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. 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. 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. 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".

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
  • Irv Docktor, fine artist and book illustrator
  • Frank Eliscu, designer and sculptor of the Heisman Memorial Trophy and other works of art
  • Alvin Hollingsworth, comic book illustrator and fine artist
  • Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase
  • Bernard Krigstein, painter, illustrator, cartoonist
  • Tom Wesselmann, pop artist, famous for his "Great American Nude" series

Alumni

  • 1937: Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor
  • 1940: Violet Barclay, a pioneering female comic book artist
  • 1940: Al Plastino, comic book illustrator, writer and editor
  • 1940: Chic Stone, comic book illustrator
  • 1941: Allen Bellman, comic book artist
  • 1943: Carmine Infantino, comic book artist, editor, member Comic Book Hall of Fame
  • 1943: Helmut Krone, art director
  • 1943: Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographer
  • 1944: Joe Orlando, comic book illustrator, Mad magazine associate publisher
  • 1945: Tony Bennett, singer and painter
  • 1945: Joe Giella, comic book illustrator
  • 1946: Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer
  • 1946: Al Scaduto, syndicated cartoonist
  • 1951: Bill Kresse, syndicated cartoonist
  • 1952: Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor
  • 1952: Sam Scali, advertising-agency owner
  • 1953: Peter Hujar, photographer
  • 1953: Ronald Wayne, Apple Computer co-founder
  • 1955: I. C. Rapoport, photojournalist
  • 1956: Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker
  • 1956: John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter
  • 1956: Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator
  • 1956: Regina Porter, fashion designer
  • 1957: Bobby Weinstein, songwriter, member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • 1957: Phoebe Gilman, children's book author and illustrator
  • 1959: Neal Adams, comic book illustrator
  • 1960: Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator
  • 1960: Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker
  • 1960: William T. Williams, abstract painter
  • 1961: Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"
  • 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, playwright
  • 1965: Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist
  • 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
  • 1968: Candida Royalle, producer and director of couples-oriented erotic films
  • 1968: John Steptoe, author and illustrator of children's books
  • 1968: Robin Tewes, artist and painter
  • 1968: Frank Verlizzo ("Fraver"), Drama Desk Award-winning designer of theater art
  • 1969: Pat Cleveland, fashion model
  • 1969: Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist
  • 1971: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer
  • 1971: Alan Kupperberg, cartoonist and illustrator
  • 1971: Steven Meisel, fashion photographer
  • 1971: Lynette Washington, jazz vocalist
  • 1973: Lisa Jane Persky, actress.
  • 1973: Tom Sito, animator, filmmaker, educator
  • 1974: Manny Vega, painter, muralist, mosaicist
  • 1975: SJK 171 (aka Steve the Greek), graffiti artist
  • 1976: Eddie Velez, film and television actor
  • 1976: Marcelino Sanchez, film and television actor
  • 1976: Tracy 168 (Michael Tracey), graffiti artist
  • 1976: Mike Carlin, comic book writer and editor
  • 1977: Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator
  • 1979: Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator
  • 1979: Jimmy Palmiotti, inker and writer of comic books, games and film
  • 1979: Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator
  • 1980: Chris 'Daze' Ellis, graffiti writer and artist
  • 1980: Nicole Willis, musician, artist
  • 1981: Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
  • 1982: Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), graffiti writer, artist and muralist.
  • 1983: Mare139 (Carlos Rodriguez), graffiti artist and designer
  • 1985: Roger Sanchez, Grammy Award-winning DJ, producer, recording artist
  • 1985: Christopher Martin, rapper
  • 1986: Pharoahe Monch (Troy Donald Jamerson), hip hop artist
  • 1987: Ivan de Prume, former drummer in the groove metal band White Zombie
  • 1990: Kwamé (Kwamé Holland), rapper and music producer
  • 1990: Jamal Igle, comic book and animation storyboard artist
  • 1992: Mobb Deep, hip-hop duo
  • 1995: Cool Calm Pete (Peter Chung), hip hop artist as a member of Babbletron and then as a Solo artist
  • 1998: Fabolous, rapper
  • 2006: ASAP Ferg (Darold D. Brown Ferguson Jr.), rapper and fashion designer
  • 2007: LaQuan Smith, fashion designer
  • 2014: Devon Rodriguez, artist and painter

References

  • NYC Department of Education: Art and Design High School
  • High School of Art and Design Alumni Association
  • Friends of Art and Design High School