High School of Art and Design

The High School of Art and Design is a career and technical education high school in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, the school moved to 1075 Second Avenue in 1960 and more recently, its Midtown Manhattan location on 56th Street, between Second and Third Avenues,<ref>Template:Google maps</ref> in September 2012. High School of Art and Design is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

History

On November 2, 1936,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> four art teachers began what was to become the High School of Art and Design, the School of Industrial Art,<ref name=NYC-Dept-of-Ed>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in a former Manhattan elementary school at 257 West 40th Street,<ref name="Yearbook hist 1960p16">Template:Cite book</ref> which for a time had housed a WPA Federal Theatre Project locale.<ref name="Yearbook hist 1960p13">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ArtEmphasis">Template:Citation</ref> Initially, they used orange crates and plywood to make storage and desks.<ref name="ArtEmphasis"/> One of the co-founders, John B. Kenny, became principal in 1941.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The school soon moved to 211 East 79th Street on the Upper East Side, the site of the former annex to Benjamin Franklin High School.<ref name="Yearbook hist 1960p14">"History of S.I.A", p. 14</ref> In September 1960, the School of Industrial Art changed its name to the High School of Art and Design and moved to 1075 Second Avenue in east Midtown.<ref name="ArtEmphasis"/>

The 1936 school was first envisioned as a continuation school, that is, a school where children who had left school and gotten jobs attended for half days to continue their education, normally including vocational classes relevant to their current or possible future jobs. However, it opened as a vocational high school,

On November 8, 2004, a rally was scheduled on the occasion of the school's 68th anniversary. This was to include a press conference at which increased support of the school would be urged.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Citation needed</ref> On November 8, 2006, the school celebrated its 70th anniversary. The office of the mayor of New York City issued a proclamation making November 8 "High School of Art and Design Day".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Academics and events

Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted. Freshmen sample all art and design subjects before selecting a major for their sophomore, junior and senior years. Students at Art and Design receive two periods of art instruction per day, choosing from among eight art majors: cartooning, animation, architecture, graphic design, illustration, fashion, photography, and film/video.

Art and Design's Kenny Gallery, named for the school's founding principal, John B. Kenny, hosts monthly art exhibits of student work. The gallery is open to the public. The Black Box Theatre was donated by the Friends of Art and Design (FAD).<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Notable people

Faculty

Some members of the school's faculty became notable for their creative work outside teaching. These include:

• Daisy Aldan, (1923-2001), poet, actress, editor and translator<ref>"On Daisy Aldan, 'A New Folder' | Jacket2 "After taking degrees at Hunter College and Brooklyn College, she spent thirty-five years teaching at New York's School of Industrial Art, where her students included Art Spiegelman, Tony Bennett, Calvin Klein and Harvey Fierstein, as well as Warhol associates Gerard Malanga and Jackie Curtis."</ref>
• Irv Docktor, fine artist and book illustrator<ref>Irv Docktor website</ref>
• Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy and other works of art<ref>"Frank Eliscu, 83, Who Sculptured Heisman Trophy". The New York Times.</ref><ref>"Who really posed for the Heisman Trophy". Yahoo News. Retrieved September 22, 2010</ref>
• Alvin Hollingsworth, comic book illustrator and fine artist<ref>Stripper's Guide: Ink-Slinger Profiles: A.C. Hollingsworth</ref>
• Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase
• Bernard Krigstein, painter, illustrator, cartoonist<ref name=Newsarama>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series<ref>"Biography of Tom Wesselmann | Widewalls", October 10, 2016. "After he successfully established himself as one of the leading artists in NYC, Tom began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design."</ref>

Alumni

• 1937: Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor<ref name=YouTubeInterview>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1940: Violet Barclay, a pioneering female comic book artist<ref name=comicartville>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940: Al Plastino, comic book illustrator, writer and editor<ref name=newsday2012>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref>
• 1940: Chic Stone, comic book illustrator<ref name=jkconline>Stone in Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941: Allen Bellman, comic book artist<ref>Lambiek Comiclopedia, Comic Creators</ref><ref>Violet Barclay "Barclay attended the School of Industrial Art high school, where her classmates included future comic-book professional Allen Bellman."</ref>
• 1943: Carmine Infantino, comic book artist, editor, member Comic Book Hall of Fame<ref name="Groth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1943: Helmut Krone, art director<ref>Helmut Krone, Period.</ref>
• 1943: Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographer<ref>Howard Greenberg Gallery</ref><ref>"Henry Wolf, Graphic Designer and Photographer, Dies at 80". The New York Times.</ref>
• 1944: Joe Orlando, comic book illustrator, Mad magazine associate publisher<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1945: Tony Bennett, singer and painter<ref name=NYT20011205>Tweti, Mira. "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."</ref>
• 1945: Joe Giella, comic book illustrator<ref name=lambiek>"Joe Giella". Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved February 11, 2012.</ref><ref name=NYT20010610/>
• 1945: Everett Raymond Kinstler, portrait artist
• 1946: Sy Barry, phantom comic strip & comic book illustrator<ref name=NYT20010610>Fischler, Marcelle S. "Long Island Journal; Cartoonists Gather to Celebrate Real Life", The New York Times, June 10, 2001. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Mr. Scaduto, Mr. Giella, Mr. Barry and Mr. Squelio attended the School of Industrial Art, now the School of Art and Design, together in the 1940s."</ref>
• 1946: Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer<ref>Staff. "Long Island Journal", The New York Times, October 9, 1983. Accessed January 22, 2017. "'A very special class,' it was called in 1946, the year that 279 art students graduated from the School of Industrial Art in New York City. ... Among those scheduled to attend from the original class were Vladimir Kagan of New York City, the interior designer; Al Scaduto of Jericho, a cartoonist for the syndicated comic strip They'll Do It Every Time; Alex Toth of Los Angeles, also a cartoonist; Sal Tortora of Mattituck, a watercolorist, and Serafin Soto of Huntington, an architect and painter."</ref>
• 1946: Al Scaduto, syndicated cartoonist<ref name=NYT20010610/>
• 1947: Alex Toth, comic book illustrator, animator for Hanna-Barbera<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1947: John Romita Sr., comic book illustrator<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1949: Howard Beckerman, animator and author
• 1950: Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1950: Jules Maidoff, artist and founder of SACI (Studio Arts College International) in Florence, Italy
• 1951: Leo Dillon, adult and children's book illustrator<ref>"The Horn Book"</ref>
• 1951: Bill Kresse, syndicated cartoonist<ref>"Bill Kresse, Longtime O'Dwyer's Illustrator, Dies", O'Dwyer's, January 27, 2014. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Kresse was born June 17, 1933 in Brooklyn. His art career began immediately after graduating Brooklyn's High School of Industrial Arts, when he got a job illustrating for famed animation studio Terrytoons, which created many popular cartoons of the post-war era, including Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg, and The Mighty Heroes."</ref>
• 1952: Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor<ref>Eva Hesse, Brooklyn Museum. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Eva Hesse was born 1936, in Hamburg, Germany. Her family fled the Nazis and arrived in New York in 1939 where she attended the School of Industrial Art, then Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1952, and Cooper Union from 1954 to 1957."</ref>
• 1952: Sam Scali, advertising-agency owner<ref>"Sam Scali : ADC • Global Awards & Club"</ref>
• 1953: Peter Hujar, photographer<ref>Peter Hujar Template:Webarchive, Blouin Artinfo. Accessed January 22, 2017. "In the late 1940s, Hujar enrolled at the School of Industrial Art and found a mentor in poet Daisy Aldan."</ref>
• 1953: Ronald Wayne, Apple Computer co-founder<ref>The Cult of Mac, December 2014. "He trained as a technical draftsman at the School of Industrial Art in New York."</ref>
• 1955: I. C. Rapoport, photojournalist<ref>The Early Years – Part 1, I. C. Rapoport, April 1, 2016. Accessed January 22, 2017. "I had, a year earlier, entered the High School of Industrial Art in Manhattan, and having no desire to join the photography program offered there, studied what my brother Mel had studied, advertising design."</ref>
• 1956: Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker<ref>Culhane, John. "Ralph Bakshi - Iconoclast of Animation", The New York Times, March 22, 1981. Accessed January 22, 2017. "From being a poor student at Thomas Jefferson High School, he was inspired to compete for one of 10 openings at the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design), a vocational school for commercial artists. When he graduated in June of 1956, he won the school's cartooning medal - and he has been transmuting the gritty reality of the streets in drawings ever since."</ref>
• 1956: John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter<ref>"Ex-newsman John Johnson's art portrays his life – as well as Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga", "New York Daily News", May 10, 2013.</ref>
• 1956: Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator<ref>Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life, Bard College. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Born in the Bronx, Barbara Nessim studied at New York's School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design) and attended Pratt Institute from 1956 to 1960."</ref>
• 1956: Regina Porter, fashion designer<ref>"'Natural' Sportswear From Porter" February 13, 1992. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Born and raised in New York City, Porter studied at the High School of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology."</ref>
• 1957: Bobby Weinstein, songwriter, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame<ref>Bobby Weinstein, Songwriters Hall of Fame. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Bobby Weinstein, was a product of a musical family, attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, but his allegiance to the arts soon took a different turn when he became swept up by the Doo Wop music phenomenon which had swung into high gear at the time."</ref>
• 1957: Phoebe Gilman, children's book author and illustrator
• 1959: Neal Adams, comic book illustrator<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1959: Paul J. Pugliese, Time magazine cartographer
• 1960: Calvin Klein, fashion designer<ref name=NYT20011205/>
• 1960: George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director<ref>"George Kuchar, Underground Filmmaker, Dies at 69" The New York Times September 8, 2011</ref>
• 1960: Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator<ref name="smithsonian">Template:Citation</ref>
• 1960: Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1960: William T. Williams, abstract painter<ref>Afrikanah.org</ref>
• 1961: Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"<ref>"Robert Volpe, Art-Theft Expert, Dies at 63", The New York Times, December 5, 2006.</ref>
• 1962: Roscoe Orman, actor, author and artist, best known as "Gordon" on Sesame Street
• 1962: Simon Gaon, painter
• 1963: Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter
• 1963: Joey Skaggs, media prankster, performance artist
• 1963: Jim Simon, animator and artist<ref name="tads39.fotki.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1963: Michael Steiner, abstract artist and sculptor <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1965: Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwright<ref>Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis</ref>
• 1965: Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist<ref>D'Arcy, David (July 13, 2011). "Art goes back to school". The Art Newspaper.</ref>
• 1967: Bert Monroy, digital art pioneer, author of books on Photoshop, Illustrator
• 1967: Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello), drummer in the rock band Kiss
• 1967: Frank Brunner, comic book illustrator<ref name=Newsarama/>
• 1967: Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator<ref name=Newsarama/><ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1967: Ralph Reese, comic book illustrator<ref name=Newsarama/>
• 1967: Lenny White, jazz-funk drummer, member of Return to Forever
• 1967: Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmaker<ref>Kastner, Jeffrey. "ART/ARCHITECTURE; An Energetic Imagist Who Dances With Chance". The New York Times. August 19, 2001. Accessed November 19, 2007.</ref>
• 1968: Candida Royalle, producer and director of couples-oriented erotic films<ref>"Candida Royalle, 64, Dies; Filmed Erotica for Women". The New York Times, September 10, 2015.</ref>
• 1968: John Steptoe, author and illustrator of children's books
• 1968: Robin Tewes, artist and painter
• 1968: Frank Verlizzo ("Fraver"), Drama Desk Award-winning designer of theater art<ref>"The Man Behind The Image" Template:Webarchive, July 7, 2015</ref>
• 1969: Pat Cleveland, fashion model
• 1969: Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist<ref name=NYT20011205/>
• 1970: Amy Heckerling, film director, writer, actress<ref>Donadoni, Serena. "Hormonal pyrotechnics 101: Amy Heckerling on life, love and other high-school explosives" Template:Webarchive. 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."</ref>
• 1971: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer
• 1971: Alan Kupperberg, cartoonist and illustrator<ref>Alan Kupperberg at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Accessed Apr. 4, 2009.</ref>
• 1971: Steven Meisel, fashion photographer<ref>Biography of Steven Meisel | Widewalls</ref>
• 1971: Lynette Washington, jazz vocalist
• 1973: Lisa Jane Persky, actress.<ref>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."</ref>
• 1973: Tom Sito, animator, filmmaker, educator
• 1974: Manny Vega, painter, muralist, mosaicist
• 1976: Eddie Velez, film and television actor
• 1976: Marcelino Sanchez, film and television actor
• 1976: Tracy 168 (Michael Tracey), graffiti artist
• 1976: Mike Carlin, comic book writer and editor<ref>Talon, Durwin S. Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential Art Storytelling. TwoMorrows Publishing. November 1, 2007. Google Books. Retrieved February 11, 2012.</ref>
• 1977: Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator<ref name=DialBForBlog/>
• 1977: Gladys Portugues, champion body builder
• 1978: Lasana M. Sekou, poet, journalist, author, publisher
• 1978: Lorna Simpson, artist and photographer
• 1978: Lee Quiñones, actor and graffiti artist
• 1978: Margaret Matz, architect and illustrator
• 1978: Malcolm Jones III, comic book illustrator<ref name=ComicMix>Davis, Michael (August 8, 2008). "Milestone: If You're Not There, You Just Won't Get It: Straight No Chaser". ComicMix. Quote: "I knew (we all knew) that Malcolm was a troubled soul and I'm sad to say that when he committed suicide a few years ago I was not that surprised. Denys and I would often talk about how to deal with Malcolm and reached out to him many times. That does little to erase the feeling that we somehow let our friend down."</ref>
• 1979: Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator
• 1979: Jimmy Palmiotti, inker and writer of comic books, games and film<ref>Evans, Chris (April 3, 2010). "WC10: Comic Writers Unite!". Comic Book Resources.</ref>
• 1979: Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator<ref>"Mark Texeria". WizardWorld. Retrieved February 11, 2012.</ref>
• 1980: Chris 'Daze' Ellis, graffiti writer and artist<ref>Meet the legendary graffiti artists who inspired ‘The Get Down'</ref><ref>"Street Artist Christopher "Daze" Ellis Reveals Solo Show at The Museum of the City of New York" Untapped Cities, November 18, 2015.</ref>
• 1980: Nicole Willis, musician, artist
• 1981: Marc Jacobs, fashion designer<ref>Le Marie, Nicole. "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."</ref>
• 1982: Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), graffiti writer, artist and muralist.<ref>"Femmes Fatales: An Installation by Lady Pink Template:Webarchive. The Galleries at Moore. Accessed July 24, 2008.</ref><ref name="jerseyjoeart.com">Graffiti School – Art & Design High School (NYC) Template:Webarchive "Mare 139 & Lady Pink in an Art & Design Bathroom (From Hip Hop Files)"</ref>
• 1983: Mare139 (Carlos Rodriguez), graffiti artist and designer<ref name="jerseyjoeart.com"/>
• 1983: Issa Ibrahim, outsider artist and musician.<ref name="A Dangerous Mind">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1985: Roger Sanchez, Grammy Award-winning DJ, producer, recording artist<ref>"Roger Sanchez Tickets, Tour Dates 2018 & Concerts – Songkick" "A graduate of New York City's High School of Art and Design, Sanchez subsequently enrolled at the Pratt Institute studying architecture."</ref>
• 1985: Christopher Martin, rapper
• 1986: Pharoahe Monch (Troy Donald Jamerson), hip hop artist<ref>"Pharoahe Monch - Hip Hop Golden Age"</ref>
• 1987: Ivan de Prume, former drummer in the groove metal band White Zombie<ref>Pinterest "Ivan de Prume, NYC High School of Art and Design class of 1987, is a heavy metal drummer whose music became famous in the groove metal band White Zombie."</ref>
• 1990: Kwamé (Kwamé Holland), rapper and music producer
• 1990: Jamal Igle, comic book and animation storyboard artist<ref name=Pepose>Pepose, David (March 16, 2011). "Artist's Alley 12: Jamal Igle From Art School to ZATANNA". Newsarama.</ref><ref>"MULTIVERSO DC: Exclusive interview with Jamal Igle" Template:Webarchive. Titans Tower. March 2008</ref>
• 1992: Joe Madureira, comic book illustrator<ref>"Iconic X-Men Artist Coming to a City Near You!" WizardWorld. Retrieved February 11, 2012.</ref><ref>"Joe Madureira". Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved February 11, 2012.</ref>
• 1992: Mobb Deep, hip-hop duo<ref>"Mobb Deep's Prodigy was hip-hop's greatest poet of fear." "For starters, Prodigy and Havoc themselves weren't exactly central-casting gangsters: Both attended New York's prestigious High School of Art and Design, a school whose alumni include Calvin Klein, Amy Heckerling, Fab Five Freddy, and Marc Jacobs."</ref>
• 1995: Cool Calm Pete (Peter Chung), hip hop artist as a member of Babbletron and then as a Solo artist
• 1998: Fabolous, rapper<ref>"Fabolous Talks About Attending Art School & Connection To Basquiat" "Before I was a musician, I drew", said Fabolous. "The housing projects in Brooklyn weren't much of a canvas, people didn't know that I had it in me – but I actually went to an art and design high school."</ref>
• 2006: ASAP Ferg (Darold D. Brown Ferguson Jr.), rapper and fashion designer<ref>"A$AP Ferg On Breaking Down Boundaries As Tiffany & Co's Brand Ambassador", Vogue.co.uk, June 15, 2018.</ref>
• 2007: LaQuan Smith, fashion designer
• 2014: Devon Rodriguez, artist and painter

External links

• Template:Official website
• NYC Department of Education: Art and Design High School
• High School of Art and Design Alumni Association
• Friends of Art and Design High School