Chicago Art Department

Once again, the Chicago Art Department seems like another one of those great art organizations that I haven't ever heard about until cyberped class. I am beginning to realize that I am
a. out of touch
b. getting old
c. need to get out more

Anyway...I did enjoy checking this site out and I have a great appreciation for what this innovative concept of an art school is all about. It kind of reminds me of the movie Accepted (I know, I did watch it and kind of liked it) where the students began writing on a white board what classes they would like to take and the school kind of morphs into this creative environment based on what the students really want to learn.

So, what I understood through looking through this site was that this place revolves around resident instructors who work in this space which offers new artists a
1. space...which is really great
2. an opportunity to exhibit...equally pretty awesome
3. fancy digital art equipment
4. classes in digital technology, design, film, video production, drawing and painting

As for the website, I thought that it was nicely organized and fairly easy to navigate. It's also pretty up to date with what is the new and trendy to have on an arts website such as you tube videos, links to flicker images and blogs. I especially liked the you tube video on the homepage which is all about their organization. You could tell that everyone that works or is involved in CAD is fairly passionate about what the do and quite honestly, it made me smile. My only slight gripe about the site is that I felt it was a little dark and dreary. A little more color would be helpful. Otherwise, seems like a great organization and a site.