In Open Letter, San Francisco Art Institute’s Potential Closure Is Mourned by Bay Area Scene

Last week, the San Francisco Art Institute, one of the oldest and most esteemed art schools in America, issued a letter that hinted at a bleak future. Seeing “no clear path forward,” the school said it was planning to make layoffs, and because a potential merger with an unnamed party never came to pass, the fall semester would be canceled unless there was a financial windfall. The school is now to remain closed indefinitely.
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