Flashpoint - The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences

Ignite your potential at Chicago's first Digital Media Arts College.

Please join us Saturday, January 10th 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/Broadcast Media, Recording Arts, Visual Effects/Animation or Game Development. 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.

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

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News

12/9/2008
WATCH - NBC Chicago News Piece "Chicago School Recession-Proof?  Flashpoint Academy at Forefront of Video Gaming Business"
11/7/2008
Flashpoint & Microsoft Host Reception For 2008 Innovation Award Winners at Flashpoint - November 6th
11/3/2008
Video Games Live Co-Creators/Executive Producers Tommy Tallarico & Jack Wall Present at Flashpoint Friday, November 14th
10/20/2008
Flashpoint Academy Named One of Ten Winners for the 2008 Innovation Awards by Business Week Magazine - More than 300 Great Companies Were Nominated
10/15/2008
Flashpoint Academy Hosts IGDA (International Game Developers Association) Chicago State of the Industry Panel on October 20th
10/13/2008
Batman Producer Michael Uslan Presents at Flashpoint Friday, October 17th
10/3/2008
Visual Effects Director & Animation Supervisor, Colin Brady, To Kick Off Flashpoint Industry Workshop Series on October 31st
8/29/2008
No More Books - Flashpoint Featured in UR CHICAGO Magazine Article on Career Education
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"
7/17/2008
Flashpoint Sponsors The Dark Knight Gala at the Chicago Premiere on July 16th at Crystal Gardens
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