Houston Art Schools
Westwood College - Houston
8880 Telephone RoadHouston, TX 77061
Sample programs:
- Associate Degree - CAD - Architectural Drafting
- Associate Degree - Graphic Design and Multimedia
DeVry University - Houston
11125 Equity DriveHouston, TX 77041
Sample programs:
- Associate - Web Graphic Design
The Art Institute of Houston
1900 Yorktown StreetHouston, TX 77056
Sample programs:
- Design and Technical Graphics
- Digital Film & Video Production
- Fashion & Retail Management
- More
The Art Institute of Houston - North
A branch campus of The Art Institute of HoustonHouston, TX 77064
Sample programs:
- Fashion & Retail Management
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- More
ITT Technical Institute - Houston North
15621 Blue Ash DriveHouston, TX 77090
Sample programs:
- School of Drafting and Design
ITT Technical Institute - Houston West
2950 S. GessnerHouston, TX 77063
Sample programs:
- School of Drafting and Design
AIU Houston
9999 Richmond AveHouston, TX 77042
Sample programs:
- Visual Communications - Digital Design
Attending Art School in Houston
This capital of the great state of Texas is not only the fourth largest city in the United States, but is also the second lowest in cost of living among big cities. With so many people able to enjoy an affordable lifestyle, it is no wonder Houstonites eat out more than residents in any other city; or that they enjoy innumerable events put on by the more than five hundred cultural, visual, and performing arts organizations in the city; or even that the "Bayou City's" theatre district is second only to New York! With so much to do and the means to do it, any art student planning on attending school in Houston should also plan for a busy calendar and a good pair of shoes. The calendar of events will include things like Art on the Avenue, Art Houston, FotoFest, Houston Art Crawl, Gallery Colquitt, and the nationally recognized Bayou City Arts Festival, a biannual event that exhibits the juried work of over three hundred artists. Additionally, any fans of Impressionism should not miss the Museum of Fine Art or, if you prefer surrealism, the Mencil Collection is certainly a must-see. And the list goes on: the Contemporary Museum of Art, The Center for Contemporary Craft, the Houston Center for Photography, and the Museum of Printing History are all part of the expansive Houston art scene. For more alternative mediums, Diverse Works, the Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts, and the Lawndale Art Center all offer experimental, cutting-edge art exhibits and spaces. Most notably, the Project Row House is a nationally recoginzed program for its efforts in urban development. Through this program, row homes are taken over by seven different artists biannually and the artists transform the homes through exhibitions of installation and performing arts. Furthermore, Buffalo Bayou Art Park works to promote the development and installation of sculpture art in public places- another example of the great presence of art in and around the city. With so much to do and see, any art student will find a true challenge, not in opportunity, but in time management.
School of Art, University of Houston
| Enrollment: | 23366 |
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| Faculty: | 26 |
| Programs: | Studio Art (Painting, Photography/Digital Media, Graphic Communications, Interior Design and Sculpture - which includes ceramics and jewelry/metalsmithing); Art History;Design |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts; Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts; Bachelor of Art in Studio Art (for education); Bachelor of Art in Art History |
| Features: | Many School of Art faculty have received grants from prestigious foundations such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Foundation and many others;annual juried student exhibition; the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition; Blaffer Gallery; Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts; spacious work areas for painting and drawing; well equipped studios for intaglio, lithography, silk- screen and jewelry/metalsmithing; indoor-outdoor studios for sculpture and ceramics; and state-of-the art equipment in graphics, interior design and photography/digital media. The School of Art Visual Resources Library includes approximately 100,000 slide images in its collection and continues to advance in the direction of digital technology for classroom and web-based instruction. |
| Noted Alumni: | Burdette Keeland (modernist), Julian Schnabel (artist), Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Star Jones, Master P, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tom Landry, Fred Couples, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (author, poet) |
Art Institute of Houston
| Faculty: | NULL |
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| Programs: | Cuinary Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Interactive Media Design; Media Arts & Animation |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Fine Arts; Associate of Applied Science |
| Features: | Year-round courses; accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; Student Gallery |
Department of Art, Houston Baptist University
| Enrollment: | 1761 |
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| Faculty: | 115 |
| Programs: | Studio Art (Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Printmaking), All-level Art Education |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Art, Bachelor of Science |
| Features: | Art Forum (Mentoring Program), Annual Spring Student Exhibition |
| Noted Alumni: | Scottish golf great Colin Montgomerie |
Department of Visual Arts, Rice University
| Enrollment: | 2933 |
|---|---|
| Faculty: | 15 |
| Programs: | Studio arts (drawing, digital video and film production, painting, photography, printmaking or sculpture) |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts (fifth year intensive study within the creative arts) |
| Features: | Rice University Art Gallery, the Brown Fine Arts Library, FotoFest; works collaboratively with the Department of Art History; Rice\'s endowment per student is fifth among American universities, a member of the American Association of Universities; Two faculty members have won the Nobel Proze and one has won the Pulitzer; 37 faculty members have received Guggenheim Fellowships |
| Noted Alumni: | Bubba Crosby, Larry McMurtry. Alberto Gonzalez |
The Department of Fine Arts, Texas Southern University
| Enrollment: | 10874 |
|---|---|
| Faculty: | 18 |
| Programs: | Art History, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts |
| Features: | John T. Biggers Art Center, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; student support from the General University Academic Center |
| Noted Alumni: | Yolanda Adams (singer), Michael Strahan |
