Art schools directory

Art in America, Oct, 2004

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. See our ad page 173.

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

PC 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

Art Students League of New York

215 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

212.247.4510

Web: www.theartstudentsleague.org

Historic school with a widely diverse student population Outstanding professional artists teach drawing, painting, mixed media sculpture and printmaking in an atelier environment Open enrollment, full time or part-time, day, evening and weekend classes 7 days a week Students enroll monthly lectures. exhibitions, artist talks Work/study and scholarships available Annual competitions for travel grants Call for catalogue

See our ad page 105.

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture

18 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024

212.501.3000 Fax: 212.501.3079

Web: www.bgc.bard.edu

Email admissions@bgc.bard.edu

MA and PhD programs in the history el the decorative arts design arts design, culture, museum history and practice and garden history. The Center stresses an interdisciplinary approach in all of its concentrations Training for careers in museums historic houses, galleries, auction houses and academia New in 2002: Concentrations in Garden History and American Design and Culture Website: www.bgc.bard.edu. See our ad page 183.

The Graduate Art Department of Brooklyn College of the University of New York

2900 Bedford Avenue. Brooklyn. NY 11210-2889

Telephone: 718.951.5181

Web: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Email: artmfa@brooklyn.cuny.edu

The Brooklyn College Graduate Art program criers MFA degrees for serious professional artists in painting, sculpture, printmaking. photography and digital print media, taught by an internationally renowned studio faculty and an influential, widely published art history faculty. The College is 35 minutes from Manhattan's great museums and galleries and is able to draw on the New York art world to provide a rich program of visiting artists critics and museum curators Facilities include private skylit studios state-of-the-art computer labs gallery and exhibition spaces on campus, and an art library in the department. The college offers low tuition and the department has a generous endowment for student awards and assistantships See our ad page 182.