The High School of Art and Design is a career and technical education high school in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1936 as the School of Industrial Art, the school moved to 1075 Second Avenue in 1960 and more recently, its Midtown Manhattan location on 56th Street, between Second and Third Avenues, in September 2012. High School of Art and Design is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

History On November 2, 1936, four art teachers began what was to become the High School of Art and Design, the School of Industrial Art, in a former Manhattan elementary school at 257 West 40th Street, which for a time had housed a WPA Federal Theatre Project locale. Initially, they used orange crates and plywood to make storage and desks. One of the co-founders, John B. Kenny, became principal in 1941. The school soon moved to 211 East 79th Street on the Upper East Side, the site of the former annex to Benjamin Franklin High School."History of S.I.A", p. 14 In September 1960, the School of Industrial Art changed its name to the High School of Art and Design and moved to 1075 Second Avenue in east Midtown.

The 1936 school was first envisioned as a continuation school, that is, a school where children who had left school and gotten jobs attended for half days to continue their education, normally including vocational classes relevant to their current or possible future jobs. However, it opened as a vocational high school,

On November 8, 2004, a rally was scheduled on the occasion of the school's 68th anniversary. This was to include a press conference at which increased support of the school would be urged. On November 8, 2006, the school celebrated its 70th anniversary. The office of the mayor of New York City issued a proclamation making November 8 "High School of Art and Design Day".

Academics and events Applicants must take an entrance exam and present a portfolio to be accepted. Freshmen sample all art and design subjects before selecting a major for their sophomore, junior and senior years. Students at Art and Design receive two periods of art instruction per day, choosing from among eight art majors: cartooning, animation, architecture, graphic design, illustration, fashion, photography, and film/video.

Art and Design's Kenny Gallery, named for the school's founding principal, John B. Kenny, hosts monthly art exhibits of student work. The gallery is open to the public. The Black Box Theatre was donated by the Friends of Art and Design (FAD).

Notable people

Faculty Some members of the school's faculty became notable for their creative work outside teaching. These include: Daisy Aldan, (1923-2001), poet, actress, editor and translator"On Daisy Aldan, 'A New Folder' | Jacket2 "After taking degrees at Hunter College and Brooklyn College, she spent thirty-five years teaching at New York's School of Industrial Art, where her students included Art Spiegelman, Tony Bennett, Calvin Klein and Harvey Fierstein, as well as Warhol associates Gerard Malanga and Jackie Curtis." Irv Docktor, fine artist and book illustratorIrv Docktor website Richard Deane Taylor, commercial artist, fine artist and book illustrator. Teacher of commercial art from 1963 through 1989 and was the acting chairman of the Art Department from 1980 through 1981. Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy and other works of art"Frank Eliscu, 83, Who Sculptured Heisman Trophy". The New York Times."Who really posed for the Heisman Trophy". Yahoo News. Retrieved September 22, 2010 Alvin Hollingsworth, comic book illustrator and fine artistStripper's Guide: Ink-Slinger Profiles: A.C. Hollingsworth Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase Bernard Krigstein, painter, illustrator, cartoonist Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series"Biography of Tom Wesselmann | Widewalls", October 10, 2016. "After he successfully established himself as one of the leading artists in NYC, Tom began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design."

Alumni

1937: Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actorArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 1940: Violet Barclay, a pioneering female comic book artist 1940: Al Plastino, comic book illustrator, writer and editor 1940: Chic Stone, comic book illustratorStone in 1941: Allen Bellman, comic book artistLambiek Comiclopedia, Comic CreatorsViolet Barclay "Barclay attended the School of Industrial Art high school, where her classmates included future comic-book professional Allen Bellman." 1943: Carmine Infantino, comic book artist, editor, member Comic Book Hall of Fame 1943: Helmut Krone, art directorHelmut Krone, Period. 1943: Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographerHoward Greenberg Gallery"Henry Wolf, Graphic Designer and Photographer, Dies at 80". The New York Times. 1944: Joe Orlando, comic book illustrator, Mad magazine associate publisherKimball, Kirk. "Gaspar Saladino — The Natural" . Dial B for Blog Retrieved February 11, 2012. 1945: Tony Bennett, singer and painterTweti, Mira. "School's Alumni and Staff Feel Its Art Emphasis Is Neglected", The New York Times, December 5, 2001. Accessed October 29, 2007. "Graduates include the designer Calvin Klein, the singer Tony Bennett, the playwright Harvey Fierstein and the filmmaker Ralph Bakshi." 1945: Joe Giella, comic book illustrator"Joe Giella". Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved February 11, 2012. 1945: Everett Raymond Kinstler, portrait artist 1946: Sy Barry, phantom comic strip & comic book illustratorFischler, Marcelle S. "Long Island Journal; Cartoonists Gather to Celebrate Real Life", The New York Times, June 10, 2001. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Mr. Scaduto, Mr. Giella, Mr. Barry and Mr. Squelio attended the School of Industrial Art, now the School of Art and Design, together in the 1940s." 1946: Vladimir Kagan, furniture designerStaff. "Long Island Journal", The New York Times, October 9, 1983. Accessed January 22, 2017. "'A very special class,' it was called in 1946, the year that 279 art students graduated from the School of Industrial Art in New York City. ... Among those scheduled to attend from the original class were Vladimir Kagan of New York City, the interior designer; Al Scaduto of Jericho, a cartoonist for the syndicated comic strip They'll Do It Every Time; Alex Toth of Los Angeles, also a cartoonist; Sal Tortora of Mattituck, a watercolorist, and Serafin Soto of Huntington, an architect and painter." 1946: Al Scaduto, syndicated cartoonist 1947: Alex Toth, comic book illustrator, animator for Hanna-Barbera 1947: John Romita Sr., comic book illustrator 1949: Howard Beckerman, animator and author 1950: Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator 1950: Jules Maidoff, artist and founder of SACI (Studio Arts College International) in Florence, Italy 1951: Leo Dillon, adult and children's book illustrator"The Horn Book" 1951: Bill Kresse, syndicated cartoonist"Bill Kresse, Longtime O'Dwyer's Illustrator, Dies", O'Dwyer's, January 27, 2014. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Kresse was born June 17, 1933 in Brooklyn. His art career began immediately after graduating Brooklyn's High School of Industrial Arts, when he got a job illustrating for famed animation studio Terrytoons, which created many popular cartoons of the post-war era, including Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg, and The Mighty Heroes." 1952: Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptorEva Hesse, Brooklyn Museum. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Eva Hesse was born 1936, in Hamburg, Germany. Her family fled the Nazis and arrived in New York in 1939 where she attended the School of Industrial Art, then Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1952, and Cooper Union from 1954 to 1957." 1952: Sam Scali, advertising-agency owner 1953: Peter Hujar, photographer 1953: Ronald Wayne, Apple Computer co-founderThe Cult of Mac, December 2014. "He trained as a technical draftsman at the School of Industrial Art in New York." 1955: I. C. Rapoport, photojournalistThe Early Years – Part 1, I. C. Rapoport, April 1, 2016. Accessed January 22, 2017. "I had, a year earlier, entered the High School of Industrial Art in Manhattan, and having no desire to join the photography program offered there, studied what my brother Mel had studied, advertising design." 1956: Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmakerCulhane, John. "Ralph Bakshi - Iconoclast of Animation", The New York Times, March 22, 1981. Accessed January 22, 2017. "From being a poor student at Thomas Jefferson High School, he was inspired to compete for one of 10 openings at the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design), a vocational school for commercial artists. When he graduated in June of 1956, he won the school's cartooning medal - and he has been transmuting the gritty reality of the streets in drawings ever since." 1956: John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter"Ex-newsman John Johnson's art portrays his life – as well as Angelina Jolie and Lady Gaga", "New York Daily News", May 10, 2013. 1956: Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educatorBarbara Nessim: An Artful Life, Bard College. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Born in the Bronx, Barbara Nessim studied at New York's School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design) and attended Pratt Institute from 1956 to 1960." 1956: Regina Porter, fashion designer"'Natural' Sportswear From Porter" February 13, 1992. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Born and raised in New York City, Porter studied at the High School of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology." 1957: Bobby Weinstein, songwriter, member of the Songwriters Hall of FameBobby Weinstein, Songwriters Hall of Fame. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Bobby Weinstein, was a product of a musical family, attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, but his allegiance to the arts soon took a different turn when he became swept up by the Doo Wop music phenomenon which had swung into high gear at the time." 1957: Phoebe Gilman, children's book author and illustrator 1959: Neal Adams, comic book illustrator 1959: Paul J. Pugliese, Time magazine cartographer 1960: Calvin Klein, fashion designer 1960: George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director"George Kuchar, Underground Filmmaker, Dies at 69" The New York Times September 8, 2011 1960: Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator 1960: Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker 1960: William T. Williams, abstract painterAfrikanah.org 1961: Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop""Robert Volpe, Art-Theft Expert, Dies at 63", The New York Times, December 5, 2006. 1962: Roscoe Orman, actor, author and artist, best known as "Gordon" on Sesame Street 1962: Simon Gaon, painter 1963: Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter 1963: Joey Skaggs, media prankster, performance artist 1963: Jim Simon, animator and artist 1963: Michael Steiner, abstract artist and sculptor 1963 Harry Roseman, sculptor, videographer, professor of art 1965: Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwrightSuperstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis 1965: Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonistD'Arcy, David (July 13, 2011). "Art goes back to school". The Art Newspaper. 1967: Bert Monroy, digital art pioneer, author of books on Photoshop, Illustrator 1967: Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello), drummer in the rock band Kiss 1967: Frank Brunner, comic book illustrator 1967: Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator 1967: Ralph Reese, comic book illustrator 1967: Lenny White, jazz-funk drummer, member of Return to Forever 1967: Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmakerKastner, Jeffrey. "ART/ARCHITECTURE; An Energetic Imagist Who Dances With Chance". The New York Times. August 19, 2001. Accessed November 19, 2007.