Decisions in for fine arts.

dudeitseddy
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:16:05 +0000

I am a senior deciding between a couple of art schools strictly for fine arts (with some liberal arts considerations). I have done a bit of research here and there and read a couple of threads posted by people with similar situations. I have been accepted into MICA,SAIC,and Parsons. SAIC offered me 33,000 in merit scholarships. MICA has notified me that I am a scholarship finalist and I will find out in April (I heard they are very generous with money). Parsons offered me 8k only for next year though. Parsons is already out of question because I haven’t heard many good things about its fine arts since its geared more towards design and fashion. I am still waiting for replies from RISD, SVA, and Pratt. I don’t care much for RISD because the location repels me from it. I have heard many good things about MICA and SAIC for fine arts but am a little concerned about certain things. First of all Baltimore(MICA) is not really considered to have a big art market and as a fine artist I would really like to have opportunities to sell art, get apprenticeships with local artists, visit galleries, get exposure, etc. I haven’t heard much about Chicago in these aspects so I am quite ignorant of this. I have been to New York before and have fallen in love with it. It’s basically the art capital of the US so I know I wouldn’t lack those mentioned things. BUT, I haven’t heard much about the fine arts programs in the schools I applied to there. SVA is said to not be so good and Pratt is just completely obscure to me,at least the fine arts programs themselves. (though I have heard that the Brooklyn area is a experiencing a huge artists resurgence). I’m basically stuck between the fine arts program and the location and future possibilities. I want to be able to be integrated in the artistic world as soon as possible so I need a good location while still receiving good training.