BFA Painting

Painting students are instructed to address the formal and technical aspects of the discipline: integration of color, composition, and the use of various media including, but not limited to, oil and acrylic pigments in the development of concepts. Students are also trained to construct professional quality stretchers, prime canvases and prepare other surfaces to accept painting media.

While developing their own means of personal expression, students are made aware of both the historical and contemporary aspects of painting through both studio and art history courses.

The proximity of the internationally acclaimed Butler Institute of American Art and the department’s own museum/gallery, the John J. McDonough Museum provide art majors with direct exposure to important works of art and to contemporary painters and critics. Museum and gallery internships are available to painting majors who might wish to pursue those avenues of employment. Many painting graduates attend graduate school to complete the MFA degree in the hope of attaining college-level teaching positions.

As with all BFA Studio Art majors, students are not allowed to begin the painting course sequence until they have passed the Freshman Foundation Portfolio Review.

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