The history of Hussian School of Art is important because it sets the tone and the standard for the education you’re about to receive.

John Hussian was a respected and knowledgeable member of Philadelphia’s art community and a lecturer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At the end of World War II, returning veterans and many civilians were searching for schools to help them build new careers. Because of his reputation and unique knowledge of both Commercial and Fine Arts, the principles of the art museum convinced John Hussian to found this school in 1946.

Both disciplines remained an integral part of the curriculum until the early 1960s when, because of its excellent reputation and administrative integrity, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Veterans Administration suggested the school focus solely on Commercial Art.

The school was incorporated in 1965 and continued to prosper. John Hussian retired in 1973, turning the leadership over to a long-time associate, and our current president, Ronald Dove. Since that time, Hussian School of Art has continued to grow and achieve professional recognition. As a nationally accredited career school by ACCSCT, we are also active in the prestigious International Council of Design Schools as well as the regional professional art community.

Each faculty member at Hussian School of Art is a working professional in the discipline they teach. So they are not only eminently qualified to give instruction in a specific skill or craft, they’re able to pass on personal experience that no curriculum can hope to cover in such detail. Because classes are small and faculty members have the self discipline borne of working as a successful artist, they know how to focus on the needs of the individual student while maintaining the overall needs of the class.