The visual arts program at Fordham College at Lincoln Center uses both the resources of the city and the resources of the university to provide students with an excellent education in the visual arts. New York is home to the greatest concentration of museums, galleries, auction houses, workshops, designs studios, and artists of any city in the world. The visual arts student at Fordham is encouraged to participate in the artistic life of the city. Courses take the student outside the university and into museums, galleries, and artists' studios. Independent study projects are an important part of the program and lead towards an exhibition in the college's Plaza Gallery.
Students also take advantage of the many internships available.
The internships range from museum and gallery work to apprenticeship in graphic design studios. Many of our students go on to graduate study and careers in painting and drawing, photography, graphic design, fine arts restoration and conservation, architecture, advertising, video and filmmaking. The instructors in the program are not only teachers but also actively working and exhibiting artists, architects and designers. The department feels very strongly that art exists as a part of a larger historical and cultural whole. The Visual Arts Program is very closely connected to the Department of Art and Music History and students are encouraged to integrate the study of art history into their studio practice.