Year after year, the Yale School of Art is consistently ranked as one of the very top professional art schools in the United States. But what actually goes on inside? Given that students must already exhibit extraordinary talent just to be admitted, how can they be guided to an even higher level? In demystifying how Yale teaches art, Dean Pinder will explain what makes her school distinctive and how it prepares the next generation of graphic designers, painters, printmakers, photographers and sculptors.