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Massachusetts College Of Art (also known as MassArt) is a publicly funded college of Visual and Applied Art , founded in 1873 . MassArt is located in Boston, Massachusetts near the Museum Of Fine Arts and Northeastern University . It is both the oldest art school and the only publicly-funded art school in the United States . The college is currently headquartered at 621 Huntington Avenue in Boston, and occupies a square block of buildings it has acquired over the last two decades. Previously, it held a number of buildings scattered throughout Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Longwood neighborhoods, with its main campus located on the corner of Brookline and Longwod Avenues. That building was acquired by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the mid-1990s, which gutted and rebuilt the building's interior, but kept the distinctive facade intact. The college is accredited by the New England Association Of Schools And Colleges and the National Association Of Schools Of Art And Design . MassArt offers a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts, a Master of Science in Art Education and a Master of Fine Arts. It also offers a number of pre-college (both credit and non-credit) programs for high school students. Students at MassArt have the option of majoring in Printmaking , Graphic Design , Fashion Design , Ceramics , Sculpture , Painting , Art Education , Photography , Industrial Design , Art History and in the Studio For Interrelated Media (SIM) . There is smaller concentration in Animation . MassArt's curriculum includes a strenuous foundation year and challenging Critical Studies (academic) courses. Notable MassArt alumni include William Wegman and Ben Edlund (creator of '' The Tick ''). EXTERNAL LINK Official website |
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