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Studio Art (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
The Studio Art concentration’s faculty of professional artists prepares students for careers in the visual arts (as professional artists, in
galleries and museums, and as arts administrators) and to pursue graduate study in: art education, studio art, art history or theory,
arts administration, and art therapy. The BFA program involves rigorous individual instruction tailored to each student’s artistic and
academic goals. Students take art courses including: Painting, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Ceramics, Sculpture: Glass/Mixed Media,
Small Metals and Jewelry, Computer Imaging, and Printmaking. Students also have the opportunity to take courses that emphasize
marketability, including: Arts Management, Professional Practices and Portfolio, Museum as Medium, and Studio Art Internship.
Additionally, each student completes a year-long senior project during which he or she works closely with a professional artist. Many
students participate in study abroad opportunities. Our goal, which is unique among colleges and universities, is for students to
develop comprehensive knowledge of the arts while also gaining the abilities to market their skills in today’s competitive global
economy.
Minors:
Most students take one or more minors in conjunction with their Studio Major. Minors in Art History, Pre-Art Therapy, Arts
Management, Photography, Fashion Design, Theater and Visual Communications are common among Studio Art majors. For nonmajors,
Studio Art offers a popular minor with three tracks to choose among: a general Studio Art track and tracks that focus on 2-
D or 3-D courses.
Special Features:
• All students work with professionals in their area of interest during their internships: art therapists, art educators, museum
curators & registrars, gallery owners & directors, arts administrators, animation studios and free-lance artists.
• Students are individually matched with arts professionals in their area of interest as part of their Senior Project. Students meet
with their professional contacts 3-4 times during their senior year.
• Entering students take four Foundations courses (Drawing: Perception/Observation, Design + Color Theory, Structuring
Human Space, and Time Movement Narrative) that prepare them for the advanced content of their Studio Art courses
• The College has a highly respected professional gallery with ongoing individual and group exhibitions, including the annual
juried student exhibition and exhibitions by graduating Studio Art majors.
• Art Club is a student organization that arranges trips to New York City and area museums and galleries and carries out service
projects.
Facilities:
Studio Art students study in the new Art and Design building and at South Campus. Studio Art courses are taught at our South
Campus facilities located across the street from beautiful Cazenovia Lake. We have studios dedicated to drawing, painting, figure
drawing from live models, sculpture (including kiln-formed glass, welding, woodshop + plaster studios), and ceramics.
Reisman Hall includes a beautiful gallery and outdoor sculpture court, exhibiting the work of professional artists,
photographers and designers.
Students have access to studios, darkrooms and workshops outside of class time. Our students also benefit from the College’s
strong relationship with Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, just on the outskirts of town, where national and international sculptors create
site-specific sculptures which are exhibited in the context of a nature preserve.
Careers:
• Studio artists—exhibiting and selling work, mural commissions, artist residencies, writing and getting grants.
• Arts administration including: owning and/or directing professional galleries or other positions within galleries and museums,
theatres, performing arts organizations, and other cultural agencies.
• Teaching art and photography at the K-12 through college level.
• Mural commissions, artist residencies, writing and getting grants.
• Graduate studies in such areas as: Art Education, all areas of Studio Art, Art Therapy, Art History and Theory.
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
Course (Credits)
See Degree Requirements: General Education requirements (33)
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Information Literacy: SA 498 Senior Project: Research and Development (3)
Senior Capstone: SA 499 Senior Project: Thesis Exhibition (3)
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS - 39
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