<p>Photos of the SFAI campus are sparse on their website but I found their site for renting the facilities for conferences, check out the portfolio photos: San</a> Francisco Art Institute: North Beach Location for Event Rental and Shoots</p>
<p>WOW, it is truly inspirational and amazing!</p>
<p>those photos are bit too staged but yep that is what I saw. Once you get on the roof in the beautiful day it is hard not to get sucked into it, besides painting there are really nice.
you are not here for the profit are you? people do that digging up old threads and put some push then get caught and deleted soon after.</p>
<p>I was curious about that since this same post was inserted in about 4 spots. Seems a little odd to me. More like someone from the school trying to drum up interest, are you a student?</p>
<p>Nope I am an interested relation of an applicant who hasn’t visited the school yet. We were trying to find photos to give an idea of what the school actually looked like. Their actual website ([San</a> Francisco Art Institute](<a href=“http://www.sfai.edu%5DSan”>http://www.sfai.edu)) is incredibly unhelpful of giving anyone an idea of what the facility is like. I thought it looked fantastic and that others might be interested, so that is why I posted it. If anyone is interested I also found this: [College</a> Profiles - The San Francisco Art Institute](<a href=“http://www.collegeprofiles.com/sanfranart.html]College”>http://www.collegeprofiles.com/sanfranart.html) and of course: [San</a> Francisco Art Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Art_Institute]San”>San Francisco Art Institute - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I agree, unlike other art schools that put lotta effort in that area, there publications/ website are bit drab compere to the actual thing.
people there were real nice, then some kid just said photo dept aren’t that great.
Many students come for second degree and are older and VERY fashionable. When you look at its history, I feel more and more attached to it, which is not good thing to be subjective… $$$$</p>
<p>This is basically what caught our eye: “Our exclusivity is also based on our single-minded emphasis on art. We are a unique place, committed to a highly specialized art education for a unique group of individuals. We don’t blend the fine arts with commercial and applied studies. This dedication to the fine arts has served us, and our graduates, well.” [College</a> Profiles - The San Francisco Art Institute](<a href=“http://www.collegeprofiles.com/sanfranart.html]College”>http://www.collegeprofiles.com/sanfranart.html)</p>
<p>This is a very radical statement and yet a traditional idea and exactly why it sounds like a great school. Most Art schools have already succumbed to the immense forces of commerce and in one way or another this enters and distorts the creative process. A place where this is not a factor, is like a diamond amongst the zirconia.</p>
<p>I think this would be a great place to study art for the reasons mentioned. It’s truly a beautiful, inspiring setting with a rich history, and the program is the only we have visited so far that’s all about art rather than the business of art.</p>
<p>However, the lack of housing (after the first year), food plan and transportation makes me think it would be better for an older established student rather than someone like my daughter right out of h.s. who has never lived on her own let alone in a major city! It’s a shame for students who should be focusing on school rather than worrying about shopping, cooking or finding affordable housing.</p>
<p>I just found this forum that seems to provide pretty up to date on SFAI: [San</a> Francisco Art Institute - Russian Hill - San Francisco, CA](<a href=“http://www.yelp.com/biz/san-francisco-art-institute-san-francisco]San”>http://www.yelp.com/biz/san-francisco-art-institute-san-francisco)</p>
<p>Wow, I think we have folks totally trying to drum up interest in the school --especially when they’re trying to link to other forums about it. Hey, SpinalTap, Pixelitist: Just so you know, if you’re genuinely excited about the school, that isn’t coming across. Because of the culture of CollegeConfidential, when people show up with few posts pimping a particular school – not asking about attending it, but just saying, “Hey, isn’t this great?” it’s pretty much understood that they’re just trying to make it sound good. Your posts sound very suspicious. If you’re posting on behalf of SFAI, then I should tell you that you’ll actually have the opposite effect, because that sort of behavior is something we expect from schools like AAU, not nice places like SFAI. </p>
<p>Yes, the campus has beautiful views. The viewbook was okay. My daughter almost applied there. The problem is that she got practically daily email messages telling her to apply to the “Visionary Scholars” program, and they sounded really desperate. There’s a line between expressing interest in a student and being icky about marketing. The more email messages daughter got, the less it seemed like “flirting” and the more it was like “creepy stalker guy”, if that makes sense. </p>
<p>So, while I’m <em>sure</em> you’re not secretly marketing folks from SFAI, if you happen to know people like that, you might let them know that no one wants to date the needy clingy guy. Work on highlighting your strengths in a cool, relaxed way. SFAI is pretty and has a nice personality, but comes across as <em>very</em> insecure and emotionally needy, if you know what I mean.</p>
<p>hey hey trin chill
I don’t see pixel person doing what OP is doing.
have you wonder that maybe SFAI thought you are the “catch” since you live there (no need for housing/ meal plan that usually big issue for other fresh outa HS students/parents ) in fact, while, alas! your D can’t live there and have to go elsewhere after HS?
You seems never minded SAIC * loved* her and stalked her? but did not give her enough money but they still have for some other kids, eh.
I know life is rough and want to be bit of b<strong><em>h about something if it’s in or about your turf, but at least be fair about it, b</em></strong>hy about yourself as well then go ahead, judge and be mean to other folks.</p>
<p>Hey Trin, before calling me out, why don’t you read my previous posts? Or even read the one in this thread first! I don’t exactly give it a glowing recommendation. Jeeze.</p>
<p>You must see your own inner-pimp in order to be so misguided in accusing others. I have a relation who is sincerely interested in the school and I was simply trying to find photos and info on the school. SFAI does an incredibly poor job of providing any impression of the school. My relation was interested in the school based on reputation and had no idea what the facilities or location are like or what the forums were saying so I did so homework and I thought I would share it.</p>
<p>OP
maybe it helps if you explain who this relation is like other posters, your kid, friend, nephew, niece, cousin twice removed, you know. And what other schools you have looked into and what you thought about it.
I did suspect you are the one of those at first, and trin is right about that, people do that for profits.
I got serious innerpimp and maybe that’s why trin was ranting.
she hates me so maybe it really meant for me.
don’t take anything hard what she or I say, she tells this here and that there that contradicts, so am I, bet you are, too.
If anyone was really interested in SFAI I am sure they are glad for what you did (totally overkill, though) it is not easy to travel that far from East coast.
Let alone the school is for fine art, not under many people’s watch to begin with.</p>
<p>I suppose I am an innocent…never heard of this practice of “advertising” on CC…that would seem such an inefficient approach that I just assume that no one would bother to do something like that. SFAI sounds like an interesting place for some students to consider while others who are interested in the “business of art” (apparently this is something really low and evil as compared to the true artist) might be turned off by the descriptions above (pretentious). Still the setting is lovely…an important criteria for some students seeking satisfaction in an art education.</p>
<p>heyy fammom
I would like you to figure out if SFAI’s major renovation done -roof and all- was worth the effort or not. Like, how do you weigh students’ added motivation and future success because they got breathtaking view and daily reminder of why the school costs so much?
Go see it yourself and let me know, any business trip plan to NoCal?</p>
<p>@fineartsmajormom, I’m not sure if I’m reading your post correctly but for clarification, there was no judgment on my part regarding the observation that the SFAI program was ‘the only we have visited so far that’s all about art rather than the business of art’. </p>
<p>Whether one believes this to be ‘really low and evil as compared to the true artist’ would be the reader’s preference and interpretation.</p>
<p>hey pixel
fammom is just bit of… ahem… she’d come looong way and had some epiphany. check her out then you can’t help but loving her.</p>