Fine Arts Studio

Program Overview

This is where you get your ands dirty. The Fine Arts Studio Program offers an intensive two year studio program with the emphasis on physically creating art through drawing, painting and sculpture. Through learning the latest skills and techniques, you find your own creative voice and launch your professional career as an artist.

In this program you will:

Develop advanced skills and work independently both in and out of the studio environment and nurture a lifetime of growth as a professional visual artist and storyteller
Have a progressive learning experience led by a collaborative team of teachers who share a commitment to the central philosophy of excellence through meaningful skills and concept development
Be encouraged to develop personal directions and approaches to build your own unique voice and style in visual storytelling
Graduates of this program find inspired new career paths in the art world as exhibiting artists or in the visual art industries including animation, illustration and design.

BENEFITS

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Attention to individual creative growth in a studio environment
Small classes with an emphasis on peer support and mentorship with other students and artists
A focus on traditional media, with selective integration of digital processes necessary to thrive as a professional in the contemporary art world
Learn all about the business of being an artist - getting shows and commissions, applying for grants, marketing yourself and building your career
Enjoy enthusiastic faculty who are all accomplished professional artists and teach from their personal experience
Public exposure through rental programs
We offer a friendly, welcoming non-institutional environment close to your heart of the city and gallery communities

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Semester 1

Creativity in Context

College Communications 1

Figure Drawing

Drawing and Composition

Painting Techniques 1

Sculpture 1: The Human Figure

History of World Art from the Prehistoric to 17th Century

Semester 2

College Communications 2

History of World Art from 18th C - Postmodernism

Figure Drawing II

Figure Painting I

Image Development 1

Sculpture II: Non Figurative Explorations

Digital Promotion

Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action

Semester 3

Figure Drawing III

Painting Explorations I

Image Development 2

Digital Explorations

Ontemporary Issues in Art

Professional Practice

General Education Elective

Semester 4

Exhibiton Management

Figure Drawing IV

Drawing and Painting Thesis

Illustration Workshop

Notes: Students will be placed in the appropriate English and math level based on skills assessment results.