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Our public galleries and the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery are open. September 20 - December 14, 2024. Wednesday - Saturday 1:00-5:00pm. Please look at the calendar for holiday closures, special events and performance schedules.
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The Corcoran’s curriculum is also continuing to evolve as we...
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The Corcoran School inspires students to create art with the...
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Resource Guide for New Undergraduate Students . CORCORAN...
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Mar 4, 2024 · A decade after GW’s tumultuous acquisition of The Corcoran Gallery of Art was met with calls to “Save the Corcoran,” the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design has persevered through culture shifts, renovations and the loss of its art collection to expand its reach into the arts.
The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design currently offers the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts (in Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Photojournalism, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, and Interior Architecture); Bachelor of Arts (in Fine Art, Art History, Theatre & Dance, and Music); Master of Fine Arts (in Fine Arts, Social Practice ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Dezeen School Shows: a sustainably designed housing complex encouraging intergenerational living is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Corcoran School of the Arts and...
- William Wilson Corcoran
- Flagg Building
- Salon Doré
The Corcoran Gallery was founded to house the private art collection of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888). Born in Georgetown in 1798, Corcoran was the son of an influential merchant and former mayor. His attempt to start a dry goods business at the age of 19 was a failure, but later success as a financier led to the founding of his own brokerage...
An integral part of the Corcoran’s history, the Flagg Building was designed by Ernest Flagg, a noted American architect, in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened in 1897 and now houses many of the programs that make up the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. The building received D.C. historic landmark status in 1964 and was listed in the N...
The Salon Doré is the Corcoran’s 18th-century French period room. It was originally part of the hôtel de Clermont, an important early 18th-century private residence in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, an old aristocratic quarter of Paris. After purchasing the house in 1768, Pierre-Gaspard-Marie Grimod, Count d’Orsay, commissioned the Salon Doré as the d...
The Corcoran prepares its graduates to be the next generation of leaders in the world of culture and the arts. Students learn from experienced faculty at the intersection of creativity and social innovation and are inspired to research, create and innovate with the potential to shape the world around them.
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The Corcoran’s curriculum is also continuing to evolve as we identify new needs in our ever-changing world. Interaction Design and Social Practice are two new programs that our school has introduced within the past few years in order to address trends in emerging fields of study within the art community.
