TRADITIONAL vs. CONCEPTUAL art schools?

rex-craft7
Wed, 28 May 2008 04:53:59 +0000

this isnt something i had looked into very much, but i think i will have to start… except i really have no idea where to start. basically, since a couple hours ago, i started wondering about these art schools and their stance on their approach to art:

im most concerned about these four schools as im getting the feeling that they have very strong illustration/GD programs (they are my top choices so far):
SVA
Pratt
MICA
art center

still looking into:
CIA
MCAD
CCA
Otis

im looking to go into graphic design, but also want to do illustration/digital art as emphasis -

anyways, by approach to art, i mean, are they more traditional, or conceptual? im getting a feeling that a more traditional oriented art education will help me career wise far more than conceptual. and this is a bit of a bias, but i keep thinking that a more traditional art based school will help their students get more connected to the work world, give more opportunities for gaining jobs, and are more commercially oriented in nature - i dont know, im confused.

in fact, im not even completely sure what it means for an art school to be traditional/conceptual.

traditional = classic, learning the basics, strong foundations, realism, ??

conceptual = highly abstract, exploration, modernism ??