For the art major, it also offers basic professional training and broad studio experience for those who seriously intend to pursue an art career. The Art Program provides teaching and guidance in a well-rounded, stimulating atmosphere that calls forth each student s potential. All students are admitted on a one-semester trial and are later evaluated to determine their continuance in a second probationary semester. Freshmen are required to demonstrate evidence of special ability in art. Admission to sophomore art classes is contingent upon an evaluation review and faculty approval.
Criteria are ability to draw, sense of design, professional attitudes, and consistent growth.
There are scholarships available for entering Freshmen. Works must be properly presented, matted or with a simple liner for oils and enclosed in a small, compact portfolio. Works must be sent and returned at the student's expense and risk. Art students use this opportunity to display their work before the Xavier community and the community at large.