Art vans run weekly between campus and New York City museums and galleries. In a feature unique to the program, faculty routinely arrange for one-on-one studio critiques between students and guest faculty or artists who are visiting campus through the lecture series. In addition to these resources, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series brings a wide range of accomplished artists to campus for interviews and artist talks. Students who invest significant time in the program are encouraged to apply for a solo gallery show in their senior year and may take on larger capstone projects through a yearlong, practice-based senior thesis. Past workshops have included woodworking, fiber arts, metalwork, printmaking, letterpress, figure drawing, printing for photographers, creative coding, virtual reality, MAX/MSP, online portfolio design, writing an artist’s statement, navigating the art world, the art of critique, applying for grants, and more. All students are encouraged to maintain a presence through social media and are especially encouraged to supplement their work in studio through participation in the program’s ongoing series of special topic workshops-small three-to-five session minicourses that cover current thought in art theory, discipline-specific fundamentals, new technologies, and professional practices. Courses are taught in the traditional seminar/conference format, with studio classes followed by one-on-one conferences with faculty. In addition to art studios, students have access to presentation rooms and exhibition spaces. Advanced studios offer individual work areas.
The Heimbold Visual Arts Center offers facilities for woodworking, plaster, printmaking, painting, video making, and installation. Conference work, senior show, and senior thesis allow the integration of any combination of fields of study, along with the opportunity for serious research across all areas of knowledge. Working within a liberal-arts context, students are also encouraged to form collaborations across fields of practice and often work with musicians, actors, and scenic designers, as well as biologists, mathematicians, architects, philosophers, or journalists.
Students pursue a multidisciplinary course of study while gaining proficiency in a wide range of methods and materials. The program offers courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, video art, installation, creative programming, interactive art, interventionist art, games, and simulation.
Students focus on traditional studio methods but are encouraged to bridge those ideas across disciplines, including experimental media and new techniques. The visual and studio arts program is dedicated to interdisciplinary study, practice, experimentation, and collaboration among young artists.
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