Cornish College of the Arts

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Location: Northwest
Setting: Large City Setting
Type: Private
Size: Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Kerry Hall, Cornish's oldest building and the last part of Cornish remaining on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
Kerry Hall, Cornish's oldest building and the last part of Cornish remaining on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
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School Description
Provided by Cornish College of the Arts

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. Cornish realizes this mission by offering baccalaureate studies in the performing and visual
arts and by serving as a focal point in the community for public presentation, artistic criticism,
participation, and discussion of the Arts.

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Cornish College of the Arts From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Cornish College of the Arts is a fully accredited institution in the Denny Triangle and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington, USA that offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance, Theater, Performance Production, Design, and Fine Art, as well as the Bachelor of Music degree.

Cornish was founded in 1914, as the Cornish School, by pianist and voice teacher Nellie Cornish, who was influenced by the pedagogical ideas of Maria Montessori, as well as Calvin Brainerd Cady's ideas on music pedagogy, and who served as the school's director for its first 25 years. Within three years it had enrolled over 600 students, and was the country's largest music school west of Chicago.

The Cornish School began its operations in rented space in the Boothe Building and Broadway and Pine Street. Initially, the school taught only children, but it soon expanded to functioning also as a normal school (roughly what would now be called a teachers' college). While music was at the heart of the curriculum, Cornish recruited opportunistically where she saw talent, and the school soon offered classes as diverse as eurhythmics, French language, painting, and dance. The school gathered a board of trustees from among Seattle's elite, who funded her school through the hard economic times during and after World War I, and raised money for a purpose-built school building.

Campus

Cornish's 1921 building, now known as Kerry Hall, is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as "Cornish School"; its Denny Triangle building is also listed on the NRHP, as the "William Volker Building". The Raisbeck Performance Hall is a Seattle City Landmark under the name "Old Norway Hall".

Notable faculty

  • Guy Anderson
  • John Cage
  • Ping Chong (artist in residence)
  • William Cumming
  • Imogen Cunningham (artist-in-residence)
  • David Dorfman (dancer) (artist-in-residence)
  • Rinde Eckert (artist-in-residence)
  • Syvilla Fort (artist-in-residence)
  • Bill Frisell (artist-in-residence)
  • Martha Graham
  • Morris Graves
  • Lou Harrison (artist-in-residence)
  • Gary Hill
  • Alexander Koriansky
  • Ralph Lemon (artist-in-residence)
  • Raymond Maxwell
  • Peter Meremblum
  • Meredith Monk (artist-in-residence)
  • Mark Morris (artist-in-residence)
  • Julian Priester
  • Mark Tobey
  • Richard E.T. White

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 696
On Campus Housing: Unavailable
Full Time Students: 97%
Athletic Programs: Unavailable
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 20,900
Students Receiving Aid: 83%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 35
Selectivity: Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 97%
Part-Time 3%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 64%
Other 24%
Asian 5%
Hispanic 4%
African-American 3%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 67%
Out-of-State 33%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Washington 67%
California 12%
Oregon 4%
Tennessee 1%
Michigan 1%
Percent of Students International: 3%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: No
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 20,900    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 300    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,401 37%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 4,036 13%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 3,617 68%  
Student Loans:
$ 4,988 77%  
Any Aid:
  83%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 51% (Highly Selective)

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 35.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Recommended
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Not Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Recommended
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Recommended

Degree Programs at Cornish College of the Arts

Bachelor's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Cornish College of the Arts

Career Education Majors

Photos

  • Kerry Hall, Cornish's oldest building and the last part of Cornish remaining on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
    Kerry Hall, Cornish's oldest building and the last part of Cornish remaining on Seattle's Capitol Hill. [source]
  • Like Kerry Hall, Cornish's main Denny Triangle building is also on the National Register of Historic Places
    Like Kerry Hall, Cornish's main Denny Triangle building is also on the National Register of Historic Places [source]