Art Institute of Portland

{{Short description|Former for-profit art school as part of The Art Institutes}}

{{distinguish|Maine College of Art}}

{{Primary sources|date=March 2011}}

{{Infobox university

| image = Image:Portland art institute ne corner P2047.jpeg

| name = The Art Institute of Portland

| established =1963

| closed =2018

| type = For profit institution{{cite web|url=https://www.artinstitutes.edu/dceh-info|title=Dream Center Foundation Info - The Art Institutes|website=Artinstitutes.edu|access-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011347/https://www.artinstitutes.edu/dceh-info|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2017/10/18/EDMC-completes-sale-of-schools-to-Dream-Center-Art-Institute/stories/201710180113|title=EDMC completes sale of schools to Dream Center|website=Post-gazette.com|access-date=6 July 2018}}

| city = Portland

| state = Oregon

| country = United States

| website = [http://www.artinstitutes.edu/portland/ www.artinstitutes.edu/portland]

|former_names=Bassist College|postalcode=97209|parent=Dream Center Education Holdings LLC

}}

The Art Institute of Portland was a for-profit art school in Portland, Oregon, which briefly operated as a non-profit institution before it closed in 2018. The school was one of a number of Art Institutes, a franchise of for-profit art colleges with many branches in North America, owned and operated by Education Management Corporation. EDMC owned the college from 1998 until 2017, when, facing significant financial problems and declining enrollment, the company sold the Art Institute of Portland, along with 30 other Art Institute schools, to Dream Center Education, a Los Angeles–based Pentecostal organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/03/art-institute-campuses-to-be-sold-to-foundation/|title=Art Institute campuses to be sold to foundation|first=Danielle|last=Douglas-Gabriel|date=3 March 2017|access-date=9 June 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/03/large-profit-chain-edmc-be-bought-dream-center-missionary-group|title=Inside Higher Ed's News|website=www.insidehighered.com|access-date=9 June 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2017/10/18/EDMC-completes-sale-of-schools-to-Dream-Center-Art-Institute/stories/201710180113|title=EDMC completes sale of schools to Dream Center|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en|last1=Moore |first1=Daniel}} Dream Center permanently closed 18 Art Institute schools, including the Art Institute of Portland, at the end of 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/03/06/39532516/art-institute-of-seattle-will-close-friday |title=Art Institute of Seattle Will Close Friday |access-date=17 August 2019 |publisher=The Stranger |date=6 March 2019}}