"Whether you're looking for a great place to buy a painting on a weekend
road trip or an inspiring and beautiful community in which to start a new
life, The 100 Best Art Towns in America puts you on the right track. New
Mexico author John Villani details all you need to know—from a town's
lifestyle to interesting places to dine and must-do art festivals—written
from the perspective of the nation's top arts travel writer.
The communities profiled in this fourth edition of The
100 Best Art Towns in America range in size from under 1,000 to nearly 100,000
in population, but all have one thing in common: a strong sense of support
for the visual arts, performing arts, and music. These communities are at
the vanguard of an important national trend that's leading to the revitalization
of smaller communities through arts-driven economic development."
College Towns/Art
Towns
College towns also can be great places for the arts...
The list below includes towns with colleges within a 10 mile radius.
Small cities: 20,000 to 99,999 Ashland,
OR (20,406) Southern Oregon University
Ashville, NC (69,045) University of North Carolina,
Warren Wilson College, Montreat College, Asheville Buncombe Technical Community
College, Cecils Junior College Bend,
OR (59,779) Central Oregon Community College
Boulder, CO (93,051) University of Colorado Bozeman,
MT (30,753) Montana State University Burlington,
VT (39,148) University of Vermont, Burlington College,
Champlain College Charlottesville,
VA (45,049) University of Virginia Chico,
CA (67,509) California State University Eureka,
CA (25,808) College of the Redwoods
Fargo, ND (91,484) North Dakota State University Flagstaff,
AZ (55,893) Northern Arizona University, Coconino County
Community College, Northern Arizona College of Health Careers
Galveston, TX (56,667) Texas A&M University,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston College Helena,
MT (26,718) Carroll College Hot
Springs, AR (36,770) Garland County Community College Kerrville,
TX (21,343) Schreiner University Laguna
Beach, CA (24,126) Art Institute of Southern California La
Jolla, CA (a neighborhood of SAn Diego) University
of California - San Diego, National University Lawrence,
KS (82,120) University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations
University Marquette,
MI (20,704) Northern Michigan University Missoula,
MT (60,722) University of Montana
Moscow, ID (21,707) University of Idaho Naples, FL (21,284) Edison Community
College New London,
CT (26,202) Connecticut College, Mitchell College, U.S.
Coast Guard Academy Newport,
RI (26,136) Salve Regina University Northampton,
MA (29,287) Smith College Ogden,
UT (78,293) Weber State University Panama
City, FL (37,085) Gulf Coast Community College
Portland, ME (63,635) Maine College of Art, Andover
College, Casco Bay College, University of New England-Westbrook College Campus,
University of Southern Maine Prescott,
AZ (37,576) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical, Prescott College,
Yavapai College Sante
Fe, NM (66,476) College of Santa Fe, Saint John's
College, Santa Fe Community College, Southwestern College St. George,
UT (56,382) Dixie State College of Utah
Sarasota, FL (53,259) University of South Florida,
Ringling School of Art And Design, New College of the University of South
Florida
Wilmington, NC (91,137) University of North Carolina,
Cape Fear Community College, Miller-Motte Business College, Mount Olive College-Wilmington
Towns: up to 19,999 Aspen,
CO (5,850) Colorado Mountain College Beacon,
NY (16,059) Mount Saint Mary College Beaufort,
SC (12,376) University of South Carolina, Technical
College of the Lowcountry
Berea, KY (11,259) Berea College Bisbee,
AZ (5,957) Cochise College Brattleboro,
VT (12,005) School for International Training Carmel,
CA (4,078) California State University - Monterey Bay,
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey Peninsula College Carrboro,
NC (16,747) University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Durango,
CO (14,741) Fort Lewis College Grand
Marais, MN (1,427) Stetson University Great Barrington,
MA (7,527) Simon's Rock College of Bard The Hamptons,
NY (4,075)Southampton College Marfa,
TX (2,029) Sul Ross State University Mendocino,
CA (824) Mendocino College Mesilla,
NM (2,149) New Mexico State University - Dona Ana North Adams,
MA (14,334) Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Ruidoso,
NM (8,270) Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso
Oxford, MS (12,761) University of Mississippi Saugatuck,
MI (1,037) Hope College Shepherdstown,
WV (803) Shepherd College Silver
City, NM (10,052) Western New Mexico University Taos,
NM (5,008) University of New Mexico - Taos Branch Traverse
City, MI (14,466) Northwestern Michigan College
CANADA (site links from internet
search) Nelson,
BC (10,000) Selkirk College Antigonish,
NS (19,554) St. Francis Xavier University Baie St.
Paul, QC (7,290) suburb of Quebec City
College town life
College towns make great hometowns. Students, singles, families, working people,
and retirees all can find connections and a niche for themselves in the wide
variety of college towns across the United States. Town and gown together
create a better quality of life.
CollegeTownLife
P. O. Box 223
Oxford, OH 45056
Robert Karrow, editor
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