Massachusetts Normal Art School
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1873 |
| Endowment | $16,078,645 (2014) |
| President | Dr. David P. Nelson |
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Academic staff
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258 |
| Students | 1,863 |
| Undergraduates | 1,688 |
| Postgraduates | 175 |
| Location |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States 42°20′13″N 71°05′59″W / 42.336809°N 71.099614°WCoordinates: 42°20′13″N 71°05′59″W / 42.336809°N 71.099614°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | MassArt |
| Affiliations |
AICAD Colleges of the Fenway NASAD NEASC Professional Arts Consortium |
| Mascot | Mastodon |
| Website | www.massart.edu |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (also known as MassArt) is a publicly funded college of visual and applied art, founded in 1873. It is one of the oldest art schools, the only publicly funded free-standing art school in the United States, and was the first art college in the United States to grant an artistic degree. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. MassArt is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, and of the Colleges of the Fenway, a collegiate consortium located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts.
In the 1860s, civic and business leaders whose families had made fortunes in the China Trade, textile manufacture, railroads and retailing, sought to influence the long-term development of Massachusetts. To stimulate learning in technology and fine art, they persuaded the state legislature to found several institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1860) and the Museum of Fine Arts (1868). The third of these, founded in 1873 was the Massachusetts Normal Art School, intended to support the Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870 by providing drawing teachers for the public schools as well as training professional artists, designers, and architects. During its first decade, the state rented space for the school in several locations including Boston's Pemberton Square, School Street, and the Deacon House mansion on Washington Street. In 1886 the state built the school's first building at the corner of Exeter and Newbury Streets, and then in 1929 moved the school to its second built campus at Longwood and Brookline Avenues. In 1983 MassArt was relocated to the former campus of Boston State College at the corner of Longwood and Huntington Avenues, after the latter school's merger with the University of Massachusetts Boston. Boston has designated Huntington Avenue as the "Avenue of the Arts", in recognition of the location of MassArt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Symphony Hall, and other educational and cultural institutions along this thoroughfare.
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