High School of Art and Design

The High School of Art and Design is a Career and Technical Education high school located at 1075 Second Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. A venerable school that was founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, it moved to its present location in the center of the city's design district in September 1960, and offers a traditional academic education, augmented with advanced courses in the professional arts. 90% of its graduates continue on in post-secondary education.

Students at Art and Design receive two periods of art instruction per day, choosing from among four art majors: cartooning and animation, architecture, illustration (which includes fashion illustration and medical illustration), and new media (which includes digital photography and filmmaking). In addition to contemporary methods they are taught some "old-fashioned" basics, such as drawing and darkroom skills. Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted.

Art and Design's Kenny Gallery, named for the school's founding principal John B. Kenny, hosts monthly art exhibits of student work, in addition to the annual display of Region 9's best student work and the annual faculty art show and sale. The ground floor art gallery faces Second Avenue and is open to the public. The school has a full gym and weight room, a library and a fully-equipped black box theater where the Roundabout Theater Company works with students on drama. The theater was donated by the Friends of Art and Design (FAD), a 10-year-old old community-based volunteer organization that has been exceptionally supportive of the school.

Notable alumni

Please note: There are thousands of successful alumni from the School of Industrial Art and the High School of Art and Design in the creative art fields. This is a list of the most notable and famous, selected by the school's Alumni Association.

* 1937 Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor
* 1943 Norman Blumenthal, TV game show producer
* 1943 Helmut Krone, legendary art director
* 1943 Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographer
* 1945 Tony Bennett, singer and painter Tweti, Mira. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EED7163CF936A35751C1A9679C8B63 "School's Alumni and Staff Feel Its Art Emphasis Is Neglected"] , "The New York Times", December 5, 2001. Accessed October 29, 2007. "Graduates include the designer Calvin Klein, the singer Tony Bennett, the playwright Harvey Fierstein and the filmmaker Ralph Bakshi."]
* 1945 Joe Giella, comic book illustrator
* 1946 Sy Barry, comic book illustrator
* 1946 Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer
* 1947 John Romita, Sr., comic book illustrator
* 1949 Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator
* 1951 Leo Dillon, adult and children's book illustrator
* 1951 Murray Tinkelman, illustrator and educator
* 1952 Roy Grace, legendary art director
* 1952 Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor
* 195? Regina Porter, fashion designer
* 195? Sam Scali, advertising agency owner, ADC Hall of Fame
* 1953 Bill Haire, fashion designer Schiro, Anne-Marie. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDA1131F931A35756C0A963958260&scp=7&sq=attended+%22High+School+of+Art+and+Design%22&st=nyt "Bill Haire, 60, Fashion Designer Who Specialized in Sportswear"] , "The New York Times", May 2, 1995. Accessed February 10, 2008.]
* 1953 Hazel Haire, fashion designer
* 1953 Leon Hecht, textile designer
* 1953 Dick Roman, pop singer
* 1955 John Anthony (John Anthony Iorio), fashion designer
* 1956 John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter
* 1956 Sheila Metzner, art photographer
* 1956 Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator
* 1957 Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker
* 1959 Neal Adams, comic book illustrator
* 1960 Calvin Klein, fashion designer
* 1960 George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director
* 1960 Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator
* 1960 Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker
* 1960 Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"
* 1963 Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter
* 1963 Joey Skaggs, media prankster, performance artist
* 1963 Michael Steiner, abstract artist and sculptor
* 1963 Ron Coro, Award Winning Album Cover Designer
* 1964 Peter Heller, Emmy award winning TV news producer, author
* 1965 Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwright
* 1965 Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist
* 1967 Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello), drummer in the rock band KISS
* 1967 Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator
* 1967 Lenny White, jazz-funk drummer, member of Return to Forever
* 1967 Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmaker [Kastner, Jeffrey. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E1DF163EF93AA2575BC0A9679C8B63 "ART/ARCHITECTURE; An Energetic Imagist Who Dances With Chance"] , "The New York Times", August 19, 2001. Accessed November 19, 2007.]
* 1969 Pat Cleveland, fashion model
* 1969 Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist
* 1970 Amy Heckerling, film director, writer, actress [Donadoni, Serena. [http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=143 "Hormonal pyrotechnics 101: Amy Heckerling on life, love and other high-school explosives."] , "Metro Times", July 26, 2000. Accessed February 10, 2008. "Few filmmakers are as in touch with their inner teenager as Amy Heckerling, even if her own experience is diametrically opposed to those of the California teens in her best films. The Bronx native attended the High School of Art and Design in nearby Manhattan, where she focused on photography, and eventually moved on to New York University to study film."]
* 1971 Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer
* 1971 Alan Kupperberg, cartoonist and illustrator
* 1971 Steven Meisel, fashion photographer
* 1973 Lisa Jane Persky, actress. [ [http://www.eclectica.org/v9n4/contributor_notes.html Contributor's Notes] , "Eclectica magazine", October / November 2005. Accessed August 6, 2008. "Eljay Persky grew up in New York City's Greenwich Village, attending the High School of Art and Design."]
* 1977 Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator
* 1977 Gladys Portugues, champion body builder
* 1978 Lorna Simpson, documentary photographer
* 1979 Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator
* 1979 Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator
* 1980 Chris 'Daze' Ellis, graffiti writer and artist
* 1981 Marc Jacobs, fashion designer [Le Marie, Nicole. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hot-on-pradas-heels-the-divine-marc-jacobs-437764.html "Hot on Prada's heels, the divine Marc Jacobs"] , "The Independent", February 25, 2007. Accessed April 18, 2008. "Since graduating from the New York High School of Art and Design in 1981 and moving on to the Parsons School of Design, the New Yorker has gathered accolades galore and is now artistic director for Louis Vuitton."]
* 1984 Christopher "Play" Martin, rapper and actor
* 1984 Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), graffiti writer, artist and muralist. [ [http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/publications/lady.shtml "Femmes Fatales: An Installation by Lady Pink] , The Galleries at Moore. Accessed July 24, 2008.]
* 1985 Pharoahe Monch, hip-hop artist
* 1985 Roger Sanchez, Grammy Award winning DJ, producer, recording artist
* 1987 Ivan de Prume, former drummer in the groove metal band White Zombie
* 1987 Malcolm Jones III, comic book illustrator
* 1992 Joe Madureira, comic book illustrator
* 1992 Mobb Deep, hip-hop duo

Notable faculty

*Daisy Aldan, poet, editor of Folder Magazine and Two Cities (with Anaïs Nin), recognized as one of America's best poets
*Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy and other works of art
*Alvin Hollingsworth, comic book illustrator and fine artist
*Bernard Krigstein, painter, illustrator, cartoonist
*Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series

References

External links

* [http://www.artanddesignhs.com/ High School of Art and Design]
* [http://www.artalumni.com/ High School of Art and Design Alumni Association]
* [http://artanddesign73.blogspot.com/ Art and Design, Class of 1973]