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Virginia Marti College Of Art And Design

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School Notes:

• Virgina Marti Veith is a woman with a legacy of clothing appreciation behind her. Virginia sought to gain the highest quality understanding of fashion design at the age of 25. Her quest took her to Paris, where she spent an entire year learning to make clothing not by pattern, but specific to body measurements. At the end of this quest, Virginia returned to Ohio and opened Virginia Marti Bridal, a home to her personalized style where she created bridal gowns. Out of this realization and this need for more advanced talent, Virginia Marti College of Art and Design began. In its first year, 1966, the school had five students enrolled in the class of Fashion Design. By 1970 the school had opened its first full-time day program, an Associate Degree Program for Fashion Design. In 1979 Fashion Merchandising was added, Interior Design in 1984 and Graphic Design in 1985. Most recently, Virginia Marti College added a Multimedia Design major to the curriculum.
• Virginia Marti College offers a variety of programs in Graphics- Graphic Design and Multimedia; Fashion- Fashion Merchandising and Fashion Design and Interiors- Interior Design.
• Students accepted to Virginia Marti College will receive the benefit of a culturally diverse atmosphere and a learning environment focused on the individual, not the masses. Our two-year programs prepare students for entry-level positions in a variety of industries. Each program centers on the needs specific to the careers that our students are seeking. Creativity and individualized thinking are the focus of all of our programs.
• The college is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Eight-year-old University Heights girl vies for top prize in national package design contest (The Sun Press)
  posted on February 12, 2010 at 01:26:42 pm
  Sophie Fleischer's mother noticed her daughter's artistic ability at a very early age. "I have a picture of her holding a crayon perfectly at age 1," Marla Fleischer said proudly. "She just picked up the crayon and started drawing. She wasn't even walking yet."
• Dance the night away in Lakewood at the Mayor's Charity Ball (The Sun Post-Herald)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:16:34 pm
  You can waltz your way through an elegant evening this weekend at the Mayor’s Charity Ball. Thrown by Mayor Ed FitzGerald at 7 p.m. Saturday at Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Ave., all proceeds from the ball will...
• Made in 216 shopping event features Cleveland-made goods (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 09:27:39 pm
  Danielle DeBoe thinks shopping should be an event. Don't miss the one she has scheduled Friday and Saturday in and around her shop, Room Service, in the revitalized Gordon Square Arts District in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. Made in the 216:...
• Cleveland-made goods ready for the buying: Made in the 216 (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 08:44:41 pm
  The Gordon Square Arts District in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood hosts Made in the 216 on Friday and Saturday. The semiannual event has become the epitome of cool for emerging designers and craftspeople.

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