Corcoran College of Art and Design

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Corcoran College of Art and Design
founding 1890
Sponsorship Private
place Washington, DC , USA
Provost and Dean Kirk Pillow
Students 590
Professors 200
Foundation assets $ 14 million
Website www.corcoran.edu

The Corcoran College of Art and Design (CCA + D) is a private college of art and design in Washington, DC

The CCA + D was founded in 1890 as the Corcoran School of Art and is associated with the Corcoran Gallery of Art , the largest private art institution in Washington. Namesake is William Wilson Corcoran .

The college, located in two Washington locations, offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees. More than 200 lecturers teach around 600 students. Well-known alumni include Abraham Rattner , David Lynch , Eugene James Martin and Karim Rashid .

Departments

  • Fine Arts
  • Photography, photojournalism
  • Design (product, industrial and graphic design as well as media design), interior design
  • Foundations of the arts
  • Arts and Humanities

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