by Jacquie Ang From TAXI Design Network

THE MEETING POINT They say that when great minds meet, the remarkable happens. One of those extraordinary moments arose in the year 1947, the day two Americans found their turning point in art.

When Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth (best known for his illustrations of Tarzan of the Apes) founded The Cartoonists and Illustrators School, they did not realize how the trade school with just 3 instructors and 35 students could shape art education, simply by upholding the belief that their faculty should comprise of working professionals in the arts and art-related fields. Holding classes at night lets students and faculty work during the day and attend the courses after work to sharpen their competitive edge in contracting better jobs.

Neither could they imagine that the small school could grow into a world-renowned multi-disciplinary institution with a faculty of more than 800 and a student body that exceeds 3,000, much less earn the recognition as of one of America’s finest schools in art and design.

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JACQUIE ANG
Junior Assistant Editor of TAXI Design Network

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