Art Academy of Cincinnati

Short description: Private art school in Cincinnati, Ohio

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Motto| "Make Art, Make a Difference"
Type| Private
Established| 1869
President| Joe Girandola
Dean| Sarah Stolar
Undergraduates| 245
Postgraduates| 21
Location|

Cincinnati

Ohio

United States

Campus| Urban
|u}}rs| Orange and grey

Website| http://www.artacademy.edu
File:Art Academy of Cincinnati logo.svg

The Art Academy of Cincinnati is a private college of art and design in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded as the McMicken School of Design in 1869, and was a department of the University of Cincinnati, and later in 1887, became the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the museum school of the Cincinnati Art Museum. The college is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and a member of the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE).[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Galleries
* 3 Notable alumni and faculty
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

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.[2] 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 their 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[3] came online in 2020. Suites for 110 students are available, each with fully equipped kitchens, and with communal laundry facilities. Resident advisors live on the premises.

## Galleries

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.

## Notable alumni and faculty

* Wilbur G. Adam (1898–1973), divided his career between Cincinnati and Chicago; best known as a portrait painter and for his landscapes of the western US
* Josef Albers (1888–1976), German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the US, formed the basis of modern art education programs of the twentieth century; taught at the academy of Cincinnati in 1949
* Paul Chidlaw (1900–1989), modern painter and long-time instructor at the academy; Chidlaw Gallery is named after him
* Kreigh Collins (1908–1974), cartoonist and creator of Kevin the Bold
* Petah Coyne, sculptor and installation artist
* Jenny Eakin Delony (aka Jenny Delony, Jenny Meyrowitz, Jenny Eakin Delony Rice) (1866–1949), painter and educator who specialized in portraiture, miniatures, landscape, wildlife, still life, and genre
* Frank Duveneck (1848–1919), portrait painter; taught at the academy during the 1890s and later became its chairman; fought with the Cincinnati Art Museum administration for students' right to study directly from the live nude model
* Frances Farrand Dodge (1878–1969), artist and teacher, appreciated by critics for her command of all media, including oil, pencil, etching, and watercolor
* James Flora (1914–1998), idiosyncratic album cover illustrator for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, commercial illustrator, fine artist, and author and illustrator of seventeen popular children's books
* Tim Folzenlogen, contemporary realist painter based in New York City
* Daniel Garber (1880–1958), landscape painter and member of the art colony in New Hope, Pennsylvania
* Marie Bruner Haines (1885–1979), painter and illustrator
* Charley Harper (1922–2007), Cincinnati-based Modernist artist, best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations
* Eli Harvey (1860–1957), sculptor, painter, and animalier
* Edna Boies Hopkins (1872–1937), artist of woodblock prints
* Maud Hunt Squire (1873–1954), painter and printmaker
* J. Augustus Knapp, esoteric illustrator of The Secret Teachings of All Ages
* Louise Lawson (1860s–1899), sculptor
* Noel Martin, graphic designer who revolutionized type and publication standards for American museums, later a professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati
* Lewis Henry Meakin (1850–1917)
* Lê Hiền Minh (born 1979), installation artist
* Myra Musselmann-Carr (born 1880), sculptor who exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913
* Frank Harmon Myers (1899–1956), painter whose work includes seascapes
* Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835–1907), painter and teacher
* Elizabeth Nourse (1859–1938), realist and genre painter later based in Paris best known for her depictions of peasant women
* Roy Cleveland Nuse (1885–1975), Pennsylvania impressionist artist and teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
* Anna Oliver (1840–1892), preacher (attended)
* Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), Cincinnati-based artist and educator who worked with Art Beyond Boundaries[4] from its inception in 2005, Pearlman gallery is named after her
* Louis Rebisso (1837–1899), sculptor and teacher whose students at the academy included William Jacob Baer, Solon Borglum, Janet Scudder, Mary Chase Perry, Louise Lawson, and Eli Harvey
* John Ruthven (1927–2020), artist specialized in wildlife paintings
* Paul Sawyier (1865–1917), Kentucky artist and impressionist
* Joseph Henry Sharp (1873–1892), one of six founding members of the Taos Society of Artists
* Mary Given Sheerer (1865–1954), ceramicist and instructor affiliated with Newcomb Pottery
* Harry Shokler (1896–1978), 20th-century artist known for his oil paintings and screen prints
* Julian Stanczak, abstract painter and founder of the Op Art movement
* Tony Tasset (born 1960), multimedia artist
* Edward Charles Volkert (1871–1935), Cincinnati-based post-impressionist painter of oil and watercolor cattle paintings from the Old Lyme Art Colony
* John Ellsworth Weis (1892–1962), faculty member
* Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), pop artist of The Great American Nude series of paintings

## References

1. ↑ "About Us". SOCHE. https://www.soche.org/about-us/#members. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
2. ↑ Smith, Steve (2007). "The Head of the Class". Cincinnati USA City Guide. Cincinnati Magazine. pp. 22. https://books.google.com/books?id=Sh4DAAAAMBAJ.
3. ↑ Urban Sites
4. ↑ "Art Beyond Boundaries". http://www.artbeyondboundaries.com/.

## External links

* Official website
* Art Academy of Cincinnati • circa 1912

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Colleges & universities in the state of Ohio

Private|

* Antioch College
* The Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Ashland University
* Baldwin Wallace University
* Bluffton University
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* Case Western Reserve University
* Cedarville University
* Cleveland Institute of Art
* Cleveland Institute of Electronics
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* College of Wooster
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Public|

* University of Akron
* Belmont Technical College
* Bowling Green State University
* Central Ohio Technical College
* Central State University
* Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
* University of Cincinnati
* Clark State Community College
* Cleveland State University
* Columbus State Community College
* Cuyahoga Community College
* Eastern Gateway Community College
* Edison State Community College
* Hocking College
* James A. Rhodes State College
* Kent State University
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* Lorain County Community College
* Marion Technical College
* Miami University
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* Northeast Ohio Medical University
* Northwest State Community College
* Ohio State University
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* Owens Community College
* Shawnee State University
* Sinclair Community College
* Southern State Community College
* Stark State College
* Terra Community College
* University of Toledo
* Washington State Community College
* Wright State University
* Youngstown State University
* Zane State College

Defunct|

* Chancellor University
* Cincinnati Christian University
* Urbana University

University System of Ohio

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Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design

United States|

* Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Art Center College of Design
* California College of the Arts
* California Institute of the Arts
* College for Creative Studies
* Columbus College of Art and Design
* Cornish College of the Arts
* Cranbrook Academy of Art
* Institute of Art and Design at New England College
* Kansas City Art Institute
* Laguna College of Art and Design
* Lesley Art and Design
* Maine College of Art
* Maryland Institute College of Art
* Massachusetts College of Art and Design
* Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
* Minneapolis College of Art and Design
* Montserrat College of Art
* Moore College of Art and Design
* Otis College of Art and Design
* Pacific Northwest College of Art
* Parsons School of Design
* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
* Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
* Pratt Institute
* Rhode Island School of Design
* Ringling College of Art and Design
* San Francisco Art Institute
* School of the Art Institute of Chicago
* School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts
* School of Visual Arts
* University of the Arts

Canada|

* Alberta University of the Arts
* Emily Carr University of Art and Design
* NSCAD University
* OCAD University

International affiliates|

* Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
* Burren College of Art
* China Academy of Art
* LASALLE College of the Arts
* Nanjing University of the Arts
* Osaka University of Arts
* Plymouth College of Art

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