Academic offerings include over 60 programs, 20 minors, and various specializations.
Academic offerings include over 60 programs, 20 minors, and various specializations.
Critique forms the crux of the learning experience, and assigned readings and written assignments develop skills in critical analysis. All students will experience critiques and discussions that should challenge individuals to engage deeper in their craft and elevate their skills. As students progress, they will be given projects meants to enhance skills and understanding of the respective discipline. Critiques are meant to be a learning process as students reflect upon their skills and abilities.
Students will be exposed to the majority of disciplines in lower level courses before deciding on their concentration of focus.
The Ceramics concentration provides students with a foundation in the technical and aesthetic aspects of the ceramic medium. You will develop skills in the construction of ceramics works and an understanding of firing techniques and relevant chemistry.
Glass students are challenged to understand historical and contemporary art issues with emphasis placed on the development of personal expression, conceptual exploration, and craftsmanship. Instruction focuses on glassblowing, casting, fusing, and mixed media assemblage.
Sculpture students are challenged to understand historical and contemporary art issues with emphasis placed on the development of personal expression, conceptual exploration, and craft. Instruction focuses on woodworking, welded steel, casting, and mixed media assemblage.
The photography concentration immerses students in the technical, conceptual, and historical aspects of the medium and prepares them for a range of career options. Students begin with instruction in the fundamental principles of photography by learning to operate a manual 35mm camera and process their own film and gelatin silver prints. Assignments transition from highly technical to highly conceptual as students discover their own intensely personal expression with the medium.
In the Painting and Drawing program, you will develop your skills in liquid and dry media. Teaching the traditional techniques, faculty enhances your understanding of art history and visual production while preparing you to explore other media through independent research. The Narrative Illustration curriculum supports and supplements the drawing and painting program.
In the Printmaking program, you will learn to apply print processes to both historical paradigms and contemporary problems. You will have the opportunity to establish skills with traditional print techniques such as monotype, intaglio, lithography, and relief printing. Book arts and paper making courses supplement this exciting curriculum.
The digital media concentration emphasizes student engagement with the theory and practice of time-based, new media art, to include digital video, web art, digital photography, as well as multimedia installation. Students gain facility with a variety of computer software tools that enable them to generate, edit, and manipulate digital information for output in print, video and interactive web applications to be viewed within a fine art context.
Students are able to fine tune their craft after hours by offering 24/7 access to many of our studio settings.
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Glass:
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Digital Arts