At SCAD, you’ll build a strong artistic foundation while mastering professional practices like portfolio editing and gallery engagement. Join a global network of artists exhibiting at the Guggenheim, MoMA, and the Smithsonian. With expert faculty, top-tier facilities, and premier art events, SCAD places you at the center of the fine art world.

The Department of Art & Design’s bachelor of fine arts (BFA) 87-credit program is for students who want to become professional artists and who wish to pursue their specific professional goals within the stimulating intellectual climate of Rutgers University.

Visual arts are a necessary and vital part of contemporary society. The Louisiana Christian University Art Department trains students to have a positive Christian impact on society by providing a serious study of the visual arts in all its forms and contexts so that they may more fully dialogue with the professional art world. A series of studio, lecture, and seminar courses provide a learning environment for students which nurtures their technical and philosophical skills in a distinctively Christian and academically rigorous environment. These studies develop the aptitudes within students which prepare them for either graduate school or entering directly into the art and design marketplace.

Painting requires an inventive, open-ended approach to image making, perception, and communication. Painting allows one to experiment with the possibilities of light, depth, color relationships and composition in service to the medium. Students of painting will learn how to use materials to the best of their ability in addition to insightfully addressing content in their work.

Painting is color, expressive and malleable. It is challenging, thought-provoking, and inspiring. Painting tells stories, expresses opinions, captures a likeness, records events, and gives vision to ideas. It is a passion that takes hard work and talent to master. Painting is a historically significant medium that shows us who we once were as people, and enables us to envision who we might become.

Majors work towards the development of a cohesive body of work that demonstrates a distinctive personal style. The program emphasizes the mastery of a broad range of fundamental skills, with a focused experience in one technique or medium. Majors are well versed in historical and contemporary art and are given numerous opportunities to exhibit their work, travel, and receive feedback from faculty and peers.

MCAD’s Drawing and Painting major challenges perception by exploring and reimagining what is possible. Grounded in a rigorous exploration of materials and techniques, students hone their artistic voice through critiques, engagement with guest artists, and collaboration with a creative community of makers and thinkers.

Develop your very own, personalized art degree with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's studio art bachelor's degree. This growing program is an excellent fit for multitalented individuals and explorative artists who are looking to find and build on their passions.

The mission of the Visual Arts Program is to prepare our students for rewarding careers in the visual arts through a dynamic visual arts curriculum and a comprehensive liberal arts education.

You want to make things and make a difference. As a Studio Art major, you’ll learn to think critically, act creatively, and produce works of art that address the most pressing issues in contemporary culture. Studio Art unleashes your expressive self while connecting to the world and others. You have arrived at the epicenter of the global art community.

If you want to develop as an artist, challenge yourself and move people with your work, make immediate strides with the bachelor's in art program at the University at Albany. Guided by expert faculty members, you'll be able to follow your interests and discover your artistic potential.