Media contact

Contact: Devra Pransky, Senior Director of Communications, Phone: (412) 995.7685 (office); (412) 657.8413 (mobile); or dpransky@edmc.edu

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  The Art Institute of Atlanta is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 50 educational institutions located throughout North America.
  
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  The Art Institutes provide programs in design, media arts, fashion and culinary.
  
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  The Art Institute of Atlanta has a tradition of quality, career-focused education. Founded in 1949 as Massey Business College, the college became The Art Institute of Atlanta in 1975 and is proud of its more than sixty-year legacy of education for career success.
  
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  The Art Institute of Atlanta offers classrooms, computer labs, art studios, a photography studio and digital darkroom, video studio and digital editing suites, audio recording and editing studios, a motion capture studio, animation studios, kitchens, a library and office space.
  
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  The Janet S. Day Gallery, named for the college’s longest serving president, is open to the public, hosting regular exhibitions of art and design by students, faculty, alumni and guest artists.
  
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  The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Atlanta operates a student-run restaurant, Creations, which is open to the public.
  
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  College-sponsored housing is available.
  
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  The campus offers a Library with more than 45,000 items, including books, DVDs, video tapes, and CD-ROMs, as well as access to other college and university libraries through Galileo.
  
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  The Art Institute of Atlanta has six branch campuses: The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur (GA), The Art Institute of Charleston (SC), The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach, The Art Institute of Washington (Arlington, VA) and The Art Institute of Washington-Dulles (VA).
  
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  Alumni of The Art Institute of Atlanta include: Chef Kevin Gillespie (AA, Culinary Arts, 2003), executive chef at Gunshow and finalist on Top Chef; Chef Jamika Pessoa (AA, Culinary Arts, 2004), Life of the Party Caterers, correspondent on ABC’s “Chew Crew” and contestant on Next Food Network Star; Jim DiVitale (AA, Photo-graphy, 1978), principal, DiVitale Photography; Carla Kantola (AA, Interior Design, 1998), owner and principle, C. Kantola Interiors; Jeremy Heilpern (BFA, Web Design & Interactive Media, 2008), chief digital officer, The Morrison Agency.
  

The Art Institute of Atlanta works with numerous non-profit organizations each year, providing various services at no cost to our partners, some of which are listed below.

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  Nicholas House
  
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  ALS Association of Georgia
  
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  March of Dimes – North Georgia
  
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  Walk Now for Autism Speaks
  
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  Moving in the Spirit
  
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  Art Sandy Springs
  
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  Atlanta High School Art Exhibition/Dogwood Festival
  
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  National Black Chamber of Commerce
  
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  Sandy Springs Police Department
  
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  Beacon Dance
  
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  Every Woman Works
  
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  Green Forest Academy
  
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  Center for Sustainable Communities
  

The Art Institute of Atlanta, including its branch campuses — The Art Institute of Atlanta - Decatur, The Art Institute of Charleston, The Art Institute of Tennessee—Nashville, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach, The Art Institute of Washington and The Art Institute of Washington—Dulles — is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about the accreditation of The Art Institute of Atlanta.

The Diploma in Baking & Pastry, Diploma in Culinary Arts, Associate in Arts degree in Culinary Arts, Associate in Arts degree in Culinary Arts with a concentration in Baking & Pastry, Bachelor of Science degree in Food & Beverage Management and the Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Arts Management programs are accredited by The Accrediting Commission of the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation.

The Art Institute of Atlanta meets the criteria for an exemption from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission’s (NPEC) regulations as outlined in O.C.G.A.§20-3-250.3(a)(15).

The Art Institute of Atlanta

6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, N.E.

100 Embassy Row

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

1.800.275.4242 1.770.689.4795