I am surely biased, having taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati for some 40 years. I've watched students enter, grow in their educations and build careers that are creative, productive and substantial. More than that, the Art Academy's curriculum educates students as human beings, which after all is the real source of art making.It's an education of hand, eye, mind and spirit.
Gary Gaffney
Professor Emeritus
They offer great community education classes for non-students.
Looking forth at art murals from artists in the greater Cincinnati area is so beautiful.
Great college! This place has a lot of exciting things going on! You can check out the Art galleries inside for free.
As a graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and now its Academic Dean, I couldn't be more proud of what this small college of art and design has been able to give to so many artists. As a private, not-for-profit art college in Ohio, the AAC continues to teach young artists and designers to follow their hearts and engage the world on their own terms through their creative work. What makes the Art Academy of Cincinnati so powerfully vital, not just in Cincinnati, but in the respective worlds of contemporary art and design, is the commitment to provide what our mission statement calls for To create and sustain radical, forward-thinking, contemporary visual artists and designers whose creative contributions make a substantial difference in all the lives they touch. We make artists who delight in imaginative expression because we know that imagination makes the world.
MAKE ART, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
The Art Academy is a great place to learn the most important part about maintaining a career in the arts--community. I don't know of an institution more structured around fostering an artist community than the Academy. During my time there, I knew my peers and faculty on a personal level and this translated into an intimate knowledge of each other's work. I was also provided with several opportunities to build my resume. There were always shows posted, internships available, and I even ran figure drawing sessions, monitored the school's wood shop, and became a school ambassador. As this is my first year post graduation, I have still maintained a close relationship with a group of my classmates and out of that came two job opportunities over the summer before I began my MFA. The Art Academy is like a family and through all of that family's quirks, I miss it already!
I only wish i could get a sponcer to go to Walt Disney's for fill in artistry.
You never know what new, dynamic things their students are going to come up with, far more exciting than your average art school. Great location as well, right in the middle of Cincinnati arts. Stop by to check out one of their Final Friday exhibitions.
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