New York City, the richest artistic environment in the world, provides the ideal location for the program. We believe that New York City is a great teaching tool and we take advantage of its resources as much as possible. Museums, galleries, and libraries are used for research; members of the professional design community are frequent guest speakers; and close proximity to many theatres, shops and studios affords students the opportunity to visit facilities or to go backstage --meeting hundreds of working professionals, making contacts, and observing productions in rehearsal.
Recent class visits have been made to the following shops and studios:
- ABC-TV Studios
- CBS Broadcast Center
- Central Properties – prop rental house
- Costume Institute - Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dye-namix – fabric dyeing, painting and silkscreening for fashion, theatre and film industries
- Guggenheim Museum
- High End Systems
- Hotopp Associates – design studio for television, industrials, etc.
- Hudson Scenic Studios
- Ken Billington Studios
- Law & Order Sound Stage
- Lincoln Scenic & Network Scenery Rental
- Merchant’s House
- Metropolitan Opera
- Network Scenery
- New York City Ballet costume shop
- New York City Opera backstage tour and dress rehearsal
- Penn & Fletcher – custom embroidery and hand beading specialists
- Production Design Group – design studio for television
- Radio City Music Hall
- The Maury Show
- Rodney Gordon Studio - millinery
- Rosebrand Theatrical Supplies, Fabrics and Fabrications
- SMA Realtime Studios
- Spaeth Design Inc. – studio specializing in display exhibits and animated retail windows
- State Supply Props
- Silver Cup Studios
- Tour of Soho Galleries
