<p>She loves the program! Here is a link to a post she did after her foundation year.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/1005291-mcad-experience-long.html?highlight=mcad[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/1005291-mcad-experience-long.html?highlight=mcad</a></p>
<p>Every November, MCAD has an art fair where students can sell their works. She did a children’s book (that is one of her main interests) and had some prints available of illustrations she did and sold most of what she put into the fair. As long as you fulfill your major and liberal arts requirments, you can take classes outside your major. She is also taking some comics classes too, and she finds that helps immensely with character development and such. She plans on taking a paper/book making class as well.
She has had several profs that have brought outside speakers, one of which was interested in some of her designs, and another that recommended her for a paper engineering commission. I feel like she is making plenty of contacts there for a successful career. </p>
<p>I don’t know anything about NMU’s program, other than that they had a brand new stand alone art building. The profs we met were photography profs, so they couldn’t give us much info about the illustration program. There was a store on the first floor where students could sell their works.</p>