Art is for everyone. Whether you?re still exploring your artistic capabilities or ready to jump headfirst into a particular area of specialization, the art program is designed to help you expand your technical and creative capacity.

Key Benefits

• On average, our studio classes are capped at 10?14 students, which means you?ll get lots of one-on-one attention and mentoring from your professors.
• Traditional methods and cutting-edge technology exist side-by-side. You?ll learn the fundamental history of each medium, while being challenged to innovate using a myriad of digital tools and technologies.
• A wide variety of special-topics courses?including Experimental Photography, Landscape Painting, Primitive Pottery, Printmaking, and Earthworks of the American West?allow you to explore new areas to round out your studies.

The BA degree offers flexibility that encourages you to explore a broader field of art topics through upper-division elective credits. This plan of study prepares you for a career as a professional artist?or in any other field that uses your artistic talents in creative and innovative ways. It?s also a great option if you want to double major.

What You'll Learn

• Study a wide variety of fine art disciplines and ideas.
• Refine your technical skills to produce high-quality work.
• Develop sensitivity, understanding, and insight to produce artwork that is personally meaningful and creatively expressive.
• Practice preparing, publicizing, and producing art exhibits.
• Produce materials for professional presentation for the purpose of gaining acceptance into exhibits, finding gallery representation, applying for grants, seeking publication, and applying to graduate school.