Tyler School of Art
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| Tyler School of Art, Temple University | |
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| Established | 1935 (as Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art) |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Cherry and White |
| Nickname | Tyler |
| Mascot | Owls |
| Website | www.temple.edu/tyler |
The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art,[citation needed] usually just referred to as Tyler School of Art is Temple University's school of art, which confers BFA and MFA degrees. The school was originally founded by sculptors Stella Elkins Tyler (of the Elkins/Widener family) and Boris Blai on a separate 14-acre estate in Elkins Park. In 2009 the school's campus was consolidated to a new purpose-built building on Temple University's main campus in Philadelphia despite objections from alumni, faculty, and students.
The Tyler curriculum encompasses programs in the fine arts, design, art history, art education, and architecture. Tyler students work with a faculty who are dedicated teachers, accomplished studio artists, and highly respected scholars.[1]
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[edit] Foundation
One of the things that makes Tyler similar to other art schools is the requirement of a Foundation year. Studies for the BFA degree at Tyler begin with a common freshman experience, the Foundation Year. During this year, students are enrolled in studio courses in Drawing, 2-D and 3-D Principles, and Foundation Computer. The Foundation Program is highly structured and intensive. It forms the fundamental basis for studio practice, critical thinking, and the understanding and implementation of principles of visual art expression. The program emphasizes creative and critical thinking, problem solving, visual thinking, perception and observation, as well as presenting traditional vocabulary, theory, media, and techniques of artistic practice. The Foundation Faculty is composed of faculty from all major areas in the School, providing freshmen with a broad perspective and diverse points of view from which to build their experience as artists.
[edit] Graduate studies
Tyler School of Art's graduate program is highly selective and is considered to house one of the top fine arts programs in the country. The school confers MFA, MA, MArch, and PHD degrees in many disciplines including Art History, Architecture, Art Education, Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking, Fibers, Glass, Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM, Photography, Sculpture, and Graphic Design. Among these programs, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture are consistently ranked among the top ten fine arts programs in the country by U.S. News and World Reports, with Photography and Ceramics consistently ranking among the top twenty. Unique to Temple university, graduate students at the Tyler School of Art have the option of studying for one year in Philadelphia and one year abroad at any one of Temple University's extension campuses. Temple University has campus extensions in Rome, Japan, and Scotland.
[edit] Rankings
While there is no formal national ranking of undergraduate BFA or BA art school programs, graduate programs are ranked in national surveys. As of 2008, Tyler’s overall ranking surged to 14th in the nation, leaping seven spots since U.S.News last ranked fine arts graduate programs in 2003. Tyler’s graduate programs in ceramics (ranked 19th in the nation in the 2009 edition) and photography (18th) entered the national top 20 for the first time in the school’s history, joining Tyler’s longstanding top-ranked graduate programs in painting and drawing (7th), sculpture (8th) and printmaking (17th).
Different art schools have strengths in different disciplines. Some art schools are dedicated art schools, some are affiliated with a particular museum, and others like Tyler are part of a larger university and its associated resources. See resources below for some good links for viewing information on rankings. [2] [3] [4]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Alex Adams, glass artist
- Regis Brodie, artist and professor of ceramics at Skidmore College
- Cecelia Condit, video artist
- Chuck Connelly, American painter
- Alix Dobkin, singer-songwriter
- Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist
- Louise Fishman, abstract painter
- Linda and Terry Jamison, purported psychics
- Irvin Kershner, American film director
- Simmie Knox, portrait painter
- Janet Perr, designer, Grammy Award-winning art director, illustrator and author
- Paula Scher, designer
- Aaron Shikler, portrait painter
- Richard Sylbert, two-time Academy Award-winning production designer
- Hannah Wilke, sculptor and photographer
- Lisa Yuskavage, painter
- John Stango, pop artist
- Laurie Simmons, photographer
- Diana Vincent, award winning jewelry designer
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