Studio art at NYU

icelemmings
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:00:26 +0000

It’s very different. It is not as traditional in any means of the word, I wouldn’t choose any art school over NYU. If you want to learn to be a traditional artist, to be a landscape painter, or figure drawer by all means go to a more “normal” art school but NYU offers far more for somebody if you’re looking. That said, they are highly selective, only 50-60 kids are taken each year. They really want students who think and are different. I was speaking with one of the reviewers on the board and she said it is difficult for them to find 50 worthy candidates, they turn down a good number of “perfect” portfolios of traditional studies and “classic” pieces. Yeah, you can draw, great… but can you think?