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Founded in 1911, the Department of Art and 艺术历史 remains 一个 of the oldest, most comprehensive, and most affordable fine arts schools in western United States and more specifically within the state of California.
San José State University is located in the heart of 硅谷 in downtown San José, CA, the tenth largest city in the United States and the hub of 硅谷. The Art And 艺术历史 Department is strategically located in close proximity to some of the major research institutions located in the Bay Area like the Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley among others. The city, and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area recognizes and supports art, creativity and technology as cornerst一个s for regional development. As a major contributor to the artistic life of the area, the University frequently partners with the city to bring art programs 到该地区. The location also provides easy access to the thriving art community of San Francisco and Oakland to the north and the expansive art market and cultural venues of Los Angeles to the south.
The Department of Art & 艺术历史 offers a unique combination of award-winning faculty and staff, outstanding facilities, and a wide range of focus areas, including traditional and digital media arts, art history and visual culture, and curatorial studies. Our acclaimed network of alumni, curators, artists, teachers, historians, and arts professionals represent the very best of what the Bay Area has to offer, providing our students with the opportunity to build a robust practice within a chosen discipline. Committed faculty and staff provide students access to our “best-in-the-west” education and facilities, generated through invaluable professional and personal relationships offered within a welcoming and supportive community; a dynamic student gallery system; a weekly lecture series showcasing renowned artists, thinkers and critics; the professionally-curated and endowed 汤普森画廊, with its groundbreaking exhibitions; a cutting edge curriculum; extensive facilities, including darkrooms, a foundry, glass facilities, and state-of-the art computer and digital fabrication labs; and professional development opportunities in and around the 硅谷.
San Jose State University regularly tops national rankings in public education, affordability and social mobility for our diverse student body being ranked #1 “Most Transformative College” in the nation by M一个y and also ranked #5 by the US lol菠菜网正规平台 and World Report and is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Our alumni, as artists, makers, and thinkers, who are increasingly at the center of the creative economy, are steadily inventing the future in California, the United States and throughout the world.
