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Celebrate National Arts in Education Week with AICAD

Calling all art teachers and the students who love them! National Arts Education Week (Designated by Congress in 2010 through House Resolution 275) is here and it's time to urge our elected officials and educational decision makers to support equitable access to the arts for all students as part of...

AICAD Alumni Win Prestigious ADC Young Guns 13 Competition

Diverse jury selects smallest YG class in history The ADC Young Guns 13 winners were announced on September 8th, and four of them are AICAD school alumni! The diverse panel of jurors agree that this was the most competitive year for this prestigious award, which welcomes winners into an exclusive...

Detroit artists awarded Kresge Fellowships

Art Agenda: Detroit artists awarded Kresge Fellowships Four AICAD alumni have been awarded Kresge Artist Fellowships in visual arts for 2015: Annica Cuppetelli (Cranbrook) and Cristobal Mendoza (RISD) of the new media collective Cuppetelli and Mendoza, metalwork artist and sculptor Tiff Massey...

Art School Grads Selected for AICAD Teaching Fellowship

Nine AICAD art school / design school alumni have recently been selected to participate in a year-long, post-graduate teaching fellowship at participating AICAD institutions, including Rhode Island School of Design and Maryland Institute College of Art during the 2015/16 academic year. Check out...

SVA Faculty and Alumni at the 2015 Venice Biennale

March 17, 2015 Work by seven SVA alumni and faculty will be included in the 2015 Venice Biennale, one of the art world’s most prestigious venues for exhibition. Taking the name and theme of All the World’s Futures, the 56th edition of the Biennale is curated by Nigerian critic, poet and art...

A Destination for All Women Visual Artists

[col span="1/2"] Today, the Moore College of Art and Design launched MooreWomenArtists.org for Women’s History Month! Hosted by Moore College of Art & Design, the first and only women’s visual arts college in the US, the goal is to bring women artists and designers from around the world to a...

MCAD offers free, open course on Biomimicry

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is proud to announce that we are partnering with Canvas.net to offer a FREE, open online course for the first time entitled, Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology. This course will be a fun introduction to biomimicry, a sustainability...

Otis Recognized for Community Engagement by Carnegie Foundation

Congratulations to Otis College of Art and Design for being recognized in their efforts in community engagement! The following excerpt comes from the school website: "Otis College of Art and Design is honored to be among the select group of colleges and universities in the United States designated...

The Art School Brand: Something in the Way We Teach

Why Typography Matters to our Culture of Visual Learners

Why Typography Matters to our Culture of Visual Learners Communicating through language, images, type and graphic design is critical to our shared visual literacy, making the study of typography more relevant than ever before. Recognizing typography as a vital component of our visual culture, Art...