Maine College of Art & Design

Maine College of Art & Design is a private art and design college that has offered studio-based undergraduate and graduate education since 1882. Undergraduate majors include animation and game art, ceramics, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and textile and fashion design. Graduate options include a Master of Fine Arts in studio art, a Master of Arts in Teaching, and several online certificates and master's degrees.

The college also runs a three-week Pre-College program for high school students, open-enrollment Continuing Studies classes for adults and youth, and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Its campus sits in the Portland Arts District at 522 Congress Street, and the public can visit the Institute of Contemporary Art and occasional gallery shows and lectures.