I’m a senior in high school who wants to get an art degree–but what schools have all of those Pixar, Disney interns come from? I have no idea how to evaluate a successful art program and thought the good ones help talented people become good enough to get a career jumpstarted.
First determine what career you want. Specifically, what job do you want?
Employees at Pixar come from art schools all over the nation. I assume that with any job, certain schools may impress an employer a bit more.
But what it all comes down to is how impressive your portfolio is.
You may want to look into art schools in California. CalArts is probably the most renown art school, but it’s insanely expensive and difficult to get in. San Francisco and the Bay Area may appeal to you. There are quite a bit of art schools there, and it is near Pixar and Lucas Film. It’s just a great area for film makers.