San Francisco Art Institute

The San Francisco Art Institute is a famous art school in San Francisco, California. It has earned itself a reputation for attracting students aligned more to the avant-garde than to commercial art, and is also more notoriously known as a school where "anything goes". Stories such as that of Jonathan Yegge's 2000 performance contribute to this reputation. In his own words,

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"He was tied up. He had a blindfold and a gag, but he could see and talk through it. He had freedom of movement of his pelvis," Yegge says, by way of defending his piece. "I engaged in oral sex with him and he engaged in oral sex with me. I had given him an enema, and I had taken a shit and stuffed it in his ass. That goes on, he shits all over me, I shit in him. There was a security guard present. There was an instructor from the school present. It was videoed, and the piece was over."

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This story made the cover of the SF Weekly (see below, Public Enema No. 2) and even attracted the attention of Howard Stern, who reportedly offered $1,000 on the air for a copy of the video tape.

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SF Weekly - Howard Stern

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SFAI offers programs for all education and age levels:

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• 4 week summer programs for youth aged 16-18
• 4 year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program
• 1 year Post-Baccalaureate program for students with an undergraduate degrees (in fine art or other subjects) preparing for a Master of Arts program.
• Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program
• Summer Master of Fine Arts program for artists, teachers, art professionals and others who currently have an active studio practice. The program typically takes 3-4 years to complete, including 2 4-week summer sessions each year, and directed studies for the rest of the year.
 
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