Portland, Italy
The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) is a private, non-profit, low-residency graduate school headquartered in Portland, Maine. Founded in 2006–2007 by George Smith, IDSVA offers the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory. IDSVA is
distinguished as the first and only school in the world to offer a Ph.D. in philosophy designed specifically for visual artists, curators, and creative scholars, operating without a traditional campus. The program has been cited by African-American art historian David Driskell called the institution "one of the single most important developments in the recent history of art education."
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