List of art schools

"Academy of Art" redirects here. For the institution known as the Academy of Art from 1882 to 1873, see Art Gallery of New South Wales.

"Academy of Arts" redirects here. For the Egyptian group of higher education colleges, see Academy of Arts (Egypt).

The following is a list of notable art schools.

Accredited non-profit art and design colleges

• Adelaide Central School of Art
• Alberta College of Art and Design
• Art Academy of Cincinnati
• Art Center College of Design
• The Art Institute of Boston
• The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• Bauhaus University Weimar
• California College of the Arts
• California Institute of the Arts
• Camberwell College of Arts
• Cleveland Institute of Art
• College for Creative Studies
• Columbia College Chicago
• Columbus College of Art and Design
• Cooper Union
• Corcoran College of Art and Design
• Cornish College of the Arts
• École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
• Emily Carr University of Art and Design
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Government College of Art and Craft
• Grekov Odessa Art school
• Kansas City Art Institute
• Kendall College of Art and Design
• Laguna College of Art and Design
• Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
• Maine College of Art
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• Memphis College of Art
• Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design
• Montserrat College of Art
• Moore College of Art and Design
• National Art School (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
• New Hampshire Institute of Art
• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
• Ontario College of Art and Design University
• Oregon College of Art & Craft
• Otis College of Art and Design
• Pacific Northwest College of Art
• Paris College of Art
• Parsons The New School for Design
• Pratt Institute
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Ringling College of Art and Design
• San Francisco Art Institute
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Vermont College of Fine Arts
• Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

Other art schools

• Academy of Classical Design, North Carolina
• Art Academy of Cincinnati
• The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
• Art Students League of New York
• The Ashland Academy of Art
• Brooks Institute
• Burren College of Art
• Capilano University
• College of the Arts, Windhoek
• Delaware College of Art and Design
• Digital Media Arts College
• European Academy of Art (EESAB)
• Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
• Famous Artists School
• Figura, Figure Drawing Academy, Montreal
• Florida School of the Arts
• Haliburton School of the Arts
• Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
• Hussian College, School of Art
• Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar, Bali
• The Jerusalem Studio School
• Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
• Mississippi School of the Arts
• National Institute of Design
• New Hampshire Institute of Art
• New Image College of Fine Arts
• New York School of the Arts
• Northwest College of Art & Design
• Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University
• Osaka University of Arts
• Paier College of Art
• Painting School of Fine Arts
• Paris College of Art
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
• Royal College of Art
• Saldus Art School
• School of Visual Arts
• Sessions College for Professional Design
• Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
• Srishti School of Art Design and Technology
• Sydney College of the Arts
• Tartu Art College
• University of the Arts (disambiguation)
• University of Florida College of Fine Arts
• University of North Carolina School of the Arts
• Valand School of Fine Arts
• Victorian College of the Arts

Academy of Arts

• Academia de Artes (Mexico), an art institution founded in 1967/1968
• Academy of Art University (United States), a private school of art and design in San Francisco, California
• Academy of Arts (Egypt), a large educational complex in Cairo
• Academy of Arts and Academics (United States), a public high school dedicated to the arts, in Springfield, Oregon
• Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Israel), Israel's National College of art and Design, located in Jerusalem; school of architecture, fashion, ceramics, fine arts, multimedia, etc., founded in 1906
• Chengdu Art Academy (China), an art institution based in Chengdu, Sichuan, and founded in 1980
• China Academy of Art (China), an art school of mainland China, founded in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China
• Cranbrook Academy of Art (United States), a school of architecture and design, founded in 1932, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia), a public arts school that offers education in arts at university level
• Iceland Academy of the Arts (Iceland), a public arts school that offers education in arts at university level
• Imperial Academy of Arts (Russia), a Russian art institution founded in 1757 which has played a variety of roles in the artistic life of Russia
• Iranian Academy of the Arts (Iran), an organization whose aim is the preservation and development of Iranian and local arts
• New York Academy of Art (United States), in New York City, boasts the only graduate program which focuses on the human figure
• Royal Academy of Arts (United Kingdom), an independent fine arts institution based in London
• Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (Sweden), an independent organization acting to promote painting, sculpting, building and the other visual arts
• Wulin Academy of Arts (China), an independent research institution and honorary society based in Hangzhou, dedicated to promoting studies of Chinese arts

Academy of Fine Arts

• Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (Slovakia)
• Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (Serbia)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna (Italy)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (India)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Florence (Italy)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (Finland)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Germany)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg (Germany)
• Academy of Fine Arts of Quebec / L’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Québec (Canada)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (Czech Republic)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå (Sweden)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Verona (Italy)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Austria)
• Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb (Croatia)
• Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France)
• Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Italy)
• Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia (Italy), founded in 1573, the second art academy of Europe
• Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Italy)
• Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice (Italy)
• AKV St. Joost, Breda (Netherlands)
• American Academy of Art, Chicago (United States)
• Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (Israel)
• Brera Academy, Milan (Italy)
• Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, Chengdu (China)
• Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts (Hong Kong)
• Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków (Poland)
• Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus (Denmark)
• Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany)
• Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Brescia (Italy)
• Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht (Netherlands)
• Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)
• New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts (United States)
• New York Academy of Art, New York City (United States)
• Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan (Italy)
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (United States)
• Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands)
• Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (Denmark)
• Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht (Netherlands)
• Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (Netherlands)

University of the Arts

Includes institutions called the University of the Arts and those with very similar names:

• Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Amsterdam University of the Arts
• Arts University Bournemouth
• Arts University Plymouth
• Baekseok Arts University
• Berlin University of the Arts
• Chugye University for the Arts
• Emily Carr University of Art and Design
• Falmouth University (formerly Falmouth College of Arts, an art, media and design school located in Penryn and Falmouth)
• Folkwang University of the Arts
• Full Sail University
• Iceland University of the Arts
• Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
• Korea National University of Arts
• Kyoto City University of Arts (Kyoto-Geidai)
• Leeds Arts University
• Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
• Nagoya University of Arts
• National Taiwan University of Arts
• Norwich University of the Arts
• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
• Osaka University of Arts
• Stockholm University of the Arts
• Tainan National University of the Arts
• Taipei National University of the Arts
• Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo-Geidai)
• University for the Creative Arts
• University of Art and Design Lausanne
• University of the Arts
• University of the Arts Bern
• University of the Arts Bremen
• University of the Arts Helsinki
• University of Arts in Belgrade
• University of the Arts London (federation of institutions)
• University of the Arts Singapore
• University of the Visual & Performing Arts
• Yewon Arts University
• Zurich University of the Arts

School of the Arts

Main article: School of the Arts

The name of several schools (usually high schools) that are devoted to the fine arts, including:

• Baltimore School for the Arts
• Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
• Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
• Brooklyn High School of the Arts
• Cab Calloway School of the Arts
• Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Charleston County School of the Arts
• Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
• Children's Studio School
• Coronado School of the Arts
• Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design
• Denver School of the Arts (grades 6–12)
• Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
• Dreyfoos School of the Arts
• Duke Ellington School of the Arts
• Governor's School for the Arts
• Harding Fine Arts Academy
• Joshibi High School of Art and Design
• Las Vegas Academy
• Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
• Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
• Malvern College Egypt
• Mississippi School of the Arts
• New World School of the Arts
• Northwest School of the Arts
• Oakland School for the Arts
• Orange County High School of the Arts
• Osceola County School for the Arts
• Painting School of Fine Arts
• Perpich Center for Arts Education
• Pinellas County Center for the Arts
• Rochelle School of the Arts (PreK–8)
• Roosevelt School of the Arts
• San Francisco School of the Arts
• School of the Arts (Rochester, New York)
• South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities
• Tacoma School of the Arts
• Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
• Victoria School of the Arts
• Walnut Hill School

Similar school names

• AKI Academy for Art & Design
• The American Academy of Art
• Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
• Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
• High School of Art and Design
• High School of Graphic Communication Arts
• Idyllwild Arts Academy
• Interlochen Arts Academy
• Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy
• Professional Performing Arts School
• San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts

University Schools of the Arts

Arts programs within a university may also be called a "School of the Arts". Such programs include:

• Carnegie Mellon School of Art
• Columbia University School of the Arts
• Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
• Lamar Dodd School of Art
• Mason Gross School of the Arts
• Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
• Skunder Boghossian College of Performing and Visual Arts
• Syn Studio École d’art / School of Art

Artist-initiated schools

Main article: List of artist-initiated schools

Some art schools have been initiated by artists; these may be designed to operate as traditional schools, or may themselves be considered art projects.

• Black Mountain College (defunct)

See also

• Art school
• Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
• Flint Institute of Arts
• Kunstgewerbeschule
• List of art schools in Europe
• List of art schools in Quebec
• National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• School of the Arts (disambiguation)