Take your education across the country
When entering their junior year, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ students have the opportunity to study with a number of renowned art institutions, allowing them to learn different approaches and expand their communities and networks.
Rising juniors in Photography and Imaging compete to spend a year at the acclaimed International Center for Photography in New York, and students from every major have the chance to study at a number of AICAD schools throughout the United States and Canada.
These exchange programs are great ways to enhance your education alongside your chosen major, in addition to pursuing a minor or certificate program.
International Center for Photography
Select students from the Photography and Digital Imaging program have the option to participate in a one-year certificate program at the International Center for Photography (ICP) in Manhattan, NY. Only four other colleges in the US offer this exclusive, highly competitive residency. The ICP complex includes unrivaled, professional facilities for film, digital, and video, a research center with over 150,000 original photographs, a museum, and exhibition galleries. This is an excellent opportunity for aspiring photographers and digital artists to work with the best of the best and get inspired in one of the most energetic, arts-oriented cities in the world.
AICAD Mobility Program
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College is a member of AICAD’s Mobility Program, which provides the opportunity for full-time juniors in good standing, to study for one semester at any one of the following schools:
Participating Schools
- Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada
- Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
- College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
- Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
- Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
- Lesley University College of Art & Design, Boston MA
- Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
- Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
- Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
- Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
- Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
- Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Oregon College of Art & Crafts, Portland, OR
- Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, TN
Qualifications
Mobility is open to students with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0. Tuition is paid to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College. Other costs are paid to the hosting institution. Grades received become part of the student’s official record at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College.
Art Residencies
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College supports students in art residencies across the country through various programs, whether during the summer between their junior and senior years at the College or after graduation. Fine Arts supports at least one rising senior each summer for a residency of their choice.
Yale Norfolk School of Art
Each year, the Department of Fine Arts supports one rising senior to attend the Yale Norfolk School of Art, a six-week undergraduate summer residency program in western Connecticut. The program follows the Yale College art curriculum, which includes Critical Studies, Advanced Image Making, and Senior Studio. If accepted, the residency is fully funded for the student.
Pilchuck Glass School
The College provides the opportunity for one rising senior in Fine Arts to attend a summer residency at Pilchuck in Seattle, Washington. Several different residencies are offered during the summer, and students can decide which is most interesting to them. Each of the residency options at Pilchuck is fully funded.
Chautauqua School of Art
Chautauqua offers two resident programs each summer: a two-week program and a six-week program. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College’s Fine Arts program supports its graduating students in applying for and attending residencies, which gives recent grads a place to continue immersing themselves in their art practice after graduation.
New York Academy of Art
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s Fine Arts department has a long tradition of sending rising seniors to NYAA’s summer residency program for undergraduate students.
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