The Department of Art offers a bachelor of arts degree in studio art (B.F.A.) grounded in both material practice and immersion in historical and recent forms of art that contribute to the multidisciplinary practice defining art in contemporary society.
Through successful fulfillment of the B.F.A. course of study, graduates will:
KNOWLEDGE
- Develop knowledge of the history and specificity of diverse disciplinary methods and media practices
- Comprehend how individual modes of artistic practice are used for creative thought and sociocultural expression
- Understand the ways that contemporary art practice creatively and critically works between or across established disciplines
- Display familiarity with the diversity of traditions, languages, and societies in the contemporary global context, and with art in its multicultural dimensions
- Be able to interpret and engage with existing visual culture and media as a form of creative intelligence
PRACTICE
- Develop a discerning voice and confidence in one’s own artistic authorship, based on material, conceptual, and critical sensibility
- Create and sustain a body of work through self-directed research, experimentation, risk-taking, and reflective analysis
- Advance practices that can thrive either as an individual practice or within collaborative environments
PROFESSIONALISM
- Effectively communicate the intention of one’s work through its full formal realization
- Be publicly articulate in the evaluation of the work of peers as well as more established artists
- Successfully represent oneself to arts organizations, curators, publications, and graduate programs for the purpose of advancing professional and artistic goals
