High School of Art and Design
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The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. A venerable school that was founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, it moved to its present location in the center of the city's design district in September 1960, and offers a traditional academic education, augmented with advanced courses in the professional arts. 90% of its graduates continue on in post-secondary education.
Students at Art and Design receive two periods of art instruction per day, choosing from among four art majors: cartooning and animation, architecture, illustration (which includes fashion illustration and medical illustration), and new media (which includes digital photography and filmmaking). In addition to contemporary methods they are taught some "old-fashioned" basics, such as drawing and darkroom skills. Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted.
Art and Design's Kenny Gallery, named for the school's founding principal John B. Kenny, hosts monthly art exhibits of student work, in addition to the annual display of Region 9's best student work and the annual faculty art show and sale. The ground floor art gallery faces Second Avenue and is open to the public. The school has a full gym and weight room, a library and a fully-equipped black box theater where the Roundabout Theater Company works with students on drama. The theater was donated by the Friends of Art and Design (FAD), a 10-year-old old community-based volunteer organization that has been exceptionally supportive of the school.
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[edit] Notable Alumni
Please note: There are thousands of successful alumni from the School of Industrial Art and the High School of Art and Design in the creative art fields. This is a list of the most notable and famous, selected by the school's Alumni Association.
- Neal Adams, comic book illustrator
- Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker.[1]
- Sy Barry, comic book illustrator
- Tony Bennett, singer and painter.[1]
- Norman Blumenthal, TV game show producer
- Eric Carr, drummer in the rock band KISS
- Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator
- Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwright
- Juliana Duque Actress, TV Hostess and Reporter
- Chris 'Daze' Ellis, graffiti writer and artist
- Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist.[1]
- Joe Giella, comic book illustrator
- Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator
- Roy Grace, legendary art director
- Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator
- Amy Heckerling, film director, writer, actor
- Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
- John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter
- Malcolm Jones III. comic book illustrator
- Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator
- Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer.[1]
- Helmut Krone, legendary art director
- George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director
- Kwamé Hip Hop Artist, Rapper, Producer
- Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter
- Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator
- Joe Madureira, comic book illustrator
- Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker
- Christopher "Play" Martin, rapper and actor
- Steven Meisel, fashion photographer
- Sheila Metzner, photographer
- Mobb Deep, hip-hop group
- Pharoahe Monch, hip-hop artist
- Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator
- Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), graffiti writer, artist and muralist
- John Romita, Sr., comic book illustrator
- Lorna Simpson, documentary photographer
- Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist
- Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator
- Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"
- Lenny White, jazz drummer
- Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor
- Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmaker.[2]
- Henry Wolf, designer, photographer
- C-rayz Walz, Hip Hop Artist
- Keith "Kap-er" Patterson, Hip Hop Artist, Writer, Producer
- Percee P Hip Hop Artist
[edit] Notable Faculty
- Daisy Aldan, poet, editor of Folder Magazine and Two Cities (with Anais Nin), recognized as one of America's best poets
- Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy
- Bernard Krigstein, painter, illutrator, cartoonist
- Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Tweti, Mira. "School's Alumni and Staff Feel Its Art Emphasis Is Neglected", The New York Times, December 5, 2001. Accessed October 29, 2007. "Graduates include the designer Calvin Klein, the singer Tony Bennett, the playwright Harvey Fierstein and the filmmaker Ralph Bakshi."
- ^ Kastner, Jeffrey. "ART/ARCHITECTURE; An Energetic Imagist Who Dances With Chance", The New York Times, August 19, 2001. Accessed November 19, 2007.
[edit] External links
New York City Department of Education Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5 | Region 6 | Region 7 | Region 8 | Region 9 | Region 10 | |
|---|---|
| 6-12 schools | NYC Lab School | The Anderson School |
| High schools |
Academy of Environmental Science Secondary HS | Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical HS | American Sign Language and English HS |
| PK-8 schools | 184M |
| Middle schools | 104 |Salk School of Science| |
