Academy of Art college - Graphic Design - is it good?

[au...@yahoo.com]

I've heard that graphic design program at Academy of atr college is very good.
Anyone know about Academy of art college ?
Is it really good?

Thank you

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[Brian Mays]

Is this the one in San Francisco?

If you can go...GO! I was thinking of going back to art school a number of
months back and I absolutely DROOLED over their classes! The only thing
keeping me back...money! I needed LOTS OF IT (as I don't REALLY want to go
$30,000 in debt).

Brian Mays

[June Curtice]

Yes, it's in SF and is outstanding. They do offer lots of individual
courses, including some in the evening, if your energy level is up to
it. The entire course catalog is my Wish List.

June
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[Young Blue Eyes]

It's a fine school for graphic design and fashion, but I wouldn't spend all
that money if you're looking for education Art is not to be taught in
Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the
artist. But SFAOA makes a wonderful place to network and takes up some nice
space on your resume. I plan to attend next year for fashion, but I'm only
going to network, if I'm not already famous by then.

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<au...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7h3bbp$qv5$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...

> I've heard that graphic design program at Academy of atr college is very
good.
> Anyone know about Academy of art college ?
> Is it really good?
>
> Thank you
>

[Roger Wong]

The Academy of Art does not have a very good reputation overall. I'd say the
only department that good is their fashion department.

I live in San Francisco and work at a reputable firm. Almost all the
portfolios that we see from Academy students/grads have hardly any
conceptual basis. It's all style and bad style. They let anyone into the
school and they let anyone teach. A former INTERN of ours taught there right
after interning with us! She was a good designer, but I don't think
experienced enough to teach a class!

One more thing. The Academy keeps losing and regaining its accredidation.
There's this one accredition group of most of the universities in the
country including all the top ones, and it pulls and re-establishes the
Academy's accredidation regularly. That means if you take classes there and
want to transfer to another school, chances are that other school won't
accept the credits.

I would biasly recommend CCAC (California College of Arts & Crafts). Yes I
am a graduate of their program. The reason I went there and the reason it's
still the best school in the Bay Area for graphic design is because almost
all the big name Bay Area designers teach there: Michael
Vanderbyl/Manwaring/Cronan, Kit Hinrichs, Martin Venezky, Jennifer Sterling,
Lucille Tenazas, David Karam, Jennifer Morla, Neal Zimmermann, Dennis Crowe,
and the list goes on. Many of the teachers pluck their former students when
they graduate or can recommend many places for them to get work.

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Roger Wong
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lun...@lunarboy.net

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In article <7hg2m9$g...@news.csus.edu>, "j lurie-terrell" <lur...@csus.edu>
wrote:

> I have a good friend, a commercial designer and illustrator who lives and
> works in NYC now. David finished the program there a few years ago, and from
> what he says, it was a pretty unappealing program. He claims to have taught
> himself pretty much everything he knows - that portfolio presentation was
> all he walked away with.
>
> I've heard the same thing from various ADAC and AIGA memebrs at meetings.
> There are less expensive programs out there - and many employ faculty
> members who actually work (or have worked) as designers, and not just
> professional teachers, like the SF school.
>
> JLT
>
>
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>>From: "Young Blue Eyes" <no-e-mai...@no.no>
>>Newsgroups: alt.design.graphics
>>Subject: Re: Academy of Art college - Graphic Design - is it good?
>>Date: Sun, May 9, 1999, 4:04 PM

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> In article <7h57nv$56f8$1...@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>, "Young Blue Eyes"