Tisch Special Programs

Special Effects Makeup, a Tisch Open Arts course, is currently featured in NYU Local. The student blog reports that the "class leaves its participants fully equipped in the art of putting together the most badass Halloween costumes ever."

Check out the article for all of the gory details.

NYU students can take this course through the Open Arts curriculum. It is also available to just about everyone, NYU student or not, during our Summer in NYC program.

Adding to the seemingly limitless list of attractions New York City has to offer, the renovated High Line recently opened to the public on Manhattan's west side. The rail road line was originally built in the 1930s for dangerous freight trains to be elevated from the city's busy streets. The line has been closed to train traffic since 1980 and gradually fell into disrepair. Now, public and private organizations have pooled their efforts in order to rebuild and redesign the historic structure and the result is a unique and beautiful new city park rising above Manhattan's Meatpacking District.

Check out The High Line's website for more info.

The professional actor and director of the Open Arts Acting Studio discusses what she likes most about New York City, what it was like growing up in the West Village, and riding on the back of Steve McQueen's motorcycle.

View the video here.

Watch Angela tonight, Monday, June 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT in the series premiere of "Nurse Jackie" on Showtime.

According to the The New York Times today, "Computer animation, once one of the most isolated corners of Hollywood, is rapidly becoming one of the most crowded."

This style of filmmaking and storyelling often influences video games. New York University Tisch School of the Arts has got animation and video games covered.

Animation by John Canemaker.

NYU and visiting students can register for the 3-D Computer Animation Workshop or the Game Design Workshop offered this summer.

In the fall NYU students can take Introduction to Game Design and Introduction to Video Games through the Open Arts curriculum.

Graduate study in animation and digital arts is also available at Tisch School of the Arts Asia.

Want more ways to tell a story? Visit Tisch Special Programs.

Students from our Fundamentals of Sight and Sound summer course waste no time in getting their feet wet, as you see below in a picture from Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Just three days into the 6-week course, the students have teamed up into crews of four, and are out shooting in the streets and parks of the city, taking full advantage of the gorgeous weather we've had here recently.

You can see more great photos over here.

Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography and Imaging will offer a noncredit certificate in Photography and Human Rights this summer. The certificate, offered in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation, is for the intermediate and advanced student looking to sharpen his or her documentary and media skills in the context of human rights.

Photo by Susan Meiselas, Magnum Photos

The award-winning Web site Pixel Press will be available for students to publish their work when it is successfully completed. Internships with photographers or human rights organizations will also be available. This summer's NYU faculty includes Catherine Fallon, Mark Jenkinson, Elizabeth Kilroy, Peter Lucas, and Fred Ritchin, along with Magnum photographers Susan Meiselas and Gilles Peress.

For more information, visit Summer Photography Certificate.

Tisch School of the Arts summer dance company in residence Ronald K. Brown/Evidence is performing at the Joyce Theatre. Want to dance with the company this summer? Register for the Tisch Dance Summer Residency Festival.

Check out photos courtesy of The New York Times.

Tisch School of the Arts dance alumni took the stage at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts this weekend to celebrate 30 years of its alumni choreographers. The show entitled "Past/Forward" showcased the work of Tisch dance graduates and included various dance styles, such as contemporary pointe, post modern, European contemporary and modern dance. Read more about the event in the Washington Square News.

During the summer the exclusive Tisch dance program, which only accepts about 30 students per year, offers visiting students two intensive three-week workshops with the Tisch Dance Summer Residency Festival. These workshops serve the intermediate-to-advanced dance student who is preparing to enter the profession. Companies in residence this summer include David Dorfmand Dance, Ellis Wood, Keigwin + Company, Gina Gibney Dance, Battleworks Dance Company, and Ronald K. Brown/Evidence. For more information, visit the Tisch Dance Summer Residency Festival.

If you're going to be traveling to New York to take classes at Tisch next summer then you'll need a place to live. Luckily, we make it easy for you with options aplenty.

Want the safety and convenience of living in NYU housing? No problem, just get in touch with the folks over at NYU Summer Housing and they'll hook you up. Know friends or relatives that live in the city and want to stay with them? That's fine with us. Want to find your own digs in Brooklyn, Queens, or the Bronx? For an avalanche of options, your best bet is to check out craigslist for sublets or temporary housing (just watch out for scams and fraud).

Worried about getting around the city if you have to live off campus? Rest assured, New York has an excellent public transportation system that runs steadily day and night. Just $2 gets you a ride anywhere you need to go in the city with unlimited transfers.

Are you interested in taking classes at Tisch but are not an NYU student or even a college student? Well then, Summer in New York City is your answer, and this breakdown will show you how easy it is to enroll in classes at Tisch School of the Arts (if you are an NYU student, that's easy too; just register as you would normally via Albert):

Step 1) Download the registration form from this website (available soon!)

Step 2) Select the classes you want (also coming soon) and fill out the registration form accordingly

Step 3) Mail or fax it in along with payment for the selected course (plus any fees) to

NYU Center for Study Abroad and Special Sessions
110 East 14th Street
New York, NY, 10003
Fax: (212) 995-4642

It's that simple!

It may be 48° here with wind whipping through the canyons of steel that some 8 million people call home, but here at Tisch Special Programs we're already busy prepping for summer. What's that, you say? You're thinking about summer in New York City, too? Well, good, because we've got just what you need! Summer in New York is breathtaking views from the Brooklyn Bridge, the smell of hot dogs and fresh cut grass at baseball games, concerts in the park (we've got a couple), and your chance to experience everything Tisch School of the Arts has to offer. Not a college student? We've got you covered with non-credit classes and certificate programs.