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, in September 2012. High School of Art and Design is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
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History

On November 2, 1936, four art teachers began what was to become the High School of Art and Design, the School of Industrial Art, in a former Manhattan elementary school at 257 West 40th Street, which for a time had housed a WPA Federal Theatre Project locale. Initially, they used orange crates and plywood to make storage and desks. One of the co-founders, John B. Kenny, became principal in 1941. 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. 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.
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. 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".

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.

Notable people

Faculty

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

Alumni

1937: Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor1940: Violet Barclay, a pioneering female comic book artist1940: Al Plastino, comic book illustrator, writer and editor1940: Chic Stone, comic book illustrator1941: Allen Bellman, comic book artist1943: Carmine Infantino, comic book artist, editor, member Comic Book Hall of Fame1943: Helmut Krone, art director1943: Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographer1944: Joe Orlando, comic book illustrator, Mad magazine associate publisher1945: Tony Bennett, singer and painter1945: Joe Giella, comic book illustrator1945: Everett Raymond Kinstler, portrait artist1946: Sy Barry, phantom comic strip & comic book illustrator1946: Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer1946: Al Scaduto, syndicated cartoonist1947: Alex Toth, comic book illustrator, animator for Hanna-Barbera1947: John Romita Sr., comic book illustrator1949: Howard Beckerman, animator and author1950: Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator1950: Jules Maidoff, artist and founder of SACI in Florence, Italy1951: Leo Dillon, adult and children's book illustrator1951: Bill Kresse, syndicated cartoonist1952: Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor1952: Sam Scali, advertising-agency owner1953: Peter Hujar, photographer1953: Ronald Wayne, Apple Computer co-founder1955: I. C. Rapoport, photojournalist1956: Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker1956: John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter1956: Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator1956: Regina Porter, fashion designer1957: Bobby Weinstein, songwriter, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame1957: Phoebe Gilman, children's book author and illustrator1959: Neal Adams, comic book illustrator1959: Paul J. Pugliese, Time magazine cartographer1960: Calvin Klein, fashion designer1960: George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director1960: Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator1960: Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker1960: William T. Williams, abstract painter1961: Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"1962: Roscoe Orman, actor, author and artist, best known as "Gordon" on Sesame Street1962: Simon Gaon, painter1963: Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter1963: Joey Skaggs, media prankster, performance artist1963: Jim Simon, animator and artist1963: Michael Steiner, abstract artist and sculptor 1963 Harry Roseman, sculptor, videographer, professor of art1965: Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwright1965: Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist1967: Bert Monroy, digital art pioneer, author of books on Photoshop, Illustrator1967: Eric Carr, drummer in the rock band Kiss1967: Frank Brunner, comic book illustrator1967: Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator1967: Ralph Reese, comic book illustrator1967: Lenny White, jazz-funk drummer, member of Return to Forever1967: Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmaker1968: Candida Royalle, producer and director of couples-oriented erotic films1968: John Steptoe, author and illustrator of children's books1968: Robin Tewes, artist and painter1968: Frank Verlizzo, Drama Desk Award-winning designer of theater art1969: Pat Cleveland, fashion model1969: Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist1970: Amy Heckerling, film director, writer, actress1971: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer1971: Alan Kupperberg, cartoonist and illustrator1971: Steven Meisel, fashion photographer1971: Lynette Washington, jazz vocalist1973: Lisa Jane Persky, actress.1973: Tom Sito, animator, filmmaker, educator1974: Manny Vega, painter, muralist, mosaicist1975: SJK 171, graffiti artist 1976: Eddie Velez, film and television actor1976: Marcelino Sanchez, film and television actor1976: Tracy 168, graffiti artist 1976: Mike Carlin, comic book writer and editor1977: Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator1977: Gladys Portugues, champion body builder1978: Lasana M. Sekou, poet, journalist, author, publisher1978: Lorna Simpson, artist and photographer1978: Margaret Matz, architect and illustrator 1978: Malcolm Jones III, comic book illustrator1979: Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator1979: Jimmy Palmiotti, inker and writer of comic books, games and film1979: Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator1980: Chris 'Daze' Ellis, graffiti writer and artist1980: Nicole Willis, musician, artist1981: Marc Jacobs, fashion designer1982: Lady Pink, graffiti writer, artist and muralist.1983: Mare139, graffiti artist and designer