The Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture existed in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
from 1990 until 2000. The director of the school was
Joan Abrahamson
Joan Abrahamson (born Los Angeles, California, United States) is an attorney, artist, former government appointee, and activist who is founder and president of the Jefferson Institute. She also worked in international security and economics, healt ...
who is a
MacArthur Fellow
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 ind ...
and the founder and president of the
Jefferson Institute. The school hosted an all professional faculty of working artists, designers and architects, among them
Alison Saar,
Laddie John Dill, George Herms,
Jill Giegerich,
Lisa Adams, Peter Alexander, Robert Wilhite and others.
Design schools in the United States
Art schools in California
Universities and colleges in Los Angeles County, California
Defunct private universities and colleges in California
Educational institutions established in 1990
Educational institutions disestablished in 2000
1990 establishments in California
2000 disestablishments in California
Santa Monica, California
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