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Founded in 2006, The Art Institute of Tennessee—Nashville is one of The Art Institutes, a system of more than 40 schools across North America.

Schools are located in: Arlington, VA*; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH**; Dallas, TX; Decatur, GA; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN***; Jacksonville, FL; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles (Orange County), CA; Los Angeles (Santa Monica), CA; Los Angeles (Wilshire Boulevard), CA; Miami, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; San Bernardino, CA†; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Schaumburg, IL; Seattle, WA; Sunnyvale, CA; Tampa, FL††; Tucson, AZ; Vancouver, BC; Vancouver (Burnaby), BC; York, PA; The Art Institute of Pittsburgh — Online Division.

*The Art Institute of Washington (Arlington, VA) is a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, GA. **The Art Institute of Ohio — Cincinnati, 1011 Glendale-Milford Road, Cincinnati, OH 45215-1107, OH Reg # 04-01-1698B. ***The Art Institute of Indianapolis is licensed by the Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education, 302 W. Washington St., Rm E201, Indianapolis, IN 46204.  AC-0080 †The Art Institute of California — Inland Empire has received temporary approval to operate from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (1625 North Market Blvd., Suite S 202, Sacramento, CA 95834, (916) 574-7720, www.bppve.ca.gov) in order to enable the Bureau to conduct a quality inspection  of the institution. ††The Art Institute of Tampa is a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design.

The Art Institutes
The Art Institute of Tennessee — Nashville  is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Art Institutes International, Inc., which is subsidiary of Education Management Corporation, based at 210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2603.

The Art Institutes have a three-member Board of Directors comprised of: John R. McKernan, Jr., Edward J West. and John M. Mazzoni.

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