Herron School of Art and Design
Herron School of Art and Design, officially IU Herron School of Art and Design, is a public art school at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a professional art school and has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design since 1952.
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hall in 2006
Former home of the art school, now known as Herron High School. "John Herron Art Institute" is still visible on the building's façade in this image from 2010.
IUPUI campus sign for Herron School of Art and Design
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, completed in 2013
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-secondary, undergraduate or graduate programs, and can also offer a broad-based range of programs. There have been six major periods of art school curricula, and each one has had its own hand in developing modern institutions worldwide throughout all levels of education. Art schools also teach a variety of non-academic skills to many students.
1881 painting by Marie Bashkirtseff, In the Studio, depicts an art school life drawing session, Dnipro State Art Museum, Dnipro, Ukraine
The Parsons School of Design in Manhattan
The Cooper Union Foundation Building, Cooper Square, Manhattan
The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.