STUDIO ARTS
The Visual & Performing Arts Department offers a Studio Arts Major and a Studio Arts Minor. The educational goal of the Studio Arts Major is to balance the development of artistic sensibility and technical proficiency. This balance is promoted through coursework and personal interaction with faculty of high professional caliber in the arts and design.
Graduates of the Studio Arts Major at Curry are employed in a variety of fields, many of which expand the traditional role of the artist. The faculty strongly advises students to seek internships while enrolled in the program.
Arts faculty and the Center for Career Development advise students on internship opportunities at galleries, museums, educational institutions, and other settings where studio arts training is central. Various organizations and institutions offer professional mentoring in arts administration, art education, community arts, art therapy, illustration, museum related fields, and professional art practice.
Prospective first year students should enroll in SA 1775 Two-dimensional Design for Majors and SA 1800 Drawing in their first semester. Upper class students declaring the Major should complete these classes as soon as possible. Students with previous study in the arts are encouraged to contact a member of the Studio Arts faculty to discuss a plan of study that acknowledges abilities gained prior to entering the College.
STUDIO ARTS LEARNING OUTCOMES
Compose and design using formal design elements and principles in a purposeful way
Communicate ideas visually while examining how formal design elements strengthen the communicative properties of an image
Experiment and explore a variety of media, resulting in mastery of one or more media
Integrate traditional art making techniques with digital components through experimenting with a variety of media
Develop visual sensitivity through the process of research, conceptual development, creating works of art, discussion and critique
Conceptualize and create work from idea to physical form while examining process
Examine and articulate an integrated perspective on the arts in conjunction with social, historical, political and/or environmental and contemporary issues
Appreciate the diversity of aesthetic expression in both the western and non-western worlds
Document personal vision and voice through the creation of a portfolio in a cohesive and professional manner
Use language of the discipline in a written format research and discuss inspiration, analyze process, and describe works of art
STUDIO ARTS MAJOR
| Credits |
|---|---|
Prerequisites: | |
GD 1500 Digital Essentials | 3 |
SA 1775 Two-Dimensional Design for Majors | 3 |
SA 1780 Three-dimensional Design | 3 |
SA 1790 Light and Color | 3 |
SA 1800 Drawing | 3 |
| 15 |
Major Requirements | |
SA 2800 Figure Drawing | 3 |
SA 3800 Drawing II | 3 |
| 6 |
Capstone Courses | |
SA 4650 Portfolio Development | 3 |
SA 3980 Fine and Applied Arts Seminar (Capstone Course) | 3 |
SA 4050 Independent Studio | 3 |
| 9 |
Art History Electives | |
Choose two of the following (6 credits): | |
AH 2720 History of Photography | 3 |
AH 2910 History of Visual Arts: Paleolithic to Gothic | 3 |
AH 2920 History of Visual Arts: Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
AH 2930 Contemporary Art | 3 |
AH 2935 Modern Art | 3 |
| 6 |
Major Electives: | |
Choose three 2000 level and one 3000 level of the following: | |
SA 2001 Art and Identity | 3 |
SA 2072 Digital Art | 3 |
SA 2200 Art in the Community | 3 |
SA 2750 Printmaking I | 3 |
SA 2780 Sculpture | 3 |
SA 2797 Digital Photography | 3 |
SA 2800 Figure Drawing | 3 |
SA 2810 Painting I | 3 |
SA 2813 Watercolor | 3 |
SA 2819 Studio: Painting and Drawing | 3 |
SA 2870 Artists’ Books | 3 |
SA 3 Studio Art Course at the 3000 level | 3 |
SA 2755 Relief Printmaking | 3 |
SA 3750 Printmaking II | 3 |
SA 3072 Digital Art II | 3 |
| 12 |
Studio Arts majors are encouraged to enroll in Studio Arts courses beyond the required categories of the Studio Arts Major and apply them toward general elective Liberal Arts credit.
STUDIO ARTS MINOR
| Credits |
|---|---|
SA 1770 Two-dimensional Design for Non-Majors or SA 1775 Two-Dimensional Design for Majors | 3 |
SA 1790 Light and Color | 3 |
SA 1800 Drawing I | 3 |
Choose four of the following: | |
SA 2001 Art and Identity | 3 |
SA 2072 Digital Art | 3 |
SA 2200 Art in the Community | 3 |
SA 2750 Printmaking I | 3 |
SA 2780 Sculpture | 3 |
SA 2797 Digital Photography | 3 |
SA 2800 Figure Drawing | 3 |
SA 2810 Painting I | 3 |
SA 2819 Studio: Painting and Drawing | 3 |
SA 2870 Artists’ Books | 3 |
SA 3––– Studio Art Course at 3000-level | 3 |
Studio Arts minors are encouraged to enroll in Studio Arts courses beyond the required categories of the Studio Arts Minor and apply them toward general elective Liberal Arts credit.