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The Department
of Art pursues
an approach to
the visual fine
arts that
focuses on the
development of
the individual
creating artist.
The mission of
the Department
of Art is to
prepare
artistically
competent and
liberally
educated
individuals.
Students will
develop their
intellectual
abilities and
technical skills
through studio
production, art
history courses
and critical
theory seminars.
Students may
prepare for
careers as a
practicing
artist, an
elementary or
secondary art
teacher or
continue with
advanced
graduate study
for careers in
studio art, art
therapy,
architecture or
arts
administration.
The Department
of Art teaches
the studio areas
of drawing,
design,
painting,
sculpture, mixed
media and
pottery; the
history of art
from ancient
through modern;
and art theory
and criticism.
Art Education
methods courses
are offered for
the elementary
and secondary
art education
student.
The student
begins their
artistic
development with
the foundations
of drawing,
design, art
history and
theory. This is
followed by a
progressive
studio
experience which
is
individualized
for the purpose
of developing
each student’s
core
sensibility. The
studio
experience is
based on a
sequence of
six courses,
during which the
student
progresses from
an elemental
stage of
artistic
thinking and
forming to one
in which they
are able to
comprehend the
current
aesthetic issues
in the visual
arts and produce
and defend their
own innovative
forms,
culminating in a
final thesis
work.
This studio
sequence begins
with initial
ideas, models
and studies, and
progresses to
completed works
which
demonstrate
facility in
media and
techniques.
Direction and
criticism is
provided at all
levels of
development.
This process
supports the
needs of each
student as they
pursue their own
creative and
artistic
direction. The
media selected
for each project
is determined by
the needs of the
form; the
student has the
freedom at all
levels of the
studio
experience to
employ methods
and materials
that are
relevant to
their concepts
and ideas. The
major studio
experience
begins in the
first semester of
the sophomore
year and
culminates with
the Thesis
course in the
senior year,
which includes
the production
of a thesis and
a senior
exhibit.
Upon graduation,
students
majoring in art
will be able to
produce basic
visual forms,
use an
electronic image
portfolio of
their works upon
graduation,
understand the
history of
western art,
understand and
apply media and
techniques as an
integral
component of
their art works,
develop an
understanding of
contemporary and
avant-garde
issues in art,
encounter
critical and
historical works
of art,
independently
produce
critical,
creative and
personal works
of art using
appropriate
media and
techniques,
relate their
work to critical
theories and art
history and
pursue
professional and
career options
in art such as
graduate study
in painting,
sculpture,
museum studies,
architecture,
teaching and/or
pursue areas of
special
interest.
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