Dear Student,

You enter school with your talents and career goals. At The Art Institute of Austin, we see our role as providing those education services that will help you to develop your potential.

At The Art Institute of Austin, education is not a process where we hand you skills and knowledge. It is an interactive process where you take responsibility and apply your knowledge.

In addition to developing the right skills for the future, college is also about having the “college experience.” It’s about meeting new people (friends, potential employers, job leads), joining clubs, and volunteering for special projects. It’s about having fun and enjoying life as you develop into a professional.

Here, you learn from artists and professionals in a hands-on environment. You have the opportunity to make both professional contacts and lifelong friends. On your part it means engaging fully, eyes and mind wide open. Our goal is to encourage your passion in the creative field you have chosen and to help you develop competencies that can be applied in a related industry.

There's a vibrant energy here, one that fuels a desire to do your best. You are supported by a close and caring community bound by mutual respect for individuality and creativity. You are also part of The Art Institutes system of schools which enjoys a nationwide reputation. An education from The Art Institute of Austin means something. The Art Institutes have a reputation within the business community for graduates who are assets to the companies who employ them.

We at The Art Institute of Austin are dedicated to helping each and every one of you discover the artist within in order to affect the world outside. I look forward to meeting each and every one of you as we prepare for a new generation of shakers, movers, creative thinkers, and visionaries in the job force.

Sincerely,

Thomas W. Newsom
President