Reputable art school in Safe area

[Anonymous]

Any Virginia resident not considering VCU for an art degree is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Real question here - so your kid goes to an art school and then becomes an art major and graduates and lives....where? Art majors don't live very cushy lives. If they're trying to become an independent artist they'll need cheap studio space. Which puts you right back in the same conundrum. Not to mention all the other interesting artists they'll want to commune with will be living in cheap "unsafe" areas as well - because they likely won't be cushioned by their parents' money. It seems like there's an inherent disconnect between wanting to be an artist and wanting to live a completely safe lifestyle.

Unless you want them to go into graphic design or animation or something similarly corporate and stable - but then we'd be talking about different schools, wouldn't we?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real question here - so your kid goes to an art school and then becomes an art major and graduates and lives....where? Art majors don't live very cushy lives. If they're trying to become an independent artist they'll need cheap studio space. Which puts you right back in the same conundrum. Not to mention all the other interesting artists they'll want to commune with will be living in cheap "unsafe" areas as well - because they likely won't be cushioned by their parents' money. It seems like there's an inherent disconnect between wanting to be an artist and wanting to live a completely safe lifestyle.

Unless you want them to go into graphic design or animation or something similarly corporate and stable - but then we'd be talking about different schools, wouldn't we?

18 year old high school graduate vs 22 year old college graduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any Virginia resident not considering VCU for an art degree is an idiot.

This, agree 100%.

It's one of the top programs in the nation and you can't beat the instate price.

VCU.

And MICA: expensive, and not a safe neighborhood. Our teen did a summer program there prior to graduating and selecting VCU. Every day they were in the program we got some sort of alert from the school about some kind of incident that took place.

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Anonymous wrote:savannah college of art and design. programs are niche but if it’s a good fit, your child will have an awesome experience. and savannah is beautiful.

I love Savannah and SCAD seems like a great school, but the kid of person actively concerned about a safe area is not going to think Savannah qualifies

I love Savannah, and I agree.

Yep Savannah ranges from medium to high crime rate. It also lacks what a big city would offer in terms of internships, networking and job opportunities in the field.

[Anonymous]

SAIC! I’m an alum so biased, but I had a great experience there.