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Academy of Art University
The Academy of Art University formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. Stephens in 1929. The school is one of the largest property owners in San Francisco, with the main campus located on New Montgomery Street in the South of Market district.
In fall 2024, it had 95 full-time teachers, 508 part-time teaching staff, and 5,498 students; it claims to be the largest privately owned art and design school in the United States.
It was founded in 1929 as Académie of Advertising Art, a school for advertising art, at 215 Kearny Street. The founder, Richard S. Stephens, a painter and editor for Sunset Magazine, led it until 1951 when his son Richard A. Stephens took over. In 1992, Stephens was replaced by his daughter, Elisa Stephens. Under her presidency, student numbers increased to 18,000 by 2011.
The university owns and operates the Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, which has a collection of 200 vintage cars going back to the 1990s.
The school has been participating in the New York Fashion Week event bi-annually since 2005. Every year, the university hosts a spring show titled "Us Now" that highlights B.F.A. and M.F.A. student design work from the school's 75 disciplines.
In 2006, AAU acquired the Commodore Hotel for approximately $15.7 million; the building was then converted into co-ed student housing, called "Commodore Hall."
In 2009, four former admission officers alleged that the school had compensated them based on how many students they could enroll, which was an incentive-based recruitment technique. The former employees sued the school in U.S. District Court in Oakland in 2009.
In May 2016, the city of San Francisco brought a lawsuit against Academy of Art University after possible violations of city land-use laws, including the unauthorized conversion of rent-controlled housing to academic use. In December 2016, the school was ordered pay the city $20 million in fees and $40 million in housing concessions, such as providing low-income housing for seniors. In January 2020, the agreement was amended, requiring the Academy of Art University to pay $37.6 million to build affordable housing.
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Academy of Art University
The Academy of Art University formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. Stephens in 1929. The school is one of the largest property owners in San Francisco, with the main campus located on New Montgomery Street in the South of Market district.
In fall 2024, it had 95 full-time teachers, 508 part-time teaching staff, and 5,498 students; it claims to be the largest privately owned art and design school in the United States.
It was founded in 1929 as Académie of Advertising Art, a school for advertising art, at 215 Kearny Street. The founder, Richard S. Stephens, a painter and editor for Sunset Magazine, led it until 1951 when his son Richard A. Stephens took over. In 1992, Stephens was replaced by his daughter, Elisa Stephens. Under her presidency, student numbers increased to 18,000 by 2011.
The university owns and operates the Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, which has a collection of 200 vintage cars going back to the 1990s.
The school has been participating in the New York Fashion Week event bi-annually since 2005. Every year, the university hosts a spring show titled "Us Now" that highlights B.F.A. and M.F.A. student design work from the school's 75 disciplines.
In 2006, AAU acquired the Commodore Hotel for approximately $15.7 million; the building was then converted into co-ed student housing, called "Commodore Hall."
In 2009, four former admission officers alleged that the school had compensated them based on how many students they could enroll, which was an incentive-based recruitment technique. The former employees sued the school in U.S. District Court in Oakland in 2009.
In May 2016, the city of San Francisco brought a lawsuit against Academy of Art University after possible violations of city land-use laws, including the unauthorized conversion of rent-controlled housing to academic use. In December 2016, the school was ordered pay the city $20 million in fees and $40 million in housing concessions, such as providing low-income housing for seniors. In January 2020, the agreement was amended, requiring the Academy of Art University to pay $37.6 million to build affordable housing.
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