The artist took many summer courses at fine arts academies during his time and received degrees in geography and drawing while at school. (gallerytoday.art)
-- Host workshops, master classes, and curatorial tours with local and international art academies. (blog.re-title.com)
In other words, on the surface at least - the fine art academy had - by 2000 - become almost irrelevant to the mainstream practice of art. (visual-arts-cork.com)