency MFA program where students are rethinking contemporary culture and art practice, from painting to new media. Nationally renowned visiting faculty teach the 8 week summer intensive of this two-year NASAD accredited program. Past faculty includes: Vito Acconci, Mel Chin, Mark Dion, Suzanne Lacey, Lucy Lippard, Carolee Schneeman and Robert Storr.

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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

www.smfa.edu Offers students the unique opportunity to design an individualized course of study from diverse studio and academic resources. We offer: Post graduate studies (four-year, all-studio Diploma and one year, intensive Post-Baccalaureate Certificate); Degree programs in partnership with Tufts University: BFA, BFA in Art Education, BA/BS and BFA combined-degree, MFA, MAT, and MA and MFA combined-degree; continuing education classes and international art-making programs.

Vermont College of Union Institute & University

56 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 period of two years. Combine ten-clay 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. Encourage 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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University of New Hampshire

Department of Art and Art History

30 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3558

603.862.2190 Web: www.arts.unh.edu

Full-time, intensive two-yeas program leading to Master of Fine Arts degree in the art of painting. The University of New Hampshire is located in Durham, NH, a coastal community one hour north of Boston. This small, selective program (8 students) stresses development of skills and subject matter in the traditions of drawing, printmaking, and painting. Instruction and criticism are central to the curriculum. A summer painting program is offered in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.

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Yale University School of Art

Patricia DeChiara, Director Academic Affairs

P.O. BOX 208339, New Haven, CT 06520-8339

203.432.2600 Web: www.yale.edu/art

MFA: Graphic Design, Painting/Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture. Summer courses.

NORTHEAST

The Graduate Art Department of Brooklyn

College of the City University of New York

2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889