The studio curriculum is structured to encourage a high level of drawing proficiency among students in every area of study. Painting Painting courses offer work in techniques and processes that provide the means and motivation to develop individual expression. The generous and varied curriculum is supported by faculty with a wide range of aesthetic attitudes. This insures that students will encounter many points of view and painting approaches. Critiques offer an important forum for participation and exchanging views.
Seniors develop individual directions under faculty guidance.
Courses in both oil and water media are offered at the sophomore, junior and senior levels. Printmaking In the rich and varied Printmaking program, technical skill development and the evolvement of personal visual imagery are emphasized. The curriculum permits thorough exploration of the lithographic, relief and intaglio processes at basic, intermediate and advanced levels. In addition, the program includes more unusual courses in engraving and the Japanese style of woodcut. The printmaking studio is a spacious and pleasant facility.