For the past two years, film maker John Fazio of
Fazio Filmworks has directed and produced a film on the current state of the visual arts industry, at the duCret School of Art. The film takes a deep look at the lives of emerging duCret student artists, a handful of duCret faculty artists and includes interviews with a few world recognized artists (such as popular cartoonist and illustrator
Frank Thorne); some who have graced the school via talks, exhibitions or demonstrations throughout the years. The schools rich history in the field fine art education has churned out many successful artists over the decades. Several
duCret School of Art graduates have successfully owned either production companies, are multi-published, or own galleries and businesses in the arts. A business-style mentor-ship applied during classes additionally guides students toward entrepreneurship, while they study and develop their foundation skills in the field of visual arts. This 'professional artist' to 'emerging artist' mentor-ship often transitions to a peer-type relationship, as many young graduates have been hand walked into the galleries, exhibitions and art shows that their mentors have long participated in. After spending three years with their mentors in classes, students step into an active community of recognized and successful artists as a way of breaking into the industry - as opposed to being handed a degree and being shown the door. Never straying from a traditional and old-style of one-on-one studio mentoring, and by keeping classrooms to a smaller size, students who attend duCret can develop themselves at a quicker pace. School Director, Frank Falotico, who is also a duCret graduate and who still teaches, has purposefully kept tuition costs low, including all throughout the college boon of the last two decades; where all college tuition's skyrocketed. duCret only raised tuition prices marginally in the last few years, when the economy turned sour, but for many decades, the school kept its tuition rates exactly the same, thus enabling graduating students a much lower debt ratio than most other schools of the area. The school is currently accepting registration for Fall Semester which begins September 8th.
