In 1998, the Art Academy of Cincinnati legally separated from the museum and became an independent college of art and design. Degrees granted are the Associate of Science in Graphic Design; the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Design, Illustration, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Print Media, and Sculpture; and the Master of Arts in Art Education, which is taught during summer semesters.
The Art Academy moved into its current facility at 1212 Jackson St. in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in the fall of 2005.[1] This move has been pivotal in the Over-the-Rhine revitalization and renovation as an arts district. The new facility provides 24-hour access for students with around the clock security. Students are guaranteed studio spaces in Junior and Senior years. The 12th and Jackson St. building also has an open air atrium, connecting two formerly separate buildings, enlarged classroom spaces, computer labs, a student commons area, lecture hall, and Learning Services Center. In 2008, the Art Academy facility received Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Green Building certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
AAC housing is encouraged for out-of-town Art Academy freshmen at the Academy Housing Facility at the nearby corner of 13th and Jackson streets. 33 loft style apartments renovated in collaboration with Urban Sites came online in 2020. The suites for 110 students are available each with fully equipped kitchens and with communal laundry facilities. Resident Advisors are also available and live on the premises.
Notable alumni and faculty
Wilbur G. Adam (1898–1973) divided his career between Cincinnati and Chicago and is best known as a portrait painter and for his landscapes of western United States.
Josef Albers (1888–1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of modern art education programs of the twentieth century. He taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1949
Paul Chidlaw (1900–1989), a modern American painter and long-time instructor at the Academy. Chidlaw Gallery is named after him.
Jenny Eakin Delony, (aka: Jenny Delony, Jenny Meyrowitz, Jenny Eakin Delony Rice) (1866–1949), an American painter and educator who specialized in portraiture, miniatures, landscape, wildlife, still life, and genre
Frank Duveneck (1848–1919), a portrait painter who taught at the Art Academy during the 1890s and later became its chairman. He notably fought with the Cincinnati Art Museum administration for students' right to study directly from the live nude model.
Frances Farrand Dodge (1878 –1969), a U.S. artist and teacher, appreciated by critics for her command of all media, including oil, pencil, etching, watercolors
Charley Harper (1922–2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist, best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations
Noel Martin, graphic designer who revolutionized type and publication standards for American museums, and later a professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati
Anna Oliver (1840–1892), American preacher (attended)
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), a Cincinnati-based artist and educator who worked with Art Beyond Boundaries[2] from its inception in 2005, Pearlman gallery is named after her
The college features three public galleries that offer changing art exhibitions, the Pearlman Gallery, the Chidlaw Gallery and the McClure Gallery. Exhibitions include emerging and professional artists, students, faculty and alumni artists.
References
^Smith, Steve; et al. (2007). "The Head of the Class". Cincinnati USA City Guide. Cincinnati Magazine. p. 22. Retrieved 2013-05-06.