Program Description
Vermont State University’s Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts program offers a strong foundation in a variety of artistic disciplines. Students are then able to choose to concentrate their studies in either studio arts or media arts. Studio Arts includes traditional media such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and more. Media arts includes emerging technologies such as interactive media, image processing, sound design, and non-narrative animation. The entire program is grounded in an understanding of the place of contemporary practice within the long history of art.
The Fine Arts program offers a strongly humanistic course of study that prepares each individual to be a professional fine artist, in addition to other career paths. Through creative inquiry, complex problem-solving, organizational skills and diverse methods of expression, students in the BA in Fine Arts program will become immersed in a community of innovative artists.
Through studio experiments, students learn to sharpen their senses of perception. Creating artwork means distilling their observations, ideas, and dreams into a physical form. Along the way, the materials, technologies, and methods students use will challenge them to make complex decisions and develop original solutions.
Program Outcomes
- Conceptualize personal or group vision into creative works of art
- Use elements of art and principles of design to create visually expressive artwork
- Utilize either a specific or a variety of mediums to present realized artist vision
- Critically analyze artwork by intent and execution
- Develop an effective studio practice and effectively present artwork
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