Art schools directory - Directory

Art in America, August, 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

800.773.0494 Toll-free

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.

Brandeis University

Fine Arts Department

Waltham MA 02254

781.736.2656 Fax: 781.736.2672

Email: fair@brandeis.edu

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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 n Studio Arts features 8-week summer intensives with nationally renowned visiting faculty, mentored 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 Coles, Wenda Gu, Mary Kelly, Ming Cho Lee, Lucy Lippard, William Pope. L, Yvonne Rather 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.

Rhode Island School of Design

Admissions Office

Two College Street

Providence, RI 02903-2791

401.454.6300 or 800.364.7473

Web: www.risd.edu

Email: admissions@risd.edu

Offering graduate and undergraduate degree programs in Apparel Design, Architecture, Art Education, Ceramics, Digital Media, Film/Animation/Video, Furniture Design, Glass, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textiles.

Patricia Barsoumian, Director of Admissions

Rockport College

2 Central Street, PO Box 200, Rockport ME 04856

207.236.7034 x357 Toll-free at 1.800.963.8739 x357

Fax: 207.236.2562

Email: admissions@rockportcollege.edu

A small art college on the Maine Coast--with a conservatory environment, offering degrees and career preparation for the world's imagemakers 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 post production. Located on the campus of The Maine Photographic Workshops. Visit us in person, or visit us on the web at www.RockportCollege.edu

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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

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