Moore College of Art and Design

Moore College of Art & Design is a private college focused on art and design and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its undergraduate programs are only available for female students; its other educational programs, including graduate programs, are coeducational.

History
Founded in 1848 by Sarah Worthington Peter as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, it was the first women's art school in the United States. The school was established to prepare women to work in the new industries created during the Industrial Revolution, of which Philadelphia was a center. The school occupied the Edwin Forrest Mansion at 1326 North Broad Street from 1880 to 1960. The institution was renamed Moore College of Art & Design in 1932 after Joseph Moore, Jr. set up a $3 Million dollar endowment in memory of his parents. The endowment was used to found the Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry when it merged with the Philadelphia School of Art & Design.

Moore now offers ten undergraduate programs including Art Education, Art History, Curatorial Studies, Fashion Design, Fine Arts with emphases in 2D and 3D, Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation & Game Arts, Interior Design, Photography & Digital Arts, and Liberal Arts, each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts(BFA).

Moore has approximately 500 women enrolled in its all-female undergraduate BFA program. Co-educational graduate programs, post-Baccalaureate programs as well as adult continuing education and a Young Artists Workshop are open to people of all ages.

Academics
The college offers ten undergraduate majors, twelve minors, one post-baccalaureate program, three graduate programs, in addition to continuing education programs for adults and youth.

The Galleries at Moore
The Galleries at Moore are open to the public and free of charge.

Alumnae
Contemporary: 1848 to 1900s
 * Kate Bartoldus, sculptor, set designer (The Sixth Sense, 12 Monkeys, Unbreakable, Chasing Amy),
 * Janet Biggs, video artist
 * Betty Bowes, painter
 * Mona Brody, printmaker
 * Kathy Butterly, sculptor
 * Karen Hartley-Nagle, former Congressional candidate
 * Amy Ignatow, illustrator and author of The Popularity Papers series of children's books.
 * Alice Neel, artist
 * Margie Palatini, author of children's literature
 * Polly Smith, Emmy-award winning costume designer, Jim Henson, The Muppets.
 * Dom Streater, fashion designer, Winner of Project Runway (Season 12), and Project Runway All Stars (season 5)
 * Sharon Wohlmuth, Pulitzer-prize winning photographer
 * Pink (singer) Singer/Songwriter [dropped out]
 * Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer
 * Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, artist, author, educator
 * Elizabeth Shippen Green, illustrator
 * Bessie Pease Gutmann, children's book and magazine cover illustrator from the early 1900s
 * Laura Marie Greenwood, painter
 * Anne Parrish, novelist and children's author
 * Esther Richards, first woman to design US postage stamp
 * Anna Russell Jones, textile and graphic designer and medical illustrator
 * Jessie Willcox Smith, illustrator

Others

 * Elliott Cresson, first president of the board of directors
 * Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, honorary degree recipient
 * Beatrice Fenton, sculptor and faculty member (1942–1953)
 * Moe Brooker, painter and faculty member (1995- )
 * Daniel Garber, painter and faculty member (1907–1909)
 * Robert Henri, painter and faculty member (1891–?)
 * Samuel Murray, sculptor and faculty member (1890–1941)
 * Simon Nicholson, artist and teacher from 1964–66
 * Lizbeth Stewart (1948-2013), American ceramist (BFA 1971)
 * Lowery Stokes Sims, honorary degree recipient