- This article is about the chain of for-profit art schools. For the stand-alone art college in Boston, see The Art Institute of Boston; for the stand-alone art college in Chicago, see the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; for the stand-alone art college in San Francisco, see San Francisco Art Institute, none of which are affiliated with The Art Institutes.
The Art Institutes (often commercially abbreviated and stylized as Ai) is a collection of private, for-profit educational institutions for career preparation in the visual, creative, and applied arts, including design, media, fashion, and culinary programs. There are 45 Art Institutes located in major cities across North America, and have over 125,000 graduates. The Art Institute Online, a division of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, also has online courses available. The Art Institutes awards master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, associate’s degrees, and non-degree-program certificates. Ai is headquartered in Pittsburgh, and is a division of Education Management Corporation (EDMC). Educational accreditation of The Art Institutes and their programs varies among campuses and programs; the accreditation status and career orientation of the institutions and their programs may cause some students to experience difficulty in transferring Ai credits or with enrolling in graduate-level college/university programs. [edit] Notable alumni - Two graduates from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, were given their own show on Food Network. The show is called 2 Dudes Catering'.
- Tennis star Venus Williams graduated Cum Laude with an Associate of Science degree in Fashion Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale on December 13, 2007.[1][2]
- Ty Pennington of Trading Spaces and Extreme Home Makeover graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Atlanta. [2]
- Carol Guzy in 1995 and Martha Rial in 1998 are now the only two women to have won a Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism. Both are Art Institute graduates. [3] [4]
- Dean Zulich of the VH1 reality show The Shot graduated with a degree in photography from The Art Institute of Seattle in March 2007. [5]
- Fashion designer Blayne Walsh, a contestant on Season 5 of Bravo's Project Runway, is a 2005 graduate of The Art Institute of Seattle. [6]
- Kourtney Brown, host of My Network TV gameshow, My Games Fever, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts and Entertainment from The Art Institute: Miami International University of Art & Design in 2009
- Chef Paula DaSilva, a contestant and first runner-up on Season 5 of Fox Broadcasting Company's Hell's Kitchen (U.S.). She is a 1998 graduate of The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.[7]
- Chef Jamika Pessoa, a contestant on Season 5 of Food Network's Next Food Network Star.[8] She is a 2004 graduate of The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Atlanta [9]
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