Associates In Art

wow I can’t believe anyone else knows about this place! I attended class and worked there for a while. it was great and not great at the same time. There were financial problems that affected many other areas of what started out as some of the best instruction in art i have had. I can understand how the staff attitudes were not the best because of all the management stress– and there were many flaky models.
Is this place open again?

When I was studying art at a state university, I needed a little more umph in my technical drawing skills. After the advice of my old art teacher, I enrolled here at AIA. It was inspiring being taught by actual animators from the Hollywood studios. And a lot of the students were very talented already.
Little did I know, my addiction to drive 2 hours each Saturday to draw would go on for 2 years. Though the art instructors were amazing, I’d have to say the staff were not that friendly. In addition, there would be days where the model didn’t show up at the class. We’d all stand around wondering what was going on. Finally, one of us would go to the staff to advise them. The staff person would walk in, announce the class is canceled for the day and walk out. Okaaaaay! I drove all the way from San Diego for a canceled class.
Unfortunately, I took this crazy scheduling because the students and instructor inspired me so much. Too bad the staff wasn’t up to par with what everyone else offered.