Schools, Colleges, Art Centers

Links to art schools, art colleges, art education centers, and any other entity that offers art or drawing classes to be updated here. Suggestions are appreciated!

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Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design

National Association of Schools of Art and Design

Online Schools

Animation Mentor
-The online animation school.

United States:

California

Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California
-Many different majors. Very expensive.

Berkeley City College in Downtown Berkeley
-See their Departments and Programs.

***** Civic Arts Education in Walnut Creek, California
-Multiple locations; most classes take place at either the Civic Park Campus or the Shadelands Campus.
Excellent life drawing classes, drawing and painting classes, plus sculpting and crafts classes in various media. Check their online catalog for a complete list.

De Anza College in Cupertino, California
-Offering very affordable Animation Classes, Certificates and Degrees as well as other art and art-related studies. See their catalog.

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District with several facilities (see a map or see their facilities directory) in Alameda County, California
-Offers affordable drawing, painting, and sculpture classes, among others. The Hayward Area Recreation & Park District is an independent special use district providing park and recreation services for over 250,000 residents living within a 64 square-mile area which includes the City of Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo and the unincorporated Ashland, Cherryland and Fairview districts. The Park District, known locally as “H.A.R.D.”, is the largest recreation district in the State of California. Since its creation in 1944, the District has provided residents with many beautiful facilities and parks, as well as hundreds of educational and recreational classes and programs. The mission of the Park District is improving the quality of life for citizens of all ages by providing a variety of recreational activities, special events, facilities and services that encourage life-long learning, fitness and fun.

Florida

Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL
-The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program is a four-year sequence of studio art, art history and liberal arts courses designed to prepare you for life as a professional artist or designer.

Georgia

Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA
-Students may choose from eight different degrees:
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master of Architecture
Master of Arts
Master of Fine Arts
Master of Arts in Teaching Art
Master of Arts in Teaching Drama
Master of Urban Design

Minnesota

The Art Institutes International Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota
-The Art Institutes International Minnesota offers a variety of degree programs including Advertising, Baking & Pastry, Culinary Arts, Culinary Management, Design Management, Fashion & Retail Management, Graphic Design, Hospitality Management, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design and Interior Planning with AutoCAD, Media Arts & Animation, Photography, and Visual Effects & Motion Graphics.

New Jersey

duCret School of Art in Plainfield, New Jersey
-duCret is a small school run by a private, non-profit organization founded to help young would-be artists that cannot afford to go to larger schools. The art education opportunities are flexible and relatively affordable.

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc. in Dover, New Jersey
-The school is dedicated to aspiring cartoonists who are dedicated to becoming professionals in cartooning, comic book, and the general field of commercial art.

New York

School of Visual Arts in New York, New York
-SVA offers undergraduate programs in Advertising, Animation, Cartooning, Computer Art, Film & Video, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, and Visual & Critical Studies. Offers Graduate programs in Fine Arts, Art Criticism and Writing, Art Education, Art Therapy, Computer Art, Design, Design Criticism, Digital Photography, Illustration as Visual Essay, and Photography, Video and Related Media.

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
-Quite good, but expensive.


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Canada:

Ontario College of Art and Design in Ontario
-At Toronto’s creative core, OCAD has a 130-year tradition of contemporary thinking and practice in art and design… which now includes graduate degree programs:

* Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practice
* Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media and Design
* Executive Master of Design in Advertising

OCAD delivers specialized, discipline-based education in an interdisciplinary context, integrating studio learning with historical, critical and scientific inquiry. Curriculum has more breadth and depth than any other fine arts program in Canada. Twelve program majors lead to either a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) or a Bachelor of Design (BDes).

Seneca College School of Communication Arts in Ontario

Sheridan Institute of Higher Learning with several campuses in Ontario


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