Students develop the skills specific to the practice of art in addition to and within the understanding that there are more general skills necessary to a critical apprehension of the collective condition. This distinction is made in order to clarify that the department does not view art itself merely as a profession, but as a way of understanding and communicating meaning through materials, situations, language, and images.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) curriculum combines the intensive studio culture of the Department of Art with open access to elective classes in all areas of Cornell University. Focusing on individualized direction with close faculty mentorship, studio practice, and forging trans-disciplinary relationships, the department prepares a close community of artists to engage the world as creative and intellectual leaders.
The two-year Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A) program is an intensive, intimate, and diverse community that supports interdisciplinary and medium-specific practices augmented by access to the breadth of fields of study across the university. The college provides private studios, teaching assistantships throughout, and a generous tuition remission.
Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What Not to Photograph
Associate Professor Michael Ashkin, art, contributes an essay and photo to the new book, edited by Jason Fulford and published by Aperture, which features ideas, stories, and anecdotes from many of the world's most talented photographers.
Studio Archive Project: Use Your Words
Associate Professor of art Carl Ostendarp's work is part of an online group exhibition curated by JJ Manford (B.F.A. '06). Includes art alumni Erik den Breejen (M.F.A. '06), Amie Cunat (M.F.A. '12), and former department chair Buzz Spector.
Roberto Bertoia: Reflections 2020
Visit Reflections 2020, by Associate Professor of art Roberto Bertoia on display at the Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Milstein Hall.
Department of Art at 100: New Leadership, Faculty, and Practice
As AAP's Department of Art marks its centennial, times past meet times to come with recent transitions in leadership and a renewed emphasis on faculty mentorship. In Art & Education.
Lost in a Thousand Leaves with Luca Padroni
Italian artist and long-time Cornell in Rome visiting critic Luca Padroni reflects on his depiction of the human condition in relation to time and the natural world.
Dream Grant
Inside Higher Ed reports that Bradley Borthwick (M.F.A. '05) is one of six professors to receive a $100,000 grant in a new initiative for all faculty who earned tenure at Colby College in 2021.
Baseera Khan: I Am an Archive
The New Yorker reviews Baseera Khan's (M.F.A. '12) solo exhibition of performance, collage, textile, drawing, photography, and more at the Brooklyn Museum. Khan is the winner of the 2021 UOVO Prize.
Exhibition
Group Show: Dog Breakfast
Visit Dog Breakfast featuring artwork created by multimedia sculptors, painters, and digital artists, on display in Tjaden Hall.
Function
December Recognition Ceremony for Fall 2021 Graduates
Attend the University's nineteenth annual recognition ceremony for December graduates taking place in Bartels Hall, Ramin Room on Saturday, December 18.
