The Art Institutes International at San Francisco, private, coeducational institution in San Francisco, California. The school was founded in 1939 as the Louise Salinger Academy of Fashion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ten years later the school opened a branch in San Francisco, California. In 1952 the Pittsburgh location closed. The Art Institutes International, a nationwide consortium of colleges, purchased the Louise Salinger Academy of Fashion in 1997. It is now called The Art Institutes International at San Francisco. The school confers associate and bachelor’s degrees in a variety of fashion-related fields. Courses of study include fashion design and technology, fashion merchandising, textiles and clothing, and marketing, retailing, and merchandising.