Know any good photo schools?

Question

Does anyone know a good school to go to if you're interested in photography, but not so good at other kinds of art? I'm looking for one particularly in the St Louis area, or at least in the Midwest, but anywhere will do really. I'd just like some advice on somewhere with a good photo program that isn't obscenely hard to get into.

Answer 1

If you are not certain about which discipline you want to take in photography: fine art, or commercial, perhaps you should look into the Art Institute of Chicago. The coursework is quite eclectic and provides a wide range of photographic and theoretical practices. Granted it is not cheap, and it is quite prestigious, it is one of the best schools for photography in the midwest. However, what may be of concern to you about any art school is the fact that you will have to take fundamental art classes outside of the photography department such as color theory, 2-d and 3-d design concepts, drawing etc... These fundamental art classes usually aren't hard, and grading is determined on progress more often than pure skill. Anyway if you are on a budget and dont want to spend $30k+ a year on tuition, I would suggest perhaps California State University San Jose, or CSU Long Beach. Both have excellent photography departments with professors who are well respected in their fields, Personally though I would go with San Jose state university. A lot of their professors teach at other universities in the area including but not limited to Stanford, San Francisco Art Institute, and the CCAC (all of which are expensive, hard to get into, and prestigious)

Answer 2

Uh, Julliard does not teach photography as it is not a "performing" art.

The best school in the midwest is The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was recently named the most influential art school in the country.

On the east coast, I would check into the Institute of Center of Photography in NYC.

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This is a note to WackyWall, below. The Art Institute of Chicago is a museum. The name of the school is "The School of the Art Institute of Chicago." Also, you speak of grading. There is no grading at SAIC. All classes are pass fail. Furthermore, the core classes, as of a few years ago, were 2D, 3D, and 4D (time arts), and art history. No color theory. I went there and got a BFA in Visual Communications and Painting.

Answer 3

It depends on what type of photography you want to do. a lot of professional professional photographers will tell you Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. A degree from Brooks is about as prestigious as it gets.

Answer 4

I second the idea of The Art Institute of Chicago. Also look into Savannah College of Art and Design, it is my alma mater.

Answer 5

RIT rochester institute of technology in upstate ny

Answer 6

Juilliard School
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Established 1905
School type Private
President Joseph W. Polisi
Location New York, New York, USA
Enrollment approximately 800
Campus Urban
Homepage www.juilliard.edu
The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world. Centrally located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically trained alumni. Now located at Lincoln Center, the school instructs about 800 undergraduates and graduate students. It is one of the world's leading music conservatory and drama schools.

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1 History
2 The Juilliard School Pre-College
3 Juilliard Manuscript Collection
4 The New Juilliard
5 Divisions
6 Notable students
7 Notable teachers
8 External links



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History
The school was founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art; it was then located at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street. In its first year, the institute enrolled 500 students. It moved in 1910 to Claremont Avenue. In 1920, the Juilliard Foundation was created, named after textile merchant Augustus Juilliard who bequeathed a substantial amount for the advancement of music in the United States. Established in 1924, the foundation's Juilliard Graduate School merged with the Institute of Musical Art two years later. As of 1946, the combined schools were named The Juilliard School of Music. The president of the school at that time was William Schuman, the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music.

The school gradually branched out, first adding a dance division and later one for drama, and since 1969, when it moved to the Lincoln Center, it has carried its present name. In 2001, the school established a jazz performance training program. In September 2005, Sir Colin Davis conducted an orchestra which combined students from the Juilliard and London's Royal Academy of Music at the BBC Proms. Currently, the building is undergoing extensive renovation, along with a part of Lincoln Center, aimed at overhauling its appearance. The project is estimated to take about three years to complete.

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The Juilliard School Pre-College
A part of the school, the Pre-College Division teaches students enrolled in elementary, junior high, and high school.

Andrew Thomas, a noted composer and pianist, has been the director of the program from 1994 until just recently (2006), when he decided he would not return as director for the 2006-2007 school year. Dr. Thomas will, however, remain for his thirty-sixth year on the Pre-College composition faculty. Roberto Ross and Katya Lawson will serve as co-administrators for the Pre-College Division until a new Program Director is chosen. This was decided by Juilliard's president, Joseph Polisi. The Pre-College Division is held on every Saturday from September to May in The Juilliard Building at Lincoln Center.

Noted alumni include Yo-Yo Ma, James Gaffigan, David Fein, Itzhak Perlman, Nils Bohr and other noted specialists in quantum mechanics. Noted faculty members include principal bassoonist of the Mostly Mozart Festival, Marc Goldberg, principal bassist of the NY Philharmonic, Eugene Levinson, associate principal trombonist of the NY Philharmonic, James Markey, principal timpanist of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Milarsky, noted composers Daniel Ott, Eric Sessler, Behzad Ranjbaran, Kyle Blaha, Andrew Thomas, and world-famous violinist, Itzhak Perlman.

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Juilliard Manuscript Collection
In 2006 Juilliard received a trove of precious music manuscripts from the billionaire collector and financier Bruce Kovner. The collection includes autograph scores, sketches, composer-emended proofs and first editions of major works by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Stravinsky, Bach, Liszt, Ravel, Copland, Mozart and other masters of the classical music canon. Many of the manuscripts have been unavailable for generations. Among the items are the printer's manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the version that went to the printer with Beethoven's emendations and that was used for the first performance in Vienna in 1824, Mozart's autograph of the wind parts of the final scene of "The Marriage of Figaro," Beethoven's arrangement of his monumental "Grosse Fuge" for piano four hands, Schumann's working draft of his Symphony No. 2 and manuscripts of Brahms's Symphony No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 2.

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The New Juilliard
Major construction is now underway for the New Juilliard, an expansion of the original 1969 building that will yield over 3900 square feet of space for classrooms, rehearsal studios, teaching studios, and offices. Also in the plans is a multi-functional performance space, and a multi-use writing and public speaking center. The lobbies of the Juilliard theatre and Alice Tully Hall will be merged, creating new entrances to the venues. Much of the original Juilliard facade will be restored or expanded. Demolition of the Milstein Plaza is now taking place, along with preparatory work inside the school such as removal of asbestos and placement of supportive columns. Work is expected to be completed in the fall of 2009. For more detailed information, see the Juilliard School official Website.

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WEB SITE: http://www.juilliard.edu/

Answer 7

pasadena art center
http://www.artcenter.edu/