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The AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship

The Fellowship program seeks to provide professional practice opportunities to high-achieving alumni who have recently graduated from AICAD member schools, while also increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of faculty at these institutions. AICAD institutions aspire to create a climate that recognizes and values diversity as central to excellence in art and design education.

AICAD Fellowships include structured and unstructured mentoring and professional development opportunities along with direct teaching experience, health benefits, and other monetary supports.

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2024 AICAD/ NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellow Selected

The Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design and NOAA Fisheries have announced the placement of Nellie Geraghty into the fifth AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellowship. Nellie Geraghty draws from her lived experience as a farm hand and a commitment to environmental justice through education. Her work transposes stories gathered from field research […]


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