Organization:Maine College of Art
Former name |
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Type | Private not-for-profit |
Established | 1882 |
Academic affiliation | AICAD |
Endowment | $8.1 million (2018)[1] |
President | Laura Freid[2] |
Academic staff | 26 Full-time 65 Part-time[3] |
Administrative staff | 84 |
Students | 511[4] |
Undergraduates | 458 |
Postgraduates | 53 |
Location | Portland , Maine , United States [ ⚑ ] : 43°39′20″N 70°15′39″W / 43.655670°N 70.260730°W |
Campus | Urban |
|u}}rs | Orange and Gray[5] |
Website | meca |
Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is a private art college in Portland, Maine. Founded in 1882, Maine College of Art & Design is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine. Roughly 32% of MECA&D students are from Maine.[4] The college is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[6]
Campus
Maine College of Art & Design’s only academic building resides on Congress Street. This building, the Porteous Building, was renovated in the late 1990s to suit the school’s needs.[7] With 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) of space, this former department store is now a five-floor vertical campus.
Organization and administration
MECA&D is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD),[3] a consortium of thirty-six art schools in the United States.
Academics
MECA&D offers Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art (MFA), and Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degrees. MECA&D acquired the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2016.[8] It offers the a Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies and continuing studies programs.
References
- ↑ "Maine College of Art". https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Facsimile.aspx?unitid=161509.
- ↑ "Office of the President". https://www.meca.edu/about/office-of-the-president/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mane College of Art". https://www.aicad.org/schools/maine-college-of-art/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "By the #'s". https://www.meca.edu/about/meca-at-a-glance/by-the-numbers/.
- ↑ "Maine College of Art Style Guide". https://www.meca.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MECA_StyleGuide_2018.pdf.
- ↑ "Maine College of Art". https://www.neche.org/institution/maine-college-of-art/.
- ↑ "Porteous Building" (in en-US). http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/meca/.
- ↑ "Maine College of Art Announces Acquisition of Salt Institute of Documentary Studies". Maine College of Art. https://www.meca.edu/article/salt/.
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