LAC with good art/design program in South

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>My d is looking for a LAC in the South w/ good art/design program. She is strong academically--top 5% of her class; 30 ACT; 1360/1990 old/new SAT. She has tons of EC's including varsity sports and student council. She has taken every art class her high school offers, including two AP art classes. She would like a career in some art/design related field, but is not interested in teaching. </p>

<p>She really does want to stay in the South, and wants a LAC, not an art school. Merit aid would be a big plus. (She's been offered a full ride from a decent private LAC in our state, but she was not impressed w/ their art program.)</p>

<p>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>jdaa </p>

<p>I"m not sure what your d wants to do or what area she wants to study, but i do have a suggestion for you to consider. Take a look at University of North Texas. It has the best art department of all the universities in Texas. Except maybe University of St. Thomas in Houston. UNT has an Honors program that is really good, with their own seperate dorm for honors students, and the classes are instead of not in addition to other classes. </p>

<p>Here is the website for the school: <a href="http://www.unt.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.unt.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The Toulouse School of Graduate Studies at UNT works with every major, so if she really does not want to teach she can get a Masters in Comunication Design, Art History, or choose a large variety of other fields for a Masters degree. They have a huge selection of Masters Programs. </p>

<p>My d is considering a BFA in Communication Design and a Masters in either Advertising, Journalism, or the Business School, because she wants to work for a major magazine as an art director. My d loves fashion and photography too and UNT offers those degrees also. </p>

<p>What I like is the cost - 15 hours a semester at $3000.00 for instate and about $8000.00 for out of state tuition and fees. And they have lots of financial aid programs too. </p>

<p>This school will be my d's safety, her dream school is RISD, but she will be applying at SCAD, MICA, Pratt, Parsons, Said, SVA, CM, and a few others also. </p>

<p>As far as University of St. Thomas in Houston, they do not have their own art department. The Glassell School of Art, which is run by the Museum of Fine Arts Housston acts as their art department. My d is only in the eighth grade this year, and is going to the Junior School on Saturdays, and hopes to get into the ACT Glassell program for high school, which means a 15 piece portfolio submission with 3 art teacher recommendations. So far, she loves the work, and the art training there has been excellent. I imagine the art classes at the college level are excellent. I'm sorry I don't know anything about University of St. Thomas.</p>

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<p>Davidson has a reasonably strong art program.</p>

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<p>fiddlefrog, I was interested to read your reply about Davidson. I posted a question recently on another Davidson related thread about its art program. Until I had read another post a while back that mentioned Davidson's art department, I was unaware of it as being a LAC with a strong art dept. What are its strengths, do you know? Digital art? Painting? Drawing? Design? My s and I would love to read more about it if you or any others have more information to share. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Southwestern University in Texas has a solid art/design program which is rare among LAC's. Solid school academically, good merit scholarships and financial aid. Beautiful campus as well, near Austin.</p>

<p>Furman University in SC also has a solid art program for an LAC.</p>

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<p>I am recommending three LAC in the south because I know they are good schools, but I have no idea about their art programs. I have known people at all three who have had positive experiences so it would be worth looking into the strength of their art programs.</p>

<ol>
<li> Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, AL</li>
<li> Rhodes College in Memphis, TN</li>
<li> Millsaps College in Jackson, MS</li>
</ol>

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<p>Sewanee, the University of the South, is strong in a very narrow sort of way. The studio faculty is now mostly young, and they all promote the same set of ideas about art. If you like them and that, great; if not, Sewanee's probably not the place for you. They're all very kind people, good teachers, and very good artists.</p>