<p>What are the best LAC/University (under 8,000 students) studio art (drawing, painting) programs for D?</p>
<p>You will likely get greater response on the "Art Major" board.
Also, your post is unclear (to me, at least) as to weather you would be interested in an Art School, or only in programs within complete colleges.
I'm no expert in art school, as I'm not an artist myself, so I can't give any particular suggestions.
Good luck, though!</p>
<p>am interested in art programs within a college/university.</p>
<p>For Unis, Yale's got a great one. For LACs, Bard College.</p>
<p>Syracuse University, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, and Washington U.</p>
<p>ike, For LACs I'd recommend in rough order of selectivity: Williams, Wesleyan, Oberlin, Hamilton, Vassar, Kenyon, Bard, Conn College, Skidmore, Smith. All of these have strong studio art and art history programs within the context of a diverse and academically focused liberal arts education. </p>
<p>My son is just about to graduate from Williams with a dual degree in art studio/history so that's the one I'm the most familiar with. He has been VERY impressed with the quality and range of the programs -- faculty, course selection, facilities, grants, internships. </p>
<p>There are also three world-class museums on or near the Williams campus which makes studying art so much more meaningful. Someof the other school, like Skidmore and Oberlin, have fine collections as well, and Wesleyan, Conn College, Vassar and Bard are easily accessible to New York.</p>
<p>Among the ivy league I'd look at Yale and Brown. For medium sized universities : Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Holy Cross has a strong Studio/Visual Arts major. HC is SAT optional and campus is 1 hour from Boston. Also school has nice on campus art Gallery.</p>
<p>I was impressed when I visited Davidson College; on the tour, they took us to the art building, and explained to us how senior (I think) art majors are each given their own room in the building, and they're allowed to just go nuts on the walls. Seemed pretty cool at the time.</p>
<p>Thanks! Anything on the west coast - or just not in the same league?</p>
<p>ikemarrus, UCLA is very well known for their art program.</p>
<p>The University of Southern California is another good art program. Other west coast possibilities: UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, U of Oregon, Sonoma State, San Diego State, Humboldt State, U of the Pacific, University of Puget Sound, Lewis & Clark, Loyola Marymount, Chapman. But, I agree with Taxguy - UCLA is also excellent for studio art unless you want to go the art school route.</p>
<p>You might find these two resources helpful:</p>
<p>List of Schools accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design: <a href="http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp?page=Member%5B/url%5D">http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp?page=Member</a> Lists
(Note: Most liberal arts colleges will not be NASAD accredited)</p>
<p>Peterson's undergraduate visual and performing arts search engine:
<a href="http://www.petersons.com/vpa/vpsector.asp?path=ug.fas.visual%5B/url%5D">http://www.petersons.com/vpa/vpsector.asp?path=ug.fas.visual</a></p>
<p>Finally, check out whether a National Portfolio Day program will be held near you in the fall - it's a good way to connect with art programs and get feedback on your portfolio, which will be required for the best fine art programs. <a href="http://www.npda.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.npda.org/</a></p>