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Studio Art – BS

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Program Overview:

Visual, creative, cultural, and design literacy are fundamental to a liberal arts education and necessary for navigating competitive professional environments. The Center for Art and Design promotes these essential literacies through disciplined studio and research practices, intellectual challenge, and interdisciplinary exchange. The faculty are committed to each student’s ability to see aesthetically, act creatively, think critically, and make lasting contributions as innovative artists, designers, educators, scholars, and leaders.

  • foster each student’s personal voice and informed visual education.
  • prepare students for careers in the fields of art and graphic design by promoting opportunities for creativity, critical thinking and innovative problem solving.
  • inspire students to pursue intellectual opportunities in the world of art and design and become life-long learners and leaders in their fields.
Students who successfully complete the BS Studio Art Program will be able to:
  •  demonstrate making as a way of thinking. They will develop the ability to explore a diverse range of mediums experimenting with concepts and ideas through shaping, transforming and re-contextualizing materials.
  • demonstrate research-based critical and creative exploration focused on content, process, voice, intellectual breadth, and an expanded liberal arts experience.
  • critically analyze art and texts related to art, decode visual rhetoric, situate their artwork within artistic and theoretical contexts both past and contemporary, and understand how material, process, and media impact form and content.
  • demonstrate fluency and proficiency in articulating ideas through oral, written, and visual communication skills. Ultimately, they will demonstrate confidence and sophistication in their social, personal and professional communication that will help to advance life-long learning in a career focused on visual thinking and the arts.

  • 50% Drawing: Fifty percent of the portfolio should be drawing and approximately half of these drawings should reflect work from direct observation, not from photographs. Examples could include still–life, interior space, landscape and figure drawing.
  • Concerning media and style: A variety of media may be represented. Be sure to include finished drawings in your portfolio. This means work that demonstrates refinement, development of detail and time invested. However, including a few examples of more quickly produced work, such as contour or gesture drawings, is helpful in assessing efficiency when working within a time limitation.
  • 50% Personal strength: This component of the portfolio is your chance to showcase your personal style and creativity. You may choose to present a series of works in a single discipline or explore a variety of techniques, media and concepts. This is your opportunity to showcase your unique vision.
  • Independent or Experimental work: Consider including examples of working outside of your comfort zone as an opportunity to discuss ideas and creative goals.
  • Sketchbook or Journal: A sketchbook is an important addition to your portfolio. The sketchbook demonstrates your creative process and information gathering methods, as well as providing insight into your visual editing skills and intuitive approach to art making.

A Note for Transfer Students

For purposes of evaluation and placement, transfer students seeking credit for a studio course taken at another institution will need to include additional work to represent the content covered in each class for which the student is applying for transfer credit.

Program Contacts:


Program Requirements:

ART 100coLAB: Found Art & Design Sem

1

ART 101Intro to Art & Design

0

ART 110Two-Dimensional Concepts

3

ART 112Three-Dimen Concepts

3

ART 113Drawing 1

3

ART 213Drawing 2

3

ART 215Painting 1

3

ART 220Sculpture 1

3

ART 232Photography 1

3

ART 225Screen Printing 1

3

or

ART 226Intaglio 1

3

or

ART 228Relief Printmaking 1

3

ART 301Junior Review

0

ART 390Studio Art Internship

3

ART 391Studio Art Intern Fieldwork

0

ART 489Studio Seminar

3

ART 496Senior Capstone:Exhibit & Port

0 or 1

ART 216Painting 2

3

ART 221Sculpture 2

3

ART 233Photography 2

3

ART 325Screen Printing 2

3

or

ART 326Intaglio 2

3

or

ART 328Relief Printmaking 2

3

ART 323Critical Concepts

3

ART 4XXPainting & Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, or Sculpture

9

AHI 208Intro to Art History

4

AHI 247History of Modern Art

4

AHI 200Earth, Air, Fire, Water

4

AHI 211Pre-Columbian & Latin Amer Art

4

AHI 238History of Art & Dance

4

AHI 280Special Topics in Art History

4

AHI 285Renaissance Art

4

AHI 295Medieval and Islamic Art

4

AHI 390Women in Art

4

AHI 399SpTop:Ital Renaiss Art w/StAbr

4

AHI 300Topics:Art Hist w/StudyAbroad

4

AHI 344History of Art since 1945

4

AHI 350Art and Buddhism

4

AHI 366History of Photography

4

AHI 380Special Topics in Art History

4

AHI 388Art Now

4

AHI 390Women in Art

4

AHI 498Art History Seminar

4


Suggested Four Year Course Plans can be found here: https://www.strose.edu/studio-art/.

Suggested 4 Year Course Plan:







< OR > means that these courses are offered both Fall and Spring and are interchangeable.

AHI Group A – choose one: Courses include: AHI 200, 211, 238, 280, 285, 295, 390, 399

AHI Group B – choose one: Courses include: AHI 300, 344, 347, 350, 366, 380, 388, 390, 498

Eligible students may enroll in a fifth Art History course to earn an Art History Minor.

Internship/Field Experiences/Study Abroad/Service:

ART 390Studio Art Internship

3

ART 391Studio Art Intern Fieldwork

0

The Center for Art and Design encourages global study through study abroad experiences. Students interested in pursuing study abroad opportunities may enroll in Studio or Art History Special Topics courses, participate in a faculty-led program, attend Studio Art Centers International (SACI) or explore international study programs offered through the College’s Center for International Programs. The Center for Art and Design faculty-led programs provide offerings annually and have traveled to: China, Spain, England, Italy, France, Cuba, and Ecuador.

Culminating Academic Experiences:

ART 489Studio Seminar

3

ART 496Senior Capstone:Exhibit & Port

0 or 1

Professional Accreditation:

Opportunities and Graduate Study:

Admissions and Financial Aid Information:

Additional Art Admissions Information:

  • 50% Drawing: Fifty percent of the portfolio should be drawing and approximately half of these drawings should reflect work from direct observation, not from photographs. Examples could include still–life, interior space, landscape and figure drawing.
  • Concerning media and style: A variety of media may be represented. Be sure to include finished drawings in your portfolio. This means work that demonstrates refinement, development of detail and time invested. However, including a few examples of more quickly produced work, such as contour or gesture drawings, is helpful in assessing efficiency when working within a time limitation.
  • 50% Personal strength: This component of the portfolio is your chance to showcase your personal style and creativity. You may choose to present a series of works in a single discipline or explore a variety of techniques, media and concepts. This is your opportunity to showcase your unique vision.
  • Independent or Experimental work: Consider including examples of working outside of your comfort zone as an opportunity to discuss ideas and creative goals.
  • Sketchbook or Journal: A sketchbook is an important addition to your portfolio. The sketchbook demonstrates your creative process and information gathering methods, as well as providing insight into your visual editing skills and intuitive approach to art making.


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