Associate degree schools

NEW ENGLAND

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

Office of Admissions

700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215

617.585.6700 or 800.773.0494 toll-free Fax: 617.437.1226

e-mail: admissions@aiboston.edu 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 and Pro-College summer residency program. 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. Dual degrees in art education and expressive therapies.

Boston University School of Visual Arts

College of Fine Arts

858 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

See our ad page 380

Chester College of New England

40 Chester Street, Chester, NH 03036

603.887.7419 Fax: 603.887.1777

603.887.7420 800.974.6372

Web: www.chestercollege.edu

Email: admissions@chestercollege.edu

A private, coeducational, accredited four-year institution. Offering degree programs with a focus on visual and language arts, supported by strong foundation in liberal arts. Degree programs: Studio Art, Arts and Humanities, Creative and Professional Writing, Graphic Design and Illustration, and Photography and Media Arts. Also offer courses leading to certification in Art Education. Minors offered in photojournalism, creative writing, and illustration. The low student:faculty ratio (10:1), artist/writer-in-residence programs, guest lecturers, exhibitions, and art contests enable students to explore their personal creativity while learning from a faculty composed of practicing, professional artists, designers, writers and photographers. Internships and relationships with professional associations Offered. The aim is to provide all students with education, knowledge, skills, and experiences to become thoughtful citizens as well as successful professionals.

Emerson College

Emerson College in Boston is the only comprehensive college or university in the country dedicated exclusively to teaching communication and the visual, media and performing arts in a Liberal arts context The main campus is located in the city's Theatre District. The College also has programs and facilities in Los Angeles and the Netherlands, For more information contact the Office of Public Affairs at 617-824 8540. See our ad page 381

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

John D. Werenko, Ex. Dir. of Admissions

84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371

860-434-5232 ext 119 Fax: 860-434-8725

E-Mail: jwerenko@lymeacademy.edu

BPA with majors in Painting & Sculpture

Certificate in Painting & Sculpture, Post Baccalaureate Strong curricular emphasis: figurative, realist visual art.

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 in 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 Summer 2004 visiting artists: Alex Colas, Wenda Gu, Annette Lemieux, Cesare Pietroiusti, Rosamond Purcell, Will Rogan, Mira Schor and Katarina Weslien. See our ad page 379

Massachusetts College of Art

Admissions Office

621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

617-879-7000

Web: www.massart.edu

Massachusetts College of Art is an innovative leader in graduate education Its full-residency MFA Program in Boston attracts traditional and multi/cross media artists and designers from throughout the US and overseas in addition art educators enroll in the Boston-based MSAE Program, choosing between the artist/teacher, research, and new media tracks. A new low residency MFA offered with the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown continues MassArt's ongoing commitment to excellence. See our ad page 371

Massachusetts College of Art

Graduate & Continuing Education

621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

617.879.7200 Fax 617.879.7171

Web: www.massartplus.org

Continuing Education courses & workshops, full time Graduate programs; housing available One week summer workshops in a variety or media held in Bennington, VT through our Art New England program Youth Programs, Certificates in Graphic Design, Industrial Design and New Fashion Sequence Visit www.massartplus.org or more information. E-Mail:continuing-education@massart.edu.

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.

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

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 382