Mission Statement
The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University is a professional school of art & design, supported by the extensive resources of a major urban university. We are committed to offering small classes to allow each student individual attention from our highly qualified faculty. The School of Art & Design is located in the heart of Boston’s design district, two blocks from Newbury Street and the Boston Public Garden.
Our Goals
- To ensure that students develop fluency in the essential elements of visual language and achieve proficiency in the use of classical media as well as new and emerging visual technologies.
- To provide students with the intellectual and practical abilities necessary to attain creative and aesthetic excellence as well as rewarding careers as professional artists and designers.
- To instill in students a recognition of and an appreciation for the value of the visual arts and their power to sustain and transform society.
- To provide students with an intensive professional art and design education coupled with a comprehensive foundation in the liberal arts.
- To teach students to exercise their expertise as visual communicators in a socially responsible manner.
- To assist students in developing clarity and strength in their work and to lend energy and expression to their insights, unifying talent and discipline with ideas and perceptions.
- To offer facilities and equipment appropriate to the study of art and design and reflective of the realities of the design professions for which students are being trained.