Tisch School of the Arts

Coordinates: 40°43′45.2″N 73°59′37.6″W / 40.729222°N 73.993778°W / 40.729222; -73.993778

The Tisch School of the Arts
Type Private
Established 1965
Parent institution
 New York University
Dean Allyson Green
Academic staff
 265
Undergraduates 3,163
Postgraduates 939
Location New York City, New York, United States
Website tisch.nyu.edu

The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (also known as Tisch, TNYU, and TSOA) is a center of study in the performing and media arts. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school merges the technical training of a professional school with the academic resources of a major research university to immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines. It is located at 721 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. As of 2017 it had more alumni working in Broadway theatre than any other school for theater in the United States.[1]

History

The Tisch School of the Arts was founded in order to provide conservatory training in theater and film in the context of a research university.[2] The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few years.[3] Following the creation of the undergraduate Department of Drama in 1974, the school expanded into other artistic forms, including the Interactive Telecommunications Program, Department of Dramatic Writing, Department of Performance Studies, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Department of Photography and Imaging, and The Department of Art and Public Policy.[4]

In 1985, the school's first dean, David Oppenheim, solicited a donation[5] from Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch that made possible the acquisition and renovation of the location at 721 Broadway where most of the school’s programs are housed. In recognition of the generosity of the Tisch family, the school was renamed Tisch School of the Arts.[6]

Departments and programs

Tisch School of the Arts has three institutes and 16 programs and offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Professional Studies (MPS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. Tisch also offers a selection of classes to NYU students not enrolled in any of its programs through the Open Arts curriculum.[7]

The three institutes are:

  • The Institute of Performing Arts, including the Art & Public Policy, Dance, Design for Stage & Film, Drama, Graduate Acting, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Open Arts, and Performance Studies
  • The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, including Cinema Studies, the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, Graduate Film, and Undergraduate Film & Television
  • The Institute of Emerging Media, including the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, ITP/IMA, Photography & Imaging, and NYU Game Center

Tisch School of the Arts, Asia

NYU's first branch campus abroad was the result of a partnership with Singapore Government agencies under Singapore's Global Schoolhouse program. Tisch Asia was also Singapore’s first graduate arts school and offered Master of Fine Arts degrees in animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, film and international media producing. Summer programs included professional workshops and non-credit certificate courses.

The campus opened in fall 2007 on the former Ministry of Education & Republic Polytechnic grounds at 3 Kay Siang Road, Singapore, with the intention to enroll approximately 250 students.[8] The anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial irregularities were alleged and Tisch Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011.

In a letter to the Tisch Asia community dated 8 November 2012, Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell announced that the campus would close after 2014 with recruitment and admission of new students suspended with immediate effect. While celebrating the creative and academic achievements at the Singapore campus, she cited financial challenges as the reason for the closure decision. Schmidt-Campbell pledged that NYU would honour commitments to existing students and staff. The letter quoted support from Singapore's Economic Development Board stating that it remained open to future collaboration with NYU.

Subsequent reporting has begun to reveal details of the complex negotiations around the closure.[9]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/article/big-10-top-colleges-currently-represented-on-broadway
  2. ↑ "Dean's Message: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved 1 Feb 2014.
  3. ↑ "History: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "History: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved 1 Feb 2014.
  5. ↑ HEVESI, DENNIS. "Davis Oppenheim, 85, Dean of N.Y.U. Arts, Is Dead". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. ↑ MITGANG, HERBERT. "7.5 MILLION TISCH GIFT TO N.Y.U". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Departments: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 Feb 2014.
  8. ↑ "NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts opens its first campus in Singapore". Singapore Economic Development Board. 2009-05-28 [1st pub. 2007-10-08]. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.
  9. ↑ "Anatomy Of A Failed Campus: What Happened At Tisch Asia". Retrieved 2013-07-14.

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