Art Program Requirements

Faculty

• David Baddley
• Clayton Keyes
• Matthew Kruback

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Program Goals

Students will:

• Be exposed to and gain experience in a wide variety of fine art disciplines and ideas.
• Learn and develop the skills required to produce artwork of technical quality.
• Develop the sensitivity, understanding, and insight to produce artwork that is personally meaningful and creatively expressive.
• Develop the ability to write and speak articulately about their own and other’s artwork.
• Learn skills needed for preparing, publicizing, and hanging art exhibits.
• Learn to produce materials for professional presentation of their art for the purposes of gaining acceptance into exhibits, finding gallery representation, applying for grants, seeking publication, and applying for graduate school.

Objectives

The Art Program offers an academic major leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. It also offers an academic major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, as well as an academic minor, and it provides courses for students planning to pursue graduate studies in art, students wishing to concentrate in teaching or practicing art, and those with an avocational interest in the visual arts.

The program is designed to give students the skills and confidence in their abilities needed to produce works of art. To this end, students are given general knowledge about art and art history and are schooled in a variety of techniques, including drawing, painting, photography, and ceramics. Students are encouraged to use and expand their imagination and to express their ideas creatively.

Program Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum 2.3 GPA in courses required for the Art B.A. and BFA. With the approval of the instructor, students may repeat specified studio courses for additional credit.Students must meet the college-wide graduation requirements in addition to the Art major:

• 124 total hours
• 30 upper division hours
• WCore or Honors College requirements

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (BFA)

After completing the Lower Division Art Courses, students apply for acceptance into the Bachelor of Fine Arts program by declaring an area of emphasis and submitting a portfolio during Spring Semester of the sophomore year. The portfolio should reflect the applicant’s intended area of emphasis and should contain 8–12 examples of artwork that the student has produced while at Westminster College. The portfolio is due by the Friday before spring break in the main office of the School of Arts and Sciences. The BFA admissions committee will review the portfolios and notify students prior to registration for the Fall Semester. Students who art not accepted may continue working as art majors in the BA track, and are encouraged to reapply again the following year. Transfer students will follow this same process for acceptance to the BFA track, except that the portfolio may contain artwork produced while studying at other institutions of higher education.

Painting and Drawing Emphasis (BFA)

Recommended Plan of Study for BFA with Painting and Drawing Emphasis

Ceramics Emphasis (BFA)

Recommended Plan of Study for BFA with Ceramics Emphasis

Photography and Electronic Media Emphasis (BFA)

Recommended Plan of Study for BFA with Photography and Electronic Media Emphasis

Studio Arts Emphasis (BFA)

Recommended Plan of Study for BFA with Studio Arts Emphasis

Students may elect to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree that recognizes a double area of emphasis. The portfolio submitted for acceptance into the BFA program should include 8–12 examples of artwork that the student has produced while at Westminster College and should reflect both of the applicant’s intended areas of emphasis. In addition to the other requirements of the BFA, the candidate must take all of the courses listed in section III, Upper Division Studio Art Courses, for both of the chosen areas of emphasis. ART 475, Studio Seminar, should only be taken once. The Elective Art Courses requirement, section V, are fulfilled by the second emphasis. The candidate must also take all Art History courses required in section IV by each area of emphasis. Only areas of emphasis in Painting/Drawing, Pottery and Photography may be combined. The BFA with an emphasis in Studio Arts is not eligible to be combined for this option.

Art Major for Bachelor of Arts Degree

Recommended Plan of Study for Art Major

Art Minor