SFAI is the nation’s only art school dedicated to contemporary art. What sets SFAI apart?

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Manny Robertson (MFA, 2017) discussing his paintings with fellow student. “Subsequence,” Diego Rivera Gallery, September 2016. San Francisco Art Institute. Photo: Marco David
SFAI is the nation’s only art school dedicated to contemporary art. What sets SFAI apart?
It is like no other art school; it offers a refuge for both the radical and orthodox.
It understands that changes occur first as an idea, and then manifests through action.
It recognizes that art is integral to problem solving and questioning the status quo.
It positions itself dynamically between what was, what is, and what will be.
It is a place for alternative views where the new is born of necessity, not market forces.
Its faculty provoke and stimulate thought.
It is a creative laboratory and a place of aesthetic inquiry.
It gives valency to both the seen and the otherwise invisible within a culture of thoughtful anarchy.
It is a place of thought, elation, frustration, compunction, wisdom, and growth.
It recognizes that tradition is not historic, but a continuum.
Jeremy Morgan
Associate Professor
Jeremy Morgan is Associate Professor, Painting at SFAI. Born in Cambridge, England, he was educated at the Ruskin School of Drawing and of Fine Art, Oxford University, and at the Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy, London. As a painter, he explores the meeting points of consciousness, the relationship between nature and human nature, and the processes of abstraction with emphasis on contemplating painting as a fusion of chemistry and psyche.
SFAI’s notable past faculty and alumni include Ansel Adams, Kathryn Bigelow, Angela Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Paul Kos, Annie Leibovitz, Barry McGee, and Kehinde Wiley.

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