Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
Cincinnati, USA
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Our trans-disciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for a future at the forefront of contemporary painting and drawing.
Everything is just another tool
The Painting and Drawing major is an interdisciplinary track that provides students with the resources to explore a dynamic, individualized studio practice. Students begin by learning fundamental skills based upon representation, then expand their work by exploring a variety of materials and self-directed concepts. This major is designed to promote open-ended, introspective work characterized by engagement in critical discourse and the practice of contemporary art.
Students pursuing the Painting and Drawing track learn from professional artists who maintain active studio practices with significant depth of engagement and passion for the visual arts. This major focuses on preparing students for a sustainable studio practice and developing an understanding of their contextual awareness. Upon graduation, students are prepared to begin their careers as exhibiting artists who have the option to continue their education in graduate school, as well as teach at the college level.
As a painting & drawing major you will:
- Develop a personal voice and an understanding of one’s own placement within contemporary painting and drawing.
- Experiment with a variety of conventional and unconventional painting and drawing media such as: airbrushes, masking films, textiles, found materials, and digital printing.
- Explore scale-based painting and drawing and work in relation to installation, video, or performance.
- Describe, analyze and interpret relevant criticism and theory regarding race, gender, and queer politics as it pertains to painting and drawing.
- Gain an increased understanding of the work of 100 diverse international contemporary artists who utilize painting/drawing methods, materials, processes, and practices through collaborative presentations that span: abstraction, figuration, process, and new media work.
- Become familiar with the advanced construction of supports, canvases, and panels relevant to chosen media.
- Gain knowledge and experience in how alternative media and presentation can be utilized in painting and drawing processes and develop an awareness of new strategies for building and resolving a complete work.
And that is just the beginning. By the time you graduate as a seasoned artist, you will have held exhibitions, learned about grants and residencies, and built an online portfolio of your work. We will help make sure that you are ready to go out and do great things with your craft!
Change the world with your brush
Many Painting & Drawing graduates have pursued careers as studio artists, gallery owners, and arts administrators. Graduates also thrive in entrepreneurial and freelance enterprises. Our trans-disciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for a future at the forefront of contemporary painting & drawing.
After your time at AAC, you’ll be ready to become a…
- Studio Artist
- Muralist
- Tattoo Artist
- Art Administrator
- Instructor Or Professor
- Curator
- Preparator
- Illustrator
- Animator
- Art Director
- Creative Director
- Visiting Artist
- Portrait Artist
- Medical Illustrator
- Entrepreneur
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