Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD)

www.aicad.org

AICAD operates programs that inform the public about art and design colleges, and programs that improve the quality of the member colleges. AICAD's 35 members are fully-accredited degree and diploma granting freestanding colleges of art and design. They offer 35 undergraduate and graduate majors. They enroll over 35,000 students each year from all 50 states and 50 foreign countries.

AICAD Member Colleges

*Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
*Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
*Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, California
*Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
*California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
*Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
*Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
*Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
*Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York
*Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, District of Columbia
*Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
*Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut
*Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
*Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
*Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
*Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
*Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
*Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon
*Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
*Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
*Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
*Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
*Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
*Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
*School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
*San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
*School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
*University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

*Mobility Program participants

International Affiliates

AICAD is establishing affiliations with freestanding international colleges of art and design. Affiliates participate in the majority of AICA programs.

*Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
*Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan

* Mobility Program participants

Programs

To support the mission AICAD undertakes a variety of activities:
distributing information about AICAD and its members, and about art and design education via the web and other mass markets;
conducting annual conferences on timely academic and administrative subjects;
operating an independent studio and internship program in New York City (New York City Studio Program);
overseeing student exchanges among the member colleges and affiliates;
gathering and analyzing institutional data annually;
providing members with information about legislation and government policy;
cooperating with educational and cultural groups on mutually beneficial programs;
acting as a clearinghouse for the members on art and design education issues.

Mobility Program

Thirty-two member and affiliate AICAD colleges participate in the Mobility Program, allowing students in their junior year to study for a semester at another member college. Participating students pay tuition and fees to their home college.

MassArt students who want to apply to the Mobility Program should meet with the Mobility Coordinator in the Advising Office within the first two weeks following the Add/Drop period of the semester before the desired mobility semester. Application requirements include approval of both their faculty advisor and their department chair, a proposal defining reasons for requesting participation in mobility, and a slide portfolio.