Cool Young Artists

There are many colleges and schools to obtain an undergraduate or graduate degree in your chosen field of artistry. One very well organized website is called "AllArtSchools" and subtitled "Your Guide to Art Education and Careers." A single click on "All Art Schools" brings up a listing of art schools in your local area followed by an extensive listing of both online and traditional campus art schools accepting students in your local area or state; this is followed by state listings, many complete with specific degree programs offered at each school. Additionally, you may browse by the artistic programs of General, Design, Fashion, Entertainment and Fine Arts; or you may browse by certification or college degree, such as Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's Degree.

A similar website is called “ArtSchools.Com.” It lists a variety of top degree programs, including graphic design, fashion, interactive media, interior design, game design, web design, photography, film, animation, computer aided drafting (CAD), media arts and visual communication. Additionally, it lists the top U.S. states and cities for art schools:

 States                     Cities

        California             New York City
New York               Los Angeles
Texas                       Chicago
Florida                     Atlanta
Pennsylvania           Boston
Illinois                      Houston
Massachusetts            Miami
Georgia               Philadelphia

Other links list top art schools by state as well as a listing of nine online art schools and colleges. Additionally, visitors to this site may search for art and design schools by program and location.

Then there is the Academy of Art University, also known as “The Art School of Art Schools,” located in San Francisco. As one of the best online schools of art, this university offers accredited online degree programs to earn an Associate’s of Arts, Bachelor’s of Arts, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Master’s of Arts, Mater’s of Fine Arts or Master of Architecture Degree, which are offered in 18 different internal art schools:

Acting Fine                                       Art Landscape                         Architecture
Advertising                                        Game Design                    Motion Pictures & TV
Animation & Visual Effects             Graphic Design            Multimedia Communication
Architecture         Music Prod. & Sound Design for Visual Media
Illustration
Art Education                             Industrial Design                       Photography
Fashion                                 Interior Arch. & Design          Web Design & New Media

Described as “founded by artists for artists” in 1929, the Academy of Art University certainly would be a great place to start your online search for information on any of these many artistic fields of study.

Thus, there are many choices. Interestingly, very few of the above schools or degree programs, perhaps none, specifically address writing, which was the subject of the previous article on Cool Young Artists. Therefore, next week’s article will provide you with guidance to locate schools for artistic, creative writing.

Thank you for reading!