High School of Art and Design

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The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. A venerable school that was founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, it moved to its present location in the center of the city's design district in September 1960, and offers a traditional academic education, augmented with advanced courses in the professional arts. 90% of its graduates continue on in post-secondary education.

Students at Art and Design receive two periods of art instruction per day, choosing from among four art majors: cartooning and animation, architecture, illustration (which includes fashion illustration and medical illustration), and new media (which includes digital photography and filmmaking). In addition to contemporary methods they are taught some "old-fashioned" basics, such as drawing and darkroom skills. Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted.

Art and Design's Kenny Gallery, named for the school's founding principal John B. Kenny, hosts monthly art exhibits of student work, in addition to the annual display of Region 9's best student work and the annual faculty art show and sale. The ground floor art gallery faces Second Avenue and is open to the public. The school has a full gym and weight room, a library and a fully-equipped black box theater where the Roundabout Theater Company works with students on drama. The theater was donated by the Friends of Art and Design (FAD), a 10-year-old old community-based volunteer organization that has been exceptionally supportive of the school.

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[edit] Notable alumni

Please note: There are thousands of successful alumni from the School of Industrial Art and the High School of Art and Design in the creative art fields. This is a list of the most notable and famous, selected by the school's Alumni Association.

[edit] Notable faculty

  • Daisy Aldan, poet, editor of Folder Magazine and Two Cities (with Anaïs Nin), recognized as one of America's best poets
  • Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy and other works of art
  • Alvin Hollingsworth, comic book illustrator and fine artist
  • Bernard Krigstein, painter, illustrator, cartoonist
  • Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Tweti, Mira. "School's Alumni and Staff Feel Its Art Emphasis Is Neglected", The New York Times, December 5, 2001. Accessed October 29, 2007. "Graduates include the designer Calvin Klein, the singer Tony Bennett, the playwright Harvey Fierstein and the filmmaker Ralph Bakshi."
  2. ^ a b Schiro, Anne-Marie. "Bill Haire, 60, Fashion Designer Who Specialized in Sportswear", The New York Times, May 2, 1995. Accessed February 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Kastner, Jeffrey. "ART/ARCHITECTURE; An Energetic Imagist Who Dances With Chance", The New York Times, August 19, 2001. Accessed November 19, 2007.
  4. ^ Donadoni, Serena. "Hormonal pyrotechnics 101: Amy Heckerling on life, love and other high-school explosives.", Metro Times, July 26, 2000. Accessed February 10, 2008. "Few filmmakers are as in touch with their inner teenager as Amy Heckerling, even if her own experience is diametrically opposed to those of the California teens in her best films. The Bronx native attended the High School of Art and Design in nearby Manhattan, where she focused on photography, and eventually moved on to New York University to study film."
  5. ^ Le Marie, Nicole. "Hot on Prada's heels, the divine Marc Jacobs", The Independent, February 25, 2007. Accessed April 18, 2008. "Since graduating from the New York High School of Art and Design in 1981 and moving on to the Parsons School of Design, the New Yorker has gathered accolades galore and is now artistic director for Louis Vuitton."

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Coordinates: 40°45′33″N, 73°57′57″W