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| American Academy of Art | |
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| Established | 1923 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Richard H. Otto |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Affiliations | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology[1] |
| Website | www.aaart.edu |
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The American Academy of Art is a professional, accredited fine arts school located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1923 for the education of both fine and commercial arts students. The school has a tradition of top art education with exceptional students being awarded the academy's most prestigious honor, the William H. Mosby Scholarship—a scholarship named after the academy's master artist professor who was trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
[edit] Curriculum
The American Academy of Art has been educating professional artists in commercial and fine art fields since 1923. The program promotes a foundation of drawing and design, based on the classical academic tradition.
About 290 students attend the Academy at a time. Tuition currently is $30,000+ yearly.[3]
The academy has curriculum for both Bachelors and Masters degrees. Bachelor of Fine Arts majors are:
- 3D modeling and animation
- Life drawing
- Multimedia/web design
- Oil painting
- Design
- Watercolor painting
- Illustration
- Photography
Unlike many art schools, The American Academy requires all incoming freshmen to take both life drawing and art composition for the freshman year.[3]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kanye West, (Didn't graduate),Music producer,musician, owner of G.O.O.D. Music,Grammy award winner
- William Parks, American painter
- Richard Schmid, American painter
- Andrew Loomis, American painter and notable illustrator. Author Figure Drawing For All It's Worth, Fun With a Pencil, Drawing the Head and Hands, and Eye of the Painter and Elements of Beauty
- Joyce Ballantyne Brand[4]
- Marilyn Bendell
- Thomas Blackshear, American illustrator
- Gil Elvgren, American pin-up artist
- T. Allen Lawson, American artist
- Mike Mitchell, creator of the "I'm with CoCo" poster
- Alex Ross[5] Illustrator for DC comics
- Marilee Jacobi-Popovich, Graphic designer
- Irving Shapiro, an artist, educator and author, was associated with the American Academy of Art for 50 years and served for many years as its director and president. His watercolors have been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and, in China. His works hang in galleries, in hundreds of corporate offices and in private collections.
- Haddon Sundblom, American Illustrator, creator of the Coca-Cola santa
- Jill Thompson[5]
- Bill Reinhold Illustrator for First Comics, Marvel Comics, DC comics, and Dark Horse Comics
- John Tobias Illustrator and Co Creator for Mortal Kombat series
[edit] References
- ^ "Directory Search - 1. American Academy of Art". Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. http://www.accsct.org/DirectorySearchResults.aspx?SearchRequest=American%20Academy%20of%20Art&Locations=IL&Programs=&Credentials=. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ "Academy History". American Academy of Art. http://www.aaart.edu/academy-history.html. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ a b American Academy of Art website
- ^ Jeff Klinkenberg (September 5, 2004). "Real Florida: Red-faced with the Coppertone Girl". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/05/Floridian/Real_Florida__Red_fac.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ a b Gary C. W. Chun (October 28, 2001). "Scary Godmother’ has the right fright". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/28/features/story3.html. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
