Art schools

Art in America, August, 2004

Rockport College

Patricia Barsoumian, Director of Admissions

2 Central Skeet PO Box 200, Rockport ME 04856

207.236.7034 x357 Toll-free at 1.800.963.8739 x357

Fax: 297.236.2862 Email: admissions@rockpodcolloge.edu

Small art college on Maine Coast--with conservatory environment offering degrees and career preparation for world's image makers and storytellers. Programs include an Associate of Arts Degree, a Professional Certificate in film or photography, and a low residency, self-designed, mentor led Masters of Fine Arts degree. Concentrations include documentary and fine art photography and digital printmaking; dramatic and documentary filmmaking, cinematography and digital postproduction. Located on the campus of The Maine Photographic Workshops Visit us in person, or on the web: www.RockportCollege.edu See our ad page 374

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts

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 See our ad page 368

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 ever 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. See our ad page 369

University of New Hampshire

Department of Art and Art History

30 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3538

603.862.2190 Web www.arts.unh.edu

A full-time intensive, two-year program leading to a 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.

Yale University School of Art

Patricia DeChiara, Director Academic Affairs

P.O. Box 298339, New Haven, CT 06520-8339

203.432.2600 Web: www.yale.edu/art

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

NORTHEAST

Art Students League of New York

215 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

212.247.4810 Web www.theartstudentsleague.org