ART Bunce School of Education & Liberal Arts College of Arts & Sciences Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center 740-245-7364 office; 740-245-7101 fax; Mission Statement The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art Program will prepare students for a lifelong vocation or avocation in a variety of visual arts media. Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts, students will be able to: • Create a cohesive body of work within the chosen area of concentration. • Demonstrate formal and technical proficiency in their area of study. • Exhibit and document their work and experiences professionally. • Explain the historical, cultural and conceptual aspects of their work. • Conduct independent research in the arts.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art – General Fine Arts Associate of Art in Visual Art Bachelor of Arts or Science – Minor in Art
Facilities The Rio Grande John W. Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center opened in 1981. A signature glass atrium introduces visitors to the Center and serves as an entry to the 500 seat state-of-the-art Alphus R. Christensen Theatre. The theatre hosts numerous university and community productions and serves as a cultural hub to residents in a five-county area of Southern Ohio and West Virginia. Within the Center, the Art Department houses a Mac computer lab with Adobe software for web and print production, a large-scale color printer, a fully equipped darkroom and multi- purpose classrooms. The Esther Allen Greer Museum houses a 3,000 square foot exhibition space, museum prep room for framing and preparing artwork for display, multi-purpose classrooms and the University Archives. Among the museum’s holdings are numerous prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture comprising the Brooks Jones Endowment Collection. The Art Annex was constructed in 1997. This 10,000 square foot building houses equipment and dedicated space for woodworking, metalworking, stone carving, printmaking, drawing, painting, hand building and wheel throwing ceramics, as well as a number of kilns and a foundry.
Degree Requirements The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is a professional degree with greater major course requirements than a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. The BFA is designed primarily for students who are interested in professional art production, print or web design, private school or studio teaching, museum, gallery or curatorial work, graduate school, and other areas in which an extensive visual arts background would be an asset or a necessity.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art – General Fine Arts Concentration (1750) The General Fine Arts Concentration is designed for students who want to work in a variety of two and three dimensional media. General Education............................................................. 39 BFA students are not required to complete a Group 1 Humanities course, as ART 15404 Western Art History 1 will substitute. Major Area required courses Studio Foundations ART 10403 Two-Dimensional Design .................... 3 ART 12403 Drawing I ............................................ 3 ART 10503 Three-Dimensional Design ................. 3 ART 12301 Art Portfolio......................................... 1 ART 23201 Exhibits................................................ 1 ART 20104 Raster Graphics ................................... 4 Total Studio Foundations hours.........................................15 Art History ART 15404 Western Art History I ........................... 4 ART 25404 Western Art History II ......................... 4 ART 36503 Non-Western Art History ..................... 3 ART 46503 Art History Criticism and Philosophy... 3 Total Art History hours ............................................................. 14 Studio Core ART 24504 Sculpture I ........................................... 4 ART 23504 Ceramics I ........................................... 4 Select one from the following two courses ART 26904 Digital Photography ART 26604 Darkroom Photography I Total one course, four credit hours .......................... 4 ART 38504 Drawing II ........................................... 4 ART 28604 Painting I ............................................. 4 ART 21504 Printmaking I ....................................... 4 ART 48501 Senior Exhibit ...................................... 1 Total Studio Core hours ....................................................25 Studio Concentration Complete 24 hours from the following courses: ART 20204 Vector Graphics and Design ................ 4 ART 34504 Sculpture II .......................................... 4 ART 44504 Sculpture III......................................... 4 51
