art academy
Fine arts institution
An art academy is a school dedicated to training in the visual arts—painting, sculpture, drawing, and related disciplines.
Historically, academies like the French Académie des Beaux-Arts established formal standards for artistic technique and taste.
Today the term covers institutions ranging from prestigious conservatories to local studios offering classes: She studied portraiture at the art academy.
- schoolPlace of instruction
- atelierCreative professional's workspace
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- open studioArtist workspace viewing event
- plaster castRigid fracture immobilizer
portfolio · university · workshop · college · residency program · painting · oil painting · mentorship · figure study · Bauhaus · critique · Renaissance · old masters · drawing · printmaking · sculpture · institute · foundation year
- academiesacademies, military academies, naval academies, police academies, arts academies
- art schoolsAshcan School, Barbizon School, design school, Pratt, RISD
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- art educationdrawing lessons, painting lessons, painting classes, drawing class, arts education
- design educationBFA, MFA, design studio, foundation year, design thinking
- visual arts studydrawing class, painting class, sculpture class, color theory, composition
art academyart museum
Institution displaying visual works
museum · auction house · gallery · art gallery · exhibition hall
art academytechnical college
Career-focused educational institution
engineering school · trade school · vocational school · business school · military academy
art academyself-taught artist
Creator without formal instruction
autodidact · apprenticeship · artist's studio · street art · folk art tradition