Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design


Established:	1886
Type:	Private
President:	Michael O'Keefe
Faculty:	100
Undergraduates:	750
Location:	Minneapolis, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	www.mcad.edu

Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a four-year and post-graduate college specializing in the visual arts. Founded in 1886, the College was originally called the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts and the first class contained 28 students, 26 of which were women. In 1910, the School of Fine Arts changed its name to the Minneapolis School of Art. In 1970, the School became the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, MCAD takes in roughly 750 fine arts and design students to engage in areas such as figure drawing, still life, design, sculpture, typography and art history. MCAD also has a comic arts program.

1 Academics
2 Campus
3 Enrollment
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Academics

The College offers three degree programs.

Bachelor of Fine Arts - The BFA program offers majors in Advertising Design, Animation, Comic Art, Drawing, Filmmaking, Studio Fine Arts, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Web And Multimedia Environments, Painting, Photography, Print, Paper, Book, and Sculpture. ^[1]

Bachelor of Science - The BS program offers specializations in Visualization and Virtual Experience, Entrepreneurship and Project Management, Print and Web Communications, and Branding, Marketing and Public Relations. Students have the opportunity to meet with real clients and take on certain projects.^[2]

Master of Fine Arts - The MFA program offers disciplines in the areas of Animation, Comic Art, Drawing, Filmmaking, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interactive Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture. It's based on a mentor-based approach in which students select a mentor from a list of MCAD Faculty and professional area artists, work one-on-one with their mentors discussing their goals as an artist, and develop strategies in studio art and liberal studies seminars to meet their best needs.^[3] MCAD is one of the few major art institutions to offer a major in Comic Art.

Continuing Studies - MCAD offers a number of continuing studies courses for children, teens and adults. Adult courses are available for both enrichment and professional development. MCAD Continuing Studies department will host a workshop of anime and manga art called Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits September 26-28. This year the guest will be ABe Yoshitoshi. Visit www.mcad.edu/anime for more info.

MCAD offers certificate programs for students who wish to concentrate in an area but are not seeking a degree. Currently, the College has two certificate programs: post-baccalaureate certificate and a certificate in sustainable design online.

The post-baccalaureate program is a focused, intensive course of study for those who have completed a significant amount of work in studio art or design. Such students can use a post-baccalaureate certificate to qualify for certain occupations or to strengthen their portfolio if they are considering pursuing graduate studies. Applications are open to individuals who have received a bachelor’s degree.

Sustainable Design Certificate Program - MCAD's ground breaking Sustainable Design Certificate Program is the first ever accredited online certificate program not exclusive to architecture, focusing on sustainability ideas that can be applied to any effort. The program was developed, and is taught, by long-standing eco-practitioners and advocates for sustainable design, including members of: Worldchanging, Biomimicry Guild, The Natural Step, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and the Permaculture Guild, with the core group coming from the o2 Global Network. As an all online program, students come from all industries, cultures, and career stages to share ideas and insights while learning how to apply systems thinking to their own work. Not limited to designers, business and government decision makers find they not only learn how to apply sustainability systems thinking, but learn creative out-of-the-box thinking as well. http://www.mcad.edu/sustainable

Package Design Magazine's article about MCAD's program. http://www.packagedesignmag.com/issues/2006.07/substainable.shtml

[edit] Campus

The College's campus is located on 2501 Stevens Avenue, just south of the Minneapolis downtown area. MCAD is also housed next to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Children's Theatre Company.

MCAD offers student apartments for on-campus living.
- 122 Units
- 10 efficiencies
- 63 one-bedrooms
- 40 two-bedrooms
- 9 three-bathrooms
43 percent are furnished
- All housing units together can hold an amount of 285 students