Art school

1881 painting by Marie Bashkirtseff, In the Studio, depicts an art school life drawing session, Dnipro State Art Museum, Dnipro, Ukraine
The Parsons School of Design in Manhattan
The Cooper Union Foundation Building, Cooper Square, Manhattan
The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design. This includes fine art – especially illustration, painting, contemporary art, sculpture, and graphic design. They may be independent or operate within a larger institution, such as a university. Some may be associated with an art museum.

Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-secondary, undergraduate or graduate programs, and can also offer a broad-based range of programs (such as the liberal arts and sciences). In the West there have been six major periods of art school curricula,[1] and each one has had its own hand in developing modern institutions worldwide throughout all levels of education. Art schools also teach a variety of non-academic skills to many students.

  1. ^ Houghton, Nicholas (Feb. 2016). "Six into One: The Contradictory Art School Curriculum and How It Came About". International Journal of Art & Design Education. vol. 35, no. 1. pp. 107–120.