Flashpoint - The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences



Ignite your potential at Chicago's first Digital Media Arts College. Now accepting applications for september 2008.

Please join us Saturday, September 27th at 10am for a Flashpoint Group Tour and Informational Session! Click here for more information.

Seize the opportunity and discover the place where a digital dream becomes a direction in life; where creative minds unite to redefine an industry. In the heart of Chicago, a college the likes of which has never been imagined. Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences.™

What Is Flashpoint?

Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, is committed to the advancement of higher learning in the field of digital arts and entertainment technologies. Surrounded by their peers and educators with a passion for the future, students at Flashpoint pursue two-year programs in Film, Game Development, Visual Effects & Animation, Recording Arts or Broadcast Media . But education is just the starting point.

The desire to do things differently, to offer solutions that are revolutionary and bold, is more than the mission at Flashpoint; it is at the core of the Flashpoint culture. The curriculum recognizes the rapid convergence of the digital entertainment industries that is occurring more and more frequently today. World-class professionals share their knowledge as they deliver the curriculum in the classroom and on the set. Real-world tools and techniques, the latest technical developments and trends, and hands-on experience are seamlessly integrated into every class. In this way, the efforts of each participant reflect the highest levels of taste, style and technological acumen. Digital entertainment is an expanding, ever-evolving, trillion-dollar industry worldwide; and Flashpoint puts its students at the forefront, igniting creativity and preparing the next generation of digital professionals by blazing a trail to success.

STUDENT PORTAL

28 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312-332-0707

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Above photos by Nick Novelli of Novelli Photodesign

News

8/13/2008
WATCH - Teaching Digital Media Arts For a Profit - Crain's Chicago Business Video Profile on Flashpoint and CEO/President Howard A. Tullman
8/13/2008
LISTEN - Extremewisdom.com's Bruno Behrend Interviews Howard A. Tullman
8/7/2008
Chicago Tribune article - "Flashpoint Academy Fills Niche in Digital, Visual Arts: Students Welcome Two-Year College's Approach to Media"
8/5/2008
WATCH - August 4th NBC 5 Art Norman Special on Flashpoint - Chicago College Raising the Bar for Cutting Edge Movie Graphics
7/17/2008
Flashpoint Sponsors The Dark Knight Gala at the Chicago Premiere on July 16th at Crystal Gardens
7/16/2008
UPDATE - Team Flashpoint's Film Urn Doctor, M.D., Wins Numerous Awards in Chicago's 48-Hour Film Project including "People's Choice for Best Picture"

7/14/2008
BATMAN Stuntman Carl Paoli Comes to Flashpoint for Presentation Thursday, July 17th
7/8/2008
WATCH First Business Chicago Video Profile on Flashpoint Academy
7/2/2008
Spencer Cook, Animation Director at Sony Imageworks and Spiderman 3 Comes to Flashpoint July 21st!
6/24/2008
Flashpoint Sponsors Panel at Annual Wizard World Tour in Chicago June 26-29th CREATING VISUAL EFFECTS FOR SPACE PIRATES: HOW STUDENTS GET TO WORK ON FEATURE FILMS
6/23/2008
Flashpoint Welcomes Acclaimed Author & Vanity Fair Writer, Marie Brenner, Tuesday, June 24th for a Reading From Her Latest Novel, Apples & Oranges
6/11/2008
Congratulations to the Flashpoint Student Winners of the McDonald's Viral Media Competition
5/16/2008
Flashpoint Selected to be Profiled in the 2008 American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase (the premier competition honoring education interior design excellence)
5/14/2008
RECORDING ARTS GUEST SPEAKER SERIES WEEK at Flashpoint May 12th - May 16th
5/1/2008
WATCH Art Chicago Daily Wrap-Up Videos Produced by FPA STUDIOS
4/21/2008
Flashpoint Teams Up With Art Chicago 2008 To Provide Real Time Programming Throughout the Weekend- April 25th to 28th
4/18/2008
AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR April, 2008 Issue Features 7 Page Extraordinary Story on Flashpoint Academy
4/18/2008
WATCH - Flashpoint Department Chair, Simeon Peebler, Provides Grand Theft Auto IV Commentary for First Business, a Nationally Syndicated Financial News Program
4/10/2008
Flashpoint Students Team Up With Star Farm Productions to Create Online Edgar & Ellen Video Game
4/3/2008
Ron Brinkmann, co-creator of Shake!, Apple's advanced digital compositing software, to present Flashpoint Industry Workshop on April 18th
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