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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant I was in the PNM (photo/video) Department. The faculty looks down on students who do not make work like theirs. I noticed the lack of creativity in the dept. because they want you to make what hey want. Art is about creativity and originality not making the same work as your teacher. If students do not like you for any reason they will try and destroy you during critic. I does not matter how good your work is only if you are well liked by others. So critics are more personal than critical. I saw some really crap get good critics and some really good work get shot down because of childish antics. I am sure half of my peers are working at deny's as till acting pretentious. Collaboration/Competitive: A+, Scholastic Success: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Dec 21 2012 2nd Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=91118&uid=2580'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright After researching this school I was really excited about coming here because I was under the impression that it was a place where my creativity would flourish. This did not happen. I will be leaving after this fall because this place is simply not for genuine artists. I found the instructor in my major to be too strict and close minded toward my style of art and was trying to push their habits and style onto me. This is probably why the majority of student artwork there looks the same and has no originality. There are probably several students in that department that are real artists. Being a private and expensive school, the majority of students there are snobs and are trying to chase a dream that will most likely cause them to wait tables and pay off debt for most of their lives. I only met a couple of people who were really down to earth. Here's the thing, if you're confident in your ability as an artist and you understand your limits and goals, then you don't need to go to these over-priced art schools to justify it. Especially in this economy, unless you're a truly promising artist and have something to contribute to the community without diluting it, then you'll probably end up with a terrible job while doing art on the side like most. From what I understand, they were trying to teach creativity which is ridiculous. When alumni visit it was just unsettling to hear how "well" they were doing after graduating. In my experience of being at a university and junior college I can say that is your best bet, don't waste your money or parent's money at these up-scaled schools because they look aesthetically pleasing. This school emphasizes too much on education of art and in my opinion, will only hold you back as an artist or just stereotype your art as nothing special. The only thing I liked about this school are the drawing classes, such as figure drawing, I have definitely improved at figure drawing because this class is structured really well and has a great instructor. The other liberal art classes aren't great and when people say the workload at this school is tough, these classes are part of the reason, you're given weekly long readings, most of which you will probably not remember after you graduate, but it's a good thing you review them in the next class. University Resource Use: A, Education Quality: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 09 2011 1st Year Male -- Class 2014    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=81723&uid=2580'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Art & Design Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Kansas City Art Institute is a fraudulent art school that teaches nothing of value and is no help for any artist who actually wants to make a living at it. I attended the school, and although I made the Dean's List twice, I have a job now that has absolutely nothing to do with art, plus I hate it. KCAI's job placement program is a joke, and the tuition is absurdly high. DO NOT GO TO KCAI. I feel I deserve a refund of my tuition, and my advice to anyone considering the place is: DON'T GO. GO TO A *GOOD* ART SCHOOL LIKE CAL ARTS. Don't make my mistake. Preparedness: F, Reputation: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Aug 29 2011 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=80480&uid=2580'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save  Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 9    Next

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