Corcoran School of the Arts & Design | The George Washington University

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You’re talented, creative and innovative — and you want to explore the critical issues of our time. The Corcoran will help you take a leading part in the next generation of creative cultural leaders.

The Corcoran Experience

FACTS

22 degrees offered

1878: OUR founding

10:1 student to faculty

Programs and Degrees

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

CONTINUING EDUCATION

CORCORAN STORIES

A DANCER STUDIES INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Hana Springer represents the dance program as a double major in International Affairs and Dance, reflecting on her time as an apprentice with the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company.

Dance Opportunities

CARTOONIST'S SPIKED WORKS GET PUBLIC

The Corcoran School hosts exhibition of rejected cartoons by ex-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers.

The Spiked Exhibition

PHOTOJOURNALISM PROFESSOR WINS PULITZER

Steve Elfers, a New Media Photojournalism professor, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.

More About the Prize

TIM GUNN MAKES IT WORK

Tim Gunn credits one of his “extraordinary teachers” at the Corcoran with helping him land his first teaching job. He earned a BFA in sculpture at the Corcoran School of the Art and Design in 1974. After serving as director of admissions for the Corcoran, he has become a world famous American fashion consultant, television personality, actor, voice actor and author.

Our Alumni

Student Work

Fine Art Photography's Keara Jashae Wilson’s artwork "Slaves to Masters" from NEXT 2018.

Maeve McCool, Art History, 2018, earned a research fellowship to study alternative gallery displays.

New Media Photojournalism's Dongni Leah Miao "Landing" Archival Pigment Prints and Video from NEXT 2018.

Fine Art Photography Professor Dean Kessmann wins the 2018
"Designed to Recycle" grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Leslie Badani CCAS ‘07: Scratch-And-Sniff Postage Stamps

John Edmonds Fine Art Photography ‘12: "Exploring Black Beauty"

EVENTS

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Howard Hodgkin in Venice
November 8, 2018 – January 25, 2019
LUTHER W. BRADY ART GALLERY

Painter Howard Hodgkin completed over 120 lithographs, etchings and screenprints. The Brady Art Gallery recently received 10 prints including the breathtaking series “Venetian Views.”

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GW Arts Walk
5:00PM
March 21, 2019
GW Museum and the Textile Museum

For one night only, walk freely among GW's arts venues to explore artwork/exhibitions, including Norman Rockwell's idealistic views from 1943 of universal freedoms: speech, worship, fear and want.