A joint project between the Center for Community Arts Partnership and the Department of Arts, Entertainment and Media Management at Columbia College.

A multidisciplinary program that merges film, video, new media, performance, and writing.

MFA programs offered in painting and drawing and in digital media and design.

Undergraduate Programs exist in multi media/web design, 3D animation, illustration, design, life drawing, water color painting and painting.

Anchor Graphics is a not-for-profit fine art print shop and gallery. Classes, workshops, lectures, and outreach programs are designed to advance the fine art of printmaking by integrating education with the creation of prints.

Archeworks is an alternative design school where students work in multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social concerns.

This is the site of the ATS Graduate Program at SAIC. Areas of study include digital video/sound, interactive media, three-dimensional computer animation, holography, kinetic sculpture, microcontrollers, interactive installations and neon.

This Evanston-based non-profit brings appreciation for the arts and the creative process to the community by leading groups to museums, art facilities, artist studios, collectors' homes, and public art projects. Art Encounter offers workshops and classes to experience art hands, professional development workshops for teaching artists, and art critique classes for professional artists. They focus on reaching underserved audiences such as senior citizens and students and elementary and secondary schools.

A list of about 40 links to Chicago-area art, design, film and phototography workshops and classes.

An overview of undergraduate study in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.