Art schools

Art in America, March, 2005

NEW ENGLAND

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

Orifice of Admissions

700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215

617.585.6700 or 800.773.0494 toll-free Fax: 617.585.6720

www.aiboston.edu * admissions@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 02215

617.3531.3371 Fax 617.353.7217 * 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

wardwell@brandeis.edu See our ad page 162

The Hawthorne School of Art

Our historic barn is on The National Register. Charles W. Hawthorne started the school in 1899 and Hans Hofman later ran it in the 1940's. Classes include: Experimental color theory, plain air painting, abstract painting, pottery, environmental collage, exotic bird illustration, jewelry Stone sculpture, water lily painting workshops, and children's and teenage art and music workshops. Spring abstract color classes in NYC-212.343.2723. Email on: www.hawthorneacademy.org or call for a brochure: 508:487.1236 Credit cards accepted.

Heartwood College of Art

123 York Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043.

(207) 985-0985 * hca@heartwoodcollegeofart.org

Heartwood College of Art, in Kennebunk, Maine, offers BFA Degree in 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 and 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 06371

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

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, Poland ME 04101

800.639.4808

www.meca.edu/mfa * 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 sum met intensive of this two-year NASAD accredited program. Past faculty includes: Vito Acconci, Moi Chin, Mark Dion, Suzanne Lacey, Lucy Lippard, Carolee Scheeeman and Robert Storr. See our ad page 157

Massachusetts College of Art Graduate & Continuing Education

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

617.879.7200 Fax: 617.879.7171

www.massartplus.org

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 and New Fashion Sequence. Visit www.massartplus.org for more information. E-Mail: continuing_education@massart.edu.

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 oneyear, 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 artmaking programs.

Vermont College of Union Institute & University

36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602

800.336.6794; 802.828.8500 Fax: 802.828.8855

www.tui.edu/vermontcollege * vcadmis@tui.edu

The MFA in Visual Art Program at Vermont College allows students 60-credit degree over period of two years. Combine 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. 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. See our ad page 157

University of New Hampshire Department of Art and Art History

30 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3538