Art Schools vs Art programs at University

atlascentaur
Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:39:01 +0000

My son recently withdrew from SAIC. I’ve commented elsewhere on the reasons. Most important for your question, their program is designed around installation art and performance art. And it appears if you are outside of those, the quality drops considerably. In fact, work in any digital arts field was discouraged in his first year classes.

He, and we, came to the conclusion that it was a gigantic waste of money given his desire to build an active visual arts career in digital arts or film/video.

We knew, going in, that their specific training in those fields was weak. But we had believed the school would lay down an excellent foundation. It didn’t. They seemed to be training people to remain in academia.