Moore College of Art and Design
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Moore College of Art & Design educates students for careers in the visual arts. Moore is an independent college of art and design
. Located in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Moore is the first and only women's visual arts college in the nation, and one of only two in the world. Moore thrives on the promise of empowering women to achieve financial independence by providing a quality, career-focused education. The official Facebook page for Moore College is http://www.facebook.com/moorecollege.
(MSCHE), National Association of Schools of Art and Design
(NASAD), Pennsylvania State Council of Education (PSCE) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation
(CIDA was formerly known as FIDER).
, of which Philadelphia was the center—today the College offers nine undergraduate programs including Art Education
, Art History
, Curatorial Studies, Fashion Design
, Fine Arts with emphases in 2D and 3D, Graphic Design
, Illustration
, Interior Design
and Photography & Digital Arts
each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts(BFA)
.
Moore's career-focused mission is realized through required internships for every BFA major, internship fellowships for all students, faculty who are professionals in their fields and professional galleries.
Moore has approximately 500 women enrolled in its unique all-female undergraduate BFA program and has a 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio. New co-educational graduate programs, post-Baccalaureate programs as well as adult continuing education and a Young Artists Workshop provide creative opportunities for people of all ages.
As a small college, students benefit from an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio in the BFA program. The size also contributes to a collaborative supportive creative community. The urban setting gives the College a big-campus advantage. The College's central location in Philadelphia places students at the center of a vibrant, supportive community of artists, designers and scholars.
Exhibition history includes: Jane’s Carousel: The Making of a New York Landmark, September 24 – December 10, 2011; Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
: I See Red, Paintings and Prints 1992-2005, September 24 – December 10, 2011; Signe Wilkinson: The World in Line!, August 20 – October 15, 2011; Frances Trombly: Everything and Nothing, January 29 – March 15, 2011; Jenny Drumgoole: Real Woman of Philadelphia, January 29 – March 15, 2011; Judith Leiber – Art of the Handbag, September 10 – October 17, 2010; Wendy Ewald
- Secret Games: Collaborative Works with Children 1969-1999, May 22 - October 16, 2010; Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious, January 29 - April 11, 2010: Artists: Gunilla Klingberg (Sweden); Virgil Marti (Philadelphia); Paul Morrison (London); Betsabeé Romero (Mexico); and Regina Silveira (Brazil); Bicycle: People + Ideas In Motion, June 19 – October 13, 2009; YUMI KORI: utatane, January 30–March 14, 2009; Women through the Lens of Time: Students Select from 180 Years of Photojournalism in The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 30–March 14, 2009; InSights: Devon Dikeou
— Marilyn Monroe wanted to be Buried in Pucci, January 30–March 14, 2009; Mary McFadden
: Goddesses, August 28 - December 6, 2008; Alice Neel
— Drawing from Life, August 28 - December 6, 2008; Women to Watch: Photography in Philadelphia, October 26 – December 9, 2007; The Moore International Discovery Series 6: Artur Barrio
: Actions After Actions, February 8 – March 19, 2006; Faith Ringgold
: A View from the Studio, September 16 – October 30, 2005; Janet Biggs
: Norms and Forms, November 12 – December 15, 2004; Jörg Immendorff
: I Wanted to Become an Artist, January 23 – March 21, 2004; Gloria: Another Look at Feminist Art of the 1970s, January 21 – February 26, 2003; Raoul de Keyser, November 17, 2000 – January 21, 2001; The Moore International Discovery Series 3: Valie Export
: Ob / De+Con(Struction) January 18 – February 27, 2000; Guerrilla Girls
Talk Back, A Retrospective: 1985 – 1991, May 21 – June 30, 1993; Tom Chimes, A Compendium: 1961 – 1986; September 5 – October 18, 1986; The Heart of Creation: The Art of Martin Ramirez
, September 6 – October 18, 1985; Femmes Fatales: An Installation by Lady Pink
, April 9 – May 10, 1984. Full Exhibition History
1848 to 1900s
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design is a non-profit consortium of 41 leading art and design colleges in the United States and Canada. All AICAD member institutions have a curriculum with full liberal arts and sciences requirements complementing studio work, and all are...
. Located in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
Moore is the first and only women's visual arts college in the nation, and one of only two in the world. Moore thrives on the promise of empowering women to achieve financial independence by providing a quality, career-focused education. The official Facebook page for Moore College is http://www.facebook.com/moorecollege.
Accreditation
Moore College of Art & Design is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher EducationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
(MSCHE), National Association of Schools of Art and Design
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
The National Association of Schools of Art and Design , founded in 1944, is an accrediting organization of colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The organization establishes standards for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Member institutions complete periodic peer review...
(NASAD), Pennsylvania State Council of Education (PSCE) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation
Council for Interior Design Accreditation
The is an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for interior design education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...
(CIDA was formerly known as FIDER).
History
Moore educates students for careers in art and design. Founded in 1848 by Sarah Worthington Peter as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1848, the College is now Moore College of Art & Design. Moore was established over 160 years ago to prepare women to work in the new industries created during the Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
, of which Philadelphia was the center—today the College offers nine undergraduate programs including Art Education
Art education
Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings...
, Art History
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, Curatorial Studies, Fashion Design
Fashion design
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
, Fine Arts with emphases in 2D and 3D, Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, Illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, Interior Design
Interior design
Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
and Photography & Digital Arts
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts(BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
.
Moore's career-focused mission is realized through required internships for every BFA major, internship fellowships for all students, faculty who are professionals in their fields and professional galleries.
Moore has approximately 500 women enrolled in its unique all-female undergraduate BFA program and has a 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio. New co-educational graduate programs, post-Baccalaureate programs as well as adult continuing education and a Young Artists Workshop provide creative opportunities for people of all ages.
As a small college, students benefit from an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio in the BFA program. The size also contributes to a collaborative supportive creative community. The urban setting gives the College a big-campus advantage. The College's central location in Philadelphia places students at the center of a vibrant, supportive community of artists, designers and scholars.
Academics
Today, Moore College of Art & Design offers nine undergraduate majors, one post-baccalaureate program, three graduate programs, in addition to a wide range of continuing education programs for adults and youth.Undergraduate majors (BFA)
- Art Education
- Art History
- Curatorial Studies
- Fashion Design
- Fine Arts (with a 2D or 3D emphasis)
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Interior Design
- Photography & Digital Arts
The Galleries at Moore
Open to the public, free of charge, The Galleries at Moore present a diverse range of innovative exhibitions, educational programs and publications that offer insights into the work of established and emerging regional, national and international artists and designers.Exhibition history includes: Jane’s Carousel: The Making of a New York Landmark, September 24 – December 10, 2011; Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith is a Native American contemporary artist. Notably her work is held in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Modern Art in New York City.- Biography :Born in 1940...
: I See Red, Paintings and Prints 1992-2005, September 24 – December 10, 2011; Signe Wilkinson: The World in Line!, August 20 – October 15, 2011; Frances Trombly: Everything and Nothing, January 29 – March 15, 2011; Jenny Drumgoole: Real Woman of Philadelphia, January 29 – March 15, 2011; Judith Leiber – Art of the Handbag, September 10 – October 17, 2010; Wendy Ewald
Wendy Ewald
Wendy Ewald is an American photographer and educator. Her work is directed toward "helping children to see" and using the "camera as a tool for expression"...
- Secret Games: Collaborative Works with Children 1969-1999, May 22 - October 16, 2010; Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious, January 29 - April 11, 2010: Artists: Gunilla Klingberg (Sweden); Virgil Marti (Philadelphia); Paul Morrison (London); Betsabeé Romero (Mexico); and Regina Silveira (Brazil); Bicycle: People + Ideas In Motion, June 19 – October 13, 2009; YUMI KORI: utatane, January 30–March 14, 2009; Women through the Lens of Time: Students Select from 180 Years of Photojournalism in The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 30–March 14, 2009; InSights: Devon Dikeou
Devon Dikeou
WorkDevon Dikeou is an artist, the editor/publisher of zingmagazine, and a Contemporary Art collector . As an artist, she has concentrated her artistic efforts in defining the spaces that act as interfaces between the artist, the context of viewing the art—gallery/museum/street/magazine—and the...
— Marilyn Monroe wanted to be Buried in Pucci, January 30–March 14, 2009; Mary McFadden
Mary McFadden
Mary Josephine McFadden is an American fashion designer and writer.-Family:McFadden is the only daughter of Alexander Bloomfield McFadden, a cotton broker, and her mother was the former Mary Josephine Cutting, a socialite and concert pianist. Her father died in 1948, when he was killed in an...
: Goddesses, August 28 - December 6, 2008; Alice Neel
Alice Neel
Alice Neel was an American artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers...
— Drawing from Life, August 28 - December 6, 2008; Women to Watch: Photography in Philadelphia, October 26 – December 9, 2007; The Moore International Discovery Series 6: Artur Barrio
Artur Barrio
Artur Barrio is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much of his work consists of installation pieces that create interaction with the public. Barrio engages the viewer as participant in his art, often without their knowledge that it is art in which they are participating...
: Actions After Actions, February 8 – March 19, 2006; Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. She is professor emeritus in the University of California, San Diego visual art department.-Life and artwork:...
: A View from the Studio, September 16 – October 30, 2005; Janet Biggs
Janet Biggs
Janet Biggs is an American video artist, photographer and performance artist living in New York City.Biggs' video works often include images of individuals engaged in obsessive and extreme activities. She has worked with miners underground, champion wrestlers, speed-obsessed bikers, synchronized...
: Norms and Forms, November 12 – December 15, 2004; Jörg Immendorff
Jörg Immendorff
Jörg Immendorff was one of the best known contemporary German painters; he was also a sculptor, stage designer and art professor.- Life and work :...
: I Wanted to Become an Artist, January 23 – March 21, 2004; Gloria: Another Look at Feminist Art of the 1970s, January 21 – February 26, 2003; Raoul de Keyser, November 17, 2000 – January 21, 2001; The Moore International Discovery Series 3: Valie Export
Valie Export
Valie Export is an Austrian artist...
: Ob / De+Con(Struction) January 18 – February 27, 2000; Guerrilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminists devoted to fighting against sexism within the visual fine art world internationally. Started in New York City in 1985 to protest gender and racial inequality in the art world, members are known for the gorilla masks they wear to keep their...
Talk Back, A Retrospective: 1985 – 1991, May 21 – June 30, 1993; Tom Chimes, A Compendium: 1961 – 1986; September 5 – October 18, 1986; The Heart of Creation: The Art of Martin Ramirez
Martin Ramirez
Martín Ramírez was a self-taught artist who spent most of his adult life institutionalized in California mental hospitals, diagnosed as a catatonic schizophrenic.-Biography:He was born in 1895....
, September 6 – October 18, 1985; Femmes Fatales: An Installation by Lady Pink
Lady Pink
Lady Pink is a graffiti artist. She was raised in Queens, New York, and started her graffiti writing career in 1979 following the loss of a boyfriend who had been sent to live in Puerto Rico after he had been arrested. She exorcised her grief by tagging her boyfriend's name across the city...
, April 9 – May 10, 1984. Full Exhibition History
Alumnae
Contemporary:- Janet BiggsJanet BiggsJanet Biggs is an American video artist, photographer and performance artist living in New York City.Biggs' video works often include images of individuals engaged in obsessive and extreme activities. She has worked with miners underground, champion wrestlers, speed-obsessed bikers, synchronized...
, video artist - Mona BrodyMona BrodyMona Brody is a contemporary U.S. artist from West Orange, New Jersey. Solo Exhibitions include: The Montclair Art Museum , Aljira Center for Contemporary Art , Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University , Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College , Treasure Room Gallery, Interchurch Center , New...
, printmaker - Kathy ButterlyKathy ButterlyKathy Butterly Kathy Butterly Kathy Butterly (born in Amityville, New York1963 is an American sculptor.In 2005 she lived in New York.Her work has been compared to that of George Ohr, manifested in "a penchant for crumpled shapes, twisted and pinched openings, and making . ....
, sculptor - Karen Hartley-Nagle, former Congressional candidate
- Amy IgnatowAmy IgnatowAmy Ignatow is an American author, illustrator, and cartoonist who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known for the children's book series, The Popularity Papers.-Personal life:...
, illustrator and author of The Popularity Papers series of children's books. - Alice NeelAlice NeelAlice Neel was an American artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers...
, artist - Margie PalatiniMargie PalatiniMargie Palatini is the author of many popular books for young children. She was born in Edison, New Jersey, and today lives in nearby Plainfield, New Jersey. Margie is a graduate of the Moore College of Art and Design. According to her website, all of her books cannot be published if they do not...
, author of children's literature - Polly Smithhttp://www.tvweek.com/news/2010/06/the_national_academyof_televis.php, Emmy-award winning costume designer, Jim Henson, The MuppetsThe MuppetsThe Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson starting in 1954–55. Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference...
. - Sharon WohlmuthSharon WohlmuthSharon J. Wohlmuth is a prize-winning photographer and co-author of 11 books. Wohlmuth earned her BFA in Photography from Moore College of Art & Design. She is the only photojournalist to make The New York Times bestsellers list three times...
, Pulitzer-prize winning photographer - Adrienne VittadiniAdrienne VittadiniAdrienne Vittadini is a renowned American fashion designer. When she was 12, her family fled Budapest during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. In 1979, she started what would become a multi-million dollar fashion business as a hobby. The brand name Adrienne Vittadini is synonymous with designs that...
, fashion designer
1848 to 1900s
- Elizabeth Shippen GreenElizabeth Shippen GreenElizabeth Shippen Green was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for many years for Harper's Magazine....
, illustrator - Bessie Pease GutmannBessie Pease GutmannBessie Pease Gutmann was an American artist and illustrator most noted for her paintings of putti, infants and young children. During the early 1900s Gutmann was considered one of the better-known magazine and book illustrators in the United States. Her artwork was featured on 22 magazine covers...
, children's book and magazine cover illustrator from the early 1900s - Laura Marie GreenwoodLaura Marie GreenwoodLaura Marie Greenwood , born in Philadelphia, was an American painter of portraits and still lifes . Her medium was mostly oil on canvas and she was active in the Philadelphia area, though her work was also exhibited in New York and Washington, D.C...
, painter - Anne ParrishAnne ParrishAnne Parrish was an American novelist and author of children's literature. She was a three-time winner of the Newbery Honor....
, novelist and children's author - Esther Richards, first woman to design US postage stamp
- Jessie Willcox SmithJessie Willcox SmithJessie Willcox Smith was a United States illustrator famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her illustrations for children's books....
, illustrator
Others
- Elliott CressonElliott CressonElliott Cresson was an American philanthropist who gave money to a number of causes after a brief career in the mercantile business. He established the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1848, and helped found and manage the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, today's Moore...
, first president of the board of directors - Sheila Levrant de BrettevilleSheila Levrant de BrettevilleSheila Levrant de Bretteville is a graphic designer, artist and educator whose work reflects her belief in the importance of feminist principles and user participation in graphic design...
, honorary degree recipient - Robert HenriRobert HenriRobert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.- Early life :...
, painter and faculty member (1891-?) - Samuel MurraySamuel MurraySamuel Aloysius Murray was an American sculptor, and protégé of the painter Thomas Eakins.-Murray and Eakins:...
, sculptor and faculty member (1890–1941) - Simon NicholsonSimon NicholsonSimon Hepworth Nicholson was the son of artist Ben Nicholson and his second wife, sculptor Barbara Hepworth who later became an artist himself....
, artist and teacher from 1964–66 - Lowery Stokes SimsLowery Stokes SimsLowery Stokes Sims is Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design. From 2000-2007 Sims was executive director then president of The Studio Museum in Harlem and served as Adjunct Curator for the Permanent Collection. Sims was on the education and curatorial staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from...
, honorary degree recipient