Moore College of Art and Design

Moore College of Art & Design is a private college focused on art and design and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its undergraduate programs are only available for female students; its other educational programs, including graduate programs, are coeducational.

Moore College of Art & Design
TypeVisual arts College, BFA for women; co-ed graduate and continuing education
Established1848 (1848)
PresidentCecelia Fitzgibbon
UndergraduatesApproximately 500
Location
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
US
CampusUrban
Websitewww.moore.edu
Founded by Sarah Worthington Peter in 1848, Moore College of Art & Design is the first and only women’s visual arts college in the nation.
Penelope Wilson Hall contains studios and offices.

History

Founded in 1848 by Sarah Worthington Peter as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, it was the first women's art school in the United States.[1] The school was established to prepare women to work in the new industries created during the Industrial Revolution, of which Philadelphia was a center. The school occupied the Edwin Forrest Mansion at 1326 North Broad Street from 1880 to 1960. The institution was renamed Moore College of Art & Design in 1932 after Joseph Moore, Jr. set up a $3 Million dollar endowment in memory of his parents. The endowment was used to found the Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry when it merged with the Philadelphia School of Art & Design.

Moore now offers ten undergraduate programs including Art Education, Art History, Curatorial Studies, Fashion Design, Fine Arts with emphases in 2D and 3D, Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation & Game Arts, Interior Design, Photography & Digital Arts, and Liberal Arts, each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts(BFA).

Moore has approximately 500 women enrolled in its all-female undergraduate BFA program. Co-educational graduate programs, post-Baccalaureate programs as well as adult continuing education and a Young Artists Workshop are open to people of all ages. [2]

Academics

The college offers ten undergraduate majors, twelve minors, one post-baccalaureate program, three graduate programs, in addition to continuing education programs for adults and youth.

The Galleries at Moore

The Galleries at Moore are open to the public and free of charge.

Notable people
The Edwin Forrest Mansion housed the school from 1880 to 1960. It has housed Freedom Theatre since 1968.

Alumnae

Contemporary:

1848 to 1900s

Others

See also

References
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