Begun in 1914, Cornish College of the Arts offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in the performing and visual arts and a Bachelor of Music degree, along with year-round public programs and extension courses. The College’s founder Nellie Cornish, and the many teaching artists who have followed her, believed in education through exposure to all of the arts. This approach continues to inform the College’s curricula and community involvement today. Our holistic approach to education promotes experimentation, discovery, and innovation, giving artists the creative intelligence they need to thrive in their disciplines and beyond. We have been inspiring artistic and academic excellence for more than 100 years. The mission of Cornish College of the Arts is to provide students aspiring to become practicing artists with an educational program of the highest possible quality, in an environment that nurtures creativity and intellectual curiosity, while preparing them to contribute to society as artists, citizens, and innovators.

Vocalists, instrumentalists, and composers work side-by-side in the same curriculum, allowing ample opportunity for focused study and experimentation. As a music major, you’ll center your work in private instruction in your primary area of study, develop advanced skills in theory, composition, and music technology, and collaborate on your own creative projects. Understand music through the lens of history, culture, and politics. Learn to communicate these ideas effectively as a performer, writer, and speaker.

You’ll take core courses in design fundamentals. By the end of your first year, you’ll choose a degree program in design, game art, illustration, animation, or interaction design.

Depending on your degree path, you will learn in a project-based curriculum. Students will create brand identities, publications, logos, and 2D & 3D art for games, build worlds, construct user interfaces, develop apps and websites, and work in emerging media such as virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR).

You will develop skills in drawing, typography, packaging/product design, bookbinding, letterpress, and printmaking. You may also choose to minor in game art or experience design.

Your room at Cornish Commons is suited to the needs of everyday student life. Each room has its own bathroom with shower and sink. Each room also comes with its own furniture, such as a twin long bed, a dresser, and a desk with chair and hutch.

Every standard room features a MicroFridge, a combination of microwave and mini-fridge that will provide you extra utility at no extra cost. Kitchenette rooms feature a stovetop, a refrigerator and a convection oven/microwave combination. The following floor plans are examples which may vary slightly in shape from room to room.

SINGLE ROOM

APPROXIMATELY 245 SQ. FT.

SINGLE ROOM WITH KITCHENETTE

APPROXIMATELY 295 SQ. FT.

DOUBLE ROOM

APPROXIMATELY 355 SQ. FT.

DOUBLE ROOM WITH KITCHENETTE

APPROXIMATELY 430 SQ. FT.

TRIPLE ROOM

APPROXIMATELY 548 SQ. FT.