Fine Arts Everywhere you turn the city is filled with art, from the wonders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to street art and galleries in Jersey City. Whether your medium is canvas or camera, you’ll be inspired and guided to create. Students visit art galleries, museums, auction houses, and public art spaces; meet leading curators, artists, photographers, and designers; and gain professional experiences through internships in thriving creative industries and great cultural institutions of NYC.
Metropolitan Seminars Saint Peter’s offers a number of Metropolitan Seminars for you to take advantage of the artistic vibrancy of the New York metropolitan area. These courses take you to Broadway and Off Broadway theatre, the great musical venues of the city, diverse art museums in and around Manhattan, famous cultural centers, new film releases and so much more. Courses include: • Art and Buddhism • Live Musical Art • Art and Hinduism • New York Theatre Live • Art in the City • Today’s Film Scene • Cultural Diversity in Art
Whether your medium is canvas or camera, you’ll be inspired and guided to create.
Majors
Minors
Art History Expand your knowledge of the history of art from antiquity to the present, including specialized thematic and period studies. Emphasis is on a contextual approach combining information from the fields of art, history, cultural and material studies, philosophy and literature.
Want to dive into fine arts but don’t want to major? All of our Fine Arts majors can be taken as minors. Minors also include:
Fine Arts Develop your skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography along with elements of music. Gain exposure to traditional skill sets and build a solid foundation in theory, history, philosophy and culture. Graphic Arts We prepare students to be Graphic Artists in a Digital World by developing a deeper understanding of effective design from conception to final mockups using digital design tools. Understanding advanced design concepts with cutting edge technologies, students learn skills that will make them marketable for jobs in some of the fastest growing areas of the next generation of digital design such as: mobile app design, user experience design (UX), web design, animation, augmented reality (AR) and digital publishing. Visual Arts The Visual Arts major has students develop their hand along with the technical skills and design eye needed for a range of careers in the creative fields. Courses stress the aesthetic and practical concepts at the heart of good design across different media, introducing courses that range from charcoal drawing to working within the Adobe suite.
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Music A music minor is a great option for students passionate about music but want to major in another program. The Music minor increases students’ understanding of the art of music and offers courses in piano, singing and music history. Theater Arts This program is designed for students to engage in advanced study of Theater Arts and to experiment broadly in the making of theater.
Concentrations Photography Students work in both traditional photographic film and Adobe Photoshop for digital techniques to gain an understanding of design, composition, light and color—required skills for visually compelling and moving aesthetics and artistic creativity in contemporary photo imaging. For course descriptions and additional information visit
www.saintpeters.edu/academics
Fine Arts The Fine Arts Gallery he Fine Arts Gallery located in the Mac Mahon Student Center has 4 major exhibitions a year, showcasing Local and Nationally recognized artists. This gives the students exposure to professional artists and the art world at large. Students have the opportunity to meet and learn from professionals in their field. The Gallery also features the Senior Thesis exhibition.
Labs and Studios Graphic Arts Lab Saint Peter Graphic Arts program prepares students for being a graphic designer in the digital age in our state of the art Mac lab with access to the Adobe Create Suite and other graphic applications. Students learn traditional foundations of design and creative thinking by creating art and design to inspire conversation with storytelling, branding, augmented reality, page layout, web design and much more.
Performance Opportunities Aidan C. McMullen Chorale The concert choir of the University, the Aidan C. McMullen Chorale is a mixed choir consisting of students majoring in various programs offered by the university program, as well as faculty, staff and alumni. The Chorale is committed to perform choral literature from a broad range of styles, genres, cultures and contexts. Argus Eyes Drama Society See and hear something you’ve never experienced before. The Argus Eyes Drama Society produces and performs theatrical productions. Our venues include the intimate 200-seat Roy Irving Theatre, showcasing everything from poetry jams to comedy improv to film screenings, and our new 400-seat cabaret-style performance space set against a coveted view of the Manhattan skyline, perfect for jazz or acoustic concerts. Schola Choir Schola is a singing group primarily of students from Saint Peter’s. Schola’s mission is to serve the community at the 4:30 p.m. Liturgy through their musical leadership. The group inspires the congregation with the use of traditional, contemporary, and multicultural church music. Since its inception in 2013, Schola has gone beyond singing during mass and have served as University ambassadors at various performances and services.
Studying the World More than 20% of Saint Peter’s students choose to take part in credit bearing travel courses in India, China, Cuba, and many other areas of the world. For many students, this is an opportunity to expand their horizons beyond their own experiences. For all students, study abroad trips help shape awareness of the world in which we live. Not an experienced globe trotter? That’s OK! Faculty plan short-term study courses.
Faculty Jon D. Boshart, Ph.D. Chairperson, Professor Trish Gianakis, M.F.A. Assistant Professor
Beatrice Mady, M.F.A. Professor Graphic Arts Coordinator Director of Fine Arts Gallery
For course descriptions and additional information visit
www.saintpeters.edu/academics