Cornish College of the Arts

Mission

Support Cornish today to help us continue to deliver our mission of providing a high quality arts education for the next generation of artists.

When you support Cornish College of the Arts, you are supporting a community of artists, innovators, and citizens who collectively challenge us to make a better world and help create our vibrant Seattle arts community.

Description

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.

Begun in 1914, Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA, offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in the performing and visual arts and a Bachelor of Music degree, multiple 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 the arts. This approach continues to inform the College's curriculum 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.

Cornish is accredited by the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.