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Art Degree online, accreditated online degree for fine art?

helnywati l asked:


I would like to know whether there is accreditated online degree for fine art avaiable. Or maybe combination, like I can do the online course and do the face to face course during the summer holiday (because that the time when I’m able to travel out of town since I’m working in a school)

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2 Responses to “Art Degree online, accreditated online degree for fine art?”

  1. amberwolf_for_art on May 5th, 2009 11:36 pm

    This is a question I asked myself over 5 years ago, and I stopped asking it. I took courses at the small community colleges near me, and had the best instructors. I listened to them when they said they wished they didn’t tie up all their money into an education because now they are stuck with having to teach art instead of having the time to create their own art. They average owing 25-50,000 dollars. What they learned after all that time was how to do a portfolio, and that is something you can do without a 50,000 dollar investment.
    It seems college pushes you to do art projects that you could have done yourself, you really don’t get one on one instruction, using art books and doing it on your own is better. What you want to do is art! Do many paintings, drawings, sculptures, windchimes, just get creative. Dream it, do it, then get pictures made of each one, and create a portfolio. Get the items out in the world, take them to the local galleries, do a show, they usually expect 12 paintings done on gallery style board and frames.
    Your drive is what makes you succeed, people without that drive need tutoring in college. Your drive is free, the education is not, and it takes away your freedom to create.

  2. kjs85714 on May 8th, 2009 1:18 pm

    There is an art school online called the Art Institute. I took classes through them for about a year. All the paperwork and the representatives I had talked to told me that it was accreditted. It was, but not with the same accredidation that most universities and colleges use. The credits I had acquired through the Art Institute would not transfer to any other physical Art Institute in any city and the credits would not transfer to any other college whether it be a community college or a university. Plus it was super expensive… I’m still paying students loans for just going to school a year there and that was about 4 years ago. So beware about the online college experience. Honestly everything I learned in the classes I taught myself. If you are serious about the degree, find a university near where you live and take classes during the summer and they might even offer some classes through the internet like art history classes and some classes may be offered during the evenings through the regular school year. You could easily get 4 classes out of the way each year if you took both summer sessions and even more if you were able to take night classes. Hope this helps!