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Do you dream in color? Do you connect through images? Do you have a visual story to tell?

If creative expression is your future, the Saint Rose Center for Art & Design is your home. Here, we help you discover and refine your passion, and give you free rein to express it. Even better, we’ll help you build the experience and connections needed to develop your talent into a thriving career.

GRAPHIC DESIGN As a graphic design major at Saint Rose, you enter one of the country’s most elite programs— so say both the Art Director’s Club of New York and Graphic Design USA. Here, you’ll gain the skill set, practical experience, and invaluable connections to excel in your career.

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Our faculty of professional designers and scholars, relevant curriculum, prestigious guest lecturers, and real-world experience (internships are a degree requirement) leave you uniquely prepared to go from classroom to career. And to help you make that transition, we guide you to national job fairs, host art directors and agencies on campus

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Designed by John Baskerville in 1757, the typeface Baskerville was meant to be simple, yet visually eloquent, exuding a clear message without ornaments

or a complex type form. It rejected past conventional

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typefaces and today, it is familiar to designers as a body text. It also mimics the fluidity and sophistication of

JOHN BASKERVILLE

THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE CENTER FOR ART & DESIGN

UNDERGRADUATE ART SHOW MARCH 9 – MARCH 31, 2014

RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP GRAPHIC DESIGN SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY THE ART DIRECTOR’S CLUB OF NYC

STUDIO ART At the College of Saint Rose, studio art is not just a calling, but a proven path to real work as an artist.

Whatever your medium—painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, or printmaking—you’ll find the foundation, inspiration, and opportunities to become a professional, exhibiting artist.

Learn the language of color, form, space, structure, and composition. Be inspired by the New York Gallery scene and meeting artists like Chuck Close in their studios. Exchange ideas at home with visiting artists and critics like Holland Cotter, Robert Storr, Tom Nozkowski, Joyce Kozloff, Ryan Trecartin, Julie Heffernan, and Virginia Lee Montgomery.

Find hands-on internships with celebrated museums, galleries, and artists. Then show the world who you are as an artist.

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (BFA) IN STUDIO ART

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS) IN STUDIO ART

For a professional pursuit of art. After building

For the love of art, whether you see it

your foundation, you’ll specialize in a specific

as a career or not. You’ll train your eye

artistic medium, refine your visual voice, and

to see as an artist, and gain a breadth

explore how to set up your own studio, apply to

of experience and understanding that

graduate school, or market your work to others.

will inform the rest of your life.

CONCENTRATIONS:

Painting & Drawing

Sculpture

Printmaking

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Photography

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EVERY ARTIST IS A STORYTELLER: SAINT ROSE STUDIO ART GRADUATES ARE REWRITING THE STORY OF THE WORLD TODAY.

STUDY ABROAD

A RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

To explore the world of art, sometimes you have to explore.

Saint Rose art programs promote study abroad not only to cultivate a global perspective, but to let you personally

At Saint Rose, our dedication to art and design—as both passions and professions— shows everywhere you turn.

experience works that are some of the pillars of art history, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences for any artist.

STUDENTS HAVE STUDIED IN Italy, England, France, Spain, Ecuador, China, and Cuba

It’s in the classroom, where our rigorous curriculum, distinguished art faculty, and small

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

class size demand a commitment to learning and creative curiosity. It’s in our labs and studios, where students put theory into practice. And it’s in our campus galleries, where other students, the community, alumni, and potential employers will see your work side-by-side with the work that inspires you most.

ON-CAMPUS FACILITIES INCLUDE: MASSRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

BRUBACHER HALL

A multidisciplinary space for art and music.

A unique mix of student and academic

Includes the Esther Massry Gallery, a state-

life. Includes personal studio space,

of-the-art art history classroom, recital hall,

classrooms, and residence hall rooms.

and music rooms.

We believe you should be able to make a living making the art you love.

That’s why all Saint Rose art programs encourage (or require) internships that let you transition seamlessly into the working world. Immersive field experience—whether a commercial internship at ESPN, a studio assistant position with New York painter Donald Sultan, or a summer at NYC’s Jack Shainman

INDIVIDUAL STUDIOS

Gallery—has led many Saint Rose graduates to full- or part-time

GRAPHIC DESIGN LABS

For advanced level students in painting

art jobs right out of school.

Networked Mac workstations support

and sculpture.

the latest versions of the Creative Cloud, printers, scanners, and digital photography equipment in three computer labs.

Or, if you want to keep on learning, Saint Rose has placed students DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY LABS

at some of the finest art schools and research universities in the

Equipped with individual Mac workstations

country including:

outfitted with the most current versions

FAB LAB

of the Creative Cloud, large and medium-

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Cornell University

Outfitted with a Universal Laser cutter/

format printers, and scanners that are

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New York University

etcher and MakerBot 3D printer and scanner.

supported by the network.

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Pratt Institute

SCREEN PRINTING STUDIO

PHOTOGRAPHY DARKROOMS

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One of the largest in New York State with

Two well-equipped black-and-white

Rhode Island School of Design

individually designated work spaces.

darkrooms.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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School of the Museum of Fine Arts

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School of Visual Arts

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Tyler School of Art

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Yale University

HOW TO APPLY As an artist or designer at Saint Rose, you’ll be in amazing company. After you meet our academic requirements, we want to see more of your story. Every art program applicant must submit a portfolio.

CREATING YOUR PORTFOLIO

SUBMITTING YOUR WORK

Include 15–20 examples, ideally of your actual work (but digital portfolios are

Submit physical portfolios, as well as images on

okay, provided you show multiple views of any 3D work).

CDs, websites, or flash drives, to the Art & Design Admissions liaison.

Choose work done within the last 2 years, to best show your ability and interests.

Portfolios in jpg format (150-350 dpi) can be sent to 50% of the work should be drawings, and half of those from direct observation

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(still life, interiors, landscapes, figures), not photos.

Any digital submissions must include a separate, These should include finished drawings that show refinement, detail, and time

numbered inventory of size, medium, and date

spent—although some examples of quickly made work can help show efficiency.

completed for each work.

The other 50% of the portfolio should show your unique vision and personal strengths, e.g., you might show a series within a single discipline, or explore a variety of media, techniques, or concepts.

Consider including work outside your comfort zone as well, to jump-start a discussion of ideas and creative goals.

MAKING A PERSONAL IMPRESSION The best way to impact how your work is seen is to schedule a one-on-one portfolio review—a personal interview that lets you put your art and creative goals

A sketchbook or art journal is also important, to show your creative process,

in context, while exploring the environment that so

observation, and editing skills.

many artists call home.

Learn more about National Portfolio Day at portfolioday.net.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT MARIAN SULLIVAN CHILSON AT 518.485.3900

WHEN IT COMES TO AN EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION,

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE SAINT ROSE.

SCHEDULE A PORTFOLIO REVIEW.

APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

DISCOVER YOUR NEW HOME.

Reviews are by appointment only; you can

In addition to academic scholarship and

Whether you explore Saint Rose on our website

schedule yours by calling 518.485.3900 or

institutional grants, you may be eligible

or campus, through students or our alumni

at strose.edu/visits.

for a combination of artistic and academic

community, you’ll find a place designed to nurture

achievement with four-year scholarships of

your art and bring your dreams within reach.

And remember to submit your application for

$4,000 – $12,000 per year.

admission at www.strose.edu/apply.

Learn more at strose.edu/visits or #strosevisits.

To apply, you must have your portfolio reviewed by February 1st.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: The Center for Art & Design promotes visual and cultural literacy through

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disciplined studio and research practices, intellectual challenge, and interdisciplinary exchange. Faculty are committed to each student’s ability to see aesthetically, think critically, act creatively and make lasting contributions as innovative artists, designers, educators, scholars, and leaders.

In compliance with Title IX of the Education Act Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other federal, state, and local equal opportunity laws, The College of Saint Rose does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, disability, national/ethnic origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, military status, or domestic violence victim status. In the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletics and other school-administered programs. The Vice President for Student Affairs is responsible for coordination of the College’s efforts to comply with Title IX regulations. The Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs is responsible for coordination of the College’s efforts to comply with the other regulations related to the College’s non-discrimination policy in student related matters. The Associate Vice President for Human Resources Affairs is responsible for coordination of the College’s efforts to comply with the other regulations related to the College’s non-discrimination policy in employee matters. Questions or concerns regarding equal opportunity matters should be directed to these individuals: Dennis McDonald, Vice President for Student Affairs, Events and Athletic Center, Room 210, 420 Western Ave., Albany, NY, (518) 454-5170 • Rita McLaughlin, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Events and Athletic Center, Room 210, 420 Western Ave., Albany, NY, (518) 454-5170 • Jeff Knapp, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Cabrini Hall, 399 Western Ave., Albany, NY, (518) 454-5138 Individuals have the right to seek resolution through other sources, for example, the New York State Division of Human Rights (http://www.dhr.ny.gov/how-file-complaint), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education