New Hampshire Institute of Art
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1898 |
| Endowment | $24.9 million (as of June 30, 2014) |
| President | Kent Devereaux |
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Academic staff
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100 |
| Students | 506 |
| Location | Manchester, New Hampshire, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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The New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) is a private, non-profit college of creative arts located in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the United States. NHIA is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). NHIA is also a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).
NHIA offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Art Education, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Fine Arts, Design, Illustration and Photography, as well as Master of Fine Arts degrees in Creative Writing, Photography, Visual Arts, and Writing for Stage and Screen, a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), and a Master of Arts in Art Education (M.A.A.E.).
Kent Devereaux is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New Hampshire Institute of Art. He was named President by the college Board of Trustees on November 24, 2014, and took office on January 5, 2015.
NHIA was founded in 1898 as the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences with the goal of promoting a "cultivation of the arts and sciences, to give a more general impulse and systematic direction to scientific research and encourage and stimulate the study of history, literature, and industrial institutions." In 1916 the institute moved into a new permanent home with the construction of the French Hall, named in honor of the institute's patron, Mrs. Emma Blood French. In 1924, the New Hampshire State Board of Education certified the institute's four-year program to prepare high school graduates to teach art. Shortly thereafter, a four-year program in Fine Arts was approved.
In 1997, the State of New Hampshire authorized the institute to award the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. It was at this time that the school adopted a new name: the New Hampshire Institute of Art. The college received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) in 2001 and from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 2011.
In the late 1990s, the college was the beneficiary of a $24 million bequest from the estate of Mary Fuller Russell. This allowed NHIA to establish an endowment and embark upon a major expansion of its campus. From 2002 to 2012, under the leadership of then president Roger Williams, the college's enrollment and physical plant expanded rapidly to encompass over 500 students.
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