<p>I want to transfer to an art school after having been at a liberal arts school for two years. I’m mostly interested in fashion design, but would also like to take painting, photography and film somewhat in-depth. I’d like to avoid doing a foundation year and just start doing what I am specifically interested in, especially because I have a good grasp on design and drawing. Any recommendations? Thanks!</p>
<p>SMFA has no foundation year requirement.</p>
<p>Well good luck! Art school that offer student to participant in different mediums and majors in-depth requires foundation year. You must not have not done your research about foundation year. You would know that foundation you do pretty much everything you listed above. Second semester of foundation year you can typically build your classes around your major and your interests. I do recommend you go through foundation year, I don’t think there is away around that. If your transferring from a non-AICAD art school than you will have foundation year no matter. Art school who don’t have a Foundations year are not highly regarded, those school are often design schools and often not AICAD art schools. I encourage you to call around to different art schools and see how you can exempt out of foundation year…</p>
<p>I would recommend you to check out Parsons. They have a beyond great fashion program there!</p>
<p>[Parsons</a> The New School for Design](<a href=“http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/]Parsons”>Parsons School of Design | The New School)</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I am fairly sure that Pratt doesn’t require a foundation year for fashion design students</p>
<p>Actually Pratt does require a foundation year for fashion; however, it is exclusive to the fashion students. In addition to general design, figure drawing, and the required english and art history, it includes construction and other courses only applicable to fashion students.</p>
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<p>If this is true, typically you can “test out” of lower level foundations courses and take a course that challenges you. Instead of Drawing I, you might be assigned Drawing II – or a higher level course. Submit your portfolio, and once you are accepted work with your academic counselor to be placed in courses appropriate to your skill level.</p>
<p>In theory, what RainingAgain said is true. I have found that in practice, it is very difficult to place out of all foundation year courses and probably shouldn’t be waived anyway. I have, however, seen people waive out of basic drawing by doing well in the AP Studio art, although this normally requires a score of at least “4” out of
“5.” Many times they even require a “5” to place out of drawing. If you do well on the Art History AP, you usually can place out of that too. </p>
<p>Many schools, however, require you to take an advanced version of these courses if you place out of the basic intro courses, which is akin to not avoiding the foundation year. Moreover, I don’t recommend you avoid the foundation year anyway for a variety of reasons:
First, they give a thorough grounding in art, design, color, drawing , 3d work and theory that isn’t usually as well presented in AP courses.</p>
<p>Secondly, they give you a great introduction to many areas of art. You might wish to change majors as a result of these courses or realize that you don’t like the major that you thought you liked.</p>
<p>Third: foundation year is where you get to meet and form relationships with many other art majors including those in your major. </p>
<p>Bottom line: I would enjoy the process and not try to avoid foundation year.</p>