This included local community college, a tech school focused on computer animation (which included traditional art classes), and visiting Rhode Island School of Design (one of the leading art schools, where I didn’t actually get to take classes but got a good sense of their curriculum and it seemed pretty traditional to me).
I’m not sure what your friends’ experience was and wouldn’t be that surprised if different places were different, but this doesn’t match anything I’ve heard of in terms of art classes.
(My last classes/paying attention to this was approximately one decade ago, today)
This included local community college, a tech school focused on computer animation (which included traditional art classes), and visiting Rhode Island School of Design (one of the leading art schools, where I didn’t actually get to take classes but got a good sense of their curriculum and it seemed pretty traditional to me).
I’m not sure what your friends’ experience was and wouldn’t be that surprised if different places were different, but this doesn’t match anything I’ve heard of in terms of art classes.
(My last classes/paying attention to this was approximately one decade ago, today)