Ah Haa was founded by book artist Daniel Tucker in 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. It exists today as a comprehensive nonprofit art and education center that offers classes for serious students and workshops on a variety of topics for the community.

http://www.ahhaa.org

The Art Institute offers a degree program in nearly every creative arts career: advertising, graphic, fashion, industrial, interior design, photography, animation, multimedia, and culinary arts. Their web site gives further information about these programs and the admissions process.  America's leader in creative education.

Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies

Campbell Center has been educating individuals interested in conservation for more than twenty years. Campbell Center offers courses in various preservation fields including museum, library and archives.

http://www.campbellcenter.org

Located in the heart of San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch, CEA is internationally recognized for being on the cutting edge of digital media instruction. CEA gives students quality technical and creative education in a project-oriented, collaborative learning environment.

http://www2.cea.edu

http://www.artinstitute.com

The Connecticut Institute of Art

CIA's philosophy is based on positive thinking, flexibility and diversification of skills. To that end, the school offers a broad curriculum and stresses creativity and volunteerism. Detailed admission and portfolio requirements are available on CIA's web site.

Originally known as the Portland Society of Art, the college aims to provide an environment that fosters creative expression. Maine College of Art awards the MFA and BFA and also runs the Maine Summer Institute in Graphic Design for professional designers.

http://www.meca.edu

Named as one of the best art colleges in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, the Maryland Institute College of Art awards graduate and undergraduate degrees and offers a large selection of continuing education courses as well. Visit the college's web site for more information about specific programs and classes.
   
http://www.mica.edu

PAFA was founded by a community of artists and business leaders in 1805, it is the oldest art school and museum in the nation. The school offers a certificate program as well as Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts programs. Continuing education courses are open to anyone and offered during each semester.

http://www.pafa.org

Founded by an Art Director, SAA takes a profession-oriented approach toward learning. SAA is a two-year college that offers an Associate?s Degree and a Diploma Program. SAA students study to become professional designers and illustrators. The School of Advertising Art currently places 97% of its graduates in the advertising art field after graduation.

http://www.saacollege.com

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Affiliated with Tuft's University, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston compares itself to an artist's colony because risk-taking, self-expression and self-exploration are encouraged. SMFA has a large faculty of working artists and offers a broad range of classes and resources for the student.

http://www.smfa.edu

VanArts is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the third biggest television and film production center in the world. The school aims to combine an individual's technical and artistic skills, producing a highly skilled animator. The Vancouver Institute of Media Arts offers intensive one-year certificate and two-year diploma programs in classical and 3-D animation.

http://www.vanarts.com