The Art Institute of Atlanta is housed primarily in a five-story, 115,000-square-foot building in a beautifully landscaped office park about fifteen minutes north of city center. Each of the five floors offers the industry-related technology required for a career-focused, hands-on education.
At The Art Institute, you'll find professional equipment and resources along with experienced, committed faculty. This is preparation for the real thing.
Completed in 1999, the 115,000-square-foot main campus building features:
- Offices, classrooms, library, computer, and art labs wired for Internet access
- Multi-camera video studio with digital video editing suites featuring AVID Xpress Pro, AVID Media Composer Adrenaline, and Final Cut Pro
- Digital audio lab suites with a Solid State Logic (SSL) G+ console with automation, ProTools, DIGI002 hardware, 12 and 16-channel mixers, sound recording booth, studio monitors, and a surround sound editing suite
- Computer labs with both MAC and PC platforms and software including: Adobe CS3 Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, SoundBooth, and Premiere), Dreamweaver, Flash, Character Studio, ToonBoom, Director, DVD Studio Pro, Eye-One Match, Final Cut Pro, Corel Painter, Maya, ProTools, Autocad, and more
- Professional photography studios and darkroom facilities, including G5 Mac computer stations with color-calibrated monitors, and Epson 320, 380, 200, 4800, 4000 and 4000 Piezography printers as well as Imacon film scanners and Epson V700 and 1641 photo scanners
- Five teaching kitchens and a dining lab open to the public
- Library with more than 40,000 items, including books, DVDs, video tapes, and CD-ROMs, as well as access to other college and university libraries through Galileo
Additional space in a second building was added in 2003 and expanded in 2007 to more than 18,000 square feet, featuring a CAD computer lab and interior design resource room, a fashion & retail management display window, classrooms, design labs, a student lounge, and faculty offices.
In January 2008, the college opened its first branch campus in the Atlanta area – The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur.