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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;
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Mission Statement
The Bachelor of FineArts in VisualArt 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 FineArts, 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 anddocument theirworkandexperiences professionally. • Explain the historical, cultural and conceptual aspects of their work. • Conduct independent research in the arts.
Degrees Offered
♦ Bachelorof FineArts in VisualArt – General FineArts ♦ AssociateofArt inVisualArt ♦ BachelorofArts or Science – Minor inArt
Facilities
The Rio Grande John W. Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center opened in 1981.Asignature glass atrium introduces visitors to the Center and serves as an entry to the 500 seat state-of-the-art Alphus R. ChristensenTheatre. The theatre hosts numerous university and communityproductions and serves as a cultural hub to residents in a five-countyarea of Southern Ohio and West Virginia.
Within the Center, theArt Department houses a Mac computer lab withAdobe software for web and print production, a large-scale color printer, a fully equipped darkroom and multi- purpose classrooms.
The EstherAllen Greer Museum houses a 3,000 square foot exhibition space, museumprep room for framing and preparing artwork for display, multi-purposeclassrooms and the UniversityArchives.Among the museum’s holdings are numerous prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture comprising the Brooks Jones Endowment Collection.
TheArt 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 FineArts degree is a professional degree
with greater major course requirements than a Bachelor
of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. The BFAis 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.
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 BFAstudents are not required to complete a Group 1 Humanities course, as ART 15404 WesternArt History 1 will substitute.
MajorArea required courses Studio Foundations ART 10403 Two-DimensionalDesign....................3 ART 12403 Drawing I ............................................3 ART 10503 Three-DimensionalDesign .................3 ART 12301 Art Portfolio.........................................1 ART 23201 Exhibits................................................1 ART 20104 Raster Graphics ...................................4 Total Studio Foundations hours.........................................15
Art History
ART 15404 WesternArt History I...........................4 ART 25404 WesternArt History II .........................4 ART 36503 Non-WesternArt History.....................3 ART 46503Art History Criticismand Philosophy...3 TotalArt 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
