| Minnesota is a large and beautiful state with a | | | | providing a strong pre-professional focus. |
| reputation for personality and creativity. From | | | | The Minnesota College of Art and Design also |
| Garrison Keillor's mythical Lake Woebegone to the | | | | offers a Bachelor of Science degree that centers |
| work of Minnesota state natives F. Scott | | | | on bridging the gap between business executives |
| Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Judy Garland and Charles | | | | and creative staff. This program is recommended |
| Schultz, the state has long contributed to the arts | | | | for students who are both visual and verbal and |
| in the America. Opportunities for creative work in | | | | who are interested in applying their analytical and |
| Minnesota are growing, whether you are | | | | entrepreneurial skills to working in arts-related |
| interested in becoming an interior designer, | | | | fields. Students participate in internships in art |
| museum curator, advertising art director or fine | | | | agencies, design firms and web development |
| artist. | | | | companies. The school's Masters of Fine Arts in |
| From its famous 10,000 Lakes to its major urban | | | | visual studies follows a mentor-based approach |
| and business center in the Minneapolis-St. Paul | | | | combining studio work with seminars and |
| region, Minneapolis provides creative inspiration. | | | | inter-disciplinary experience. |
| Minneapolis boasts the 11-day long Minneapolis | | | | Minnesota State offers Bachelor of Arts and |
| Fringe Festival, the largest non-juried performing | | | | Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees offering studio |
| and visual arts festival in the nation. The state | | | | specializations in ceramics, drawing, fibers, graphic |
| also houses museums, galleries and design firms. | | | | design, painting, photography printmaking and |
| Minnesota offers a variety of settings and | | | | sculpture. Minnesota State offers an alternative |
| institutions for individuals committed to pursing | | | | for students looking to study art in the context |
| studies in arts-related careers. | | | | of a large university with a range of educational |
| Minnesota has four art schools accredited by the | | | | resources. |
| National Association of Schools for Art and Design | | | | Minnesota State Mankato enrolls 14,500 students |
| (NASAD) including two small specialized design | | | | on its 303 acre campus located 85 miles |
| schools: the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, | | | | southwest of Minneapolis. Similarly, the University |
| with some 703 enrolled students (est. 1886), and | | | | Of Minnesota Department Of Art in Minneapolis |
| the College of Visual Arts (est. 1948) with an | | | | offers a Bachelor of Arts Program encompassing |
| enrollment of 200. Minnesota State University in | | | | training in studio arts as well as history of art and |
| Mankato and Minnesota State University in | | | | art criticism. The school's selective Bachelors in |
| Moorhead both offer Departments of Art with | | | | Fine Arts program is available for students |
| programs accredited by NASAD as well as by the | | | | applying at the end of their sophomore year and |
| Council for Interior Design. Minnesota State and | | | | looking to prepare for a specialized art career or |
| the Minnesota College of Art and Design also | | | | graduate study. |
| offer distance learning options through their online | | | | Other liberal arts schools in Minnesota offer |
| programs. | | | | bachelor's degrees in art including St. Cloud State |
| Minnesota College of Art and Design (MCAD) is | | | | in St. Cloud, where students can choose in |
| located in Minneapolis, in a neighborhood adjacent | | | | emphasis in graphic design, 3-d media, or |
| to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts-the Twin Cities | | | | integrated media. Independent Arts institutes, such |
| pre-eminent art museum, housed in a neo-classical | | | | as the College of Visual Arts, focus on |
| landmark building designed by McKim, Mead and | | | | individualized learning an art-making community |
| White in 1915. The College offers a range of | | | | and boast an integrated curriculum focused on |
| degrees. The Bachelor of Fine Arts program | | | | preparing students to become professional artists. |
| allows students to choose from 13 different | | | | Finding the right art school in the stunning state of |
| majors in fine art, design and media. Some the | | | | Minnesota is a matter of seeking the coursework, |
| school's more unusual majors include Furniture | | | | setting, faculty and learning climate that meets |
| Design, Comic Art and a major called Print Paper | | | | your needs. But large universities and art and |
| Book. The BFA program offers a balance of | | | | design institutes alike will provide a thorough |
| two-thirds studio classes and one-third liberal arts, | | | | training in the skills required to forge a career. |