College of Fine Arts and Design (2000)
Program Description:
Throughout its history, the Painting Department has been the vanguard in the development of notable visual artists.
While the department discourages inflexibility and bookish mentality, it stresses a systematic preparation and focus in the studio arts - drawing, sculpting, printmaking, and especially, painting. The viewpoint is brought about by the reality that this department's course program in one of the top-ranked in the country.
The program both encourages and challenges students to comprehend past and present examples of painting and to incorporate that understanding into actual practice. Learners will display a detailed comprehension through composition, expression, and the use of a visual vocabulary, by learning anatomy, life drawing, life sketching, modeling, photography, freehand drawing, and creative design and the part they play in expressing sensibility and exuberance. Learners will be capable in the use of media such as oil, watercolor, acrylic, and pastel and will reveal through their works a sense of competence in an assortment of painting modes including the human figure, still life, portrait, and landscape.
Career Opportunities:
- Independent studio artist
- Art administrator
- Art handler
- Gallery owner/operator/administrator
- Artist-in-residence
- Museum preparator/curator
- Scenic painter
- Portrait artist, art critic
- Buyer
- Muralist
- Art director
- Consultant for private or corporate collectors
- Exhibition designer
- Digital Artist
- Printmaker/graphic designer
- Photographer
- Private or public commissioned artist
- Art educator
- Art studio manager
- Art historian
- Set designer
Skills:
- Excellent drawing skills
- Excellent technical skills, superb craftsmanship and presentation
- Broad knowledge of materials, history and theories of art
- Problem solving aptitude for formal aspects of composition and color
- Ability to work independently or with others
- Interest in people and/or ideas
- Research ability to find appropriate opportunities
- Familiarity with computer programs for image documentation, correspondence, advertisement, record-keeping and design generation