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Fine Arts ProgramsStudio ArtArt is a language of its own making. As such a student is educated in visual thinking and creativity through what is fundamentally a process of direct experience. Our faculty of exhibiting artists offers diverse approaches in painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and new media. The curriculum reflects the studio department's inclusive approach to the creative process, and the program fosters a student's ability to make an informed judgment. The studio program is supplemented through a distinguished visiting artist program, a strong pedagogical link with the Rose Art Museum, and trips to important museums and galleries in New York City, and the Boston area. Through the core of studio classes the student is able to realize with excellence his or her potential for expression and informed vision. Studio is an appropriate vehicle for an intellectual experience within the liberal arts context and students are assisted in the preparation for B.F.A. and M.F.A. graduate programs. History of ArtArt is the legacy of human accomplishment, the cultural and intellectual record of our highest aspirations. Art also provides a probing commentary, sometimes adulatory, sometimes critical, on the ideological foundations, the institutions of power and faith, that have governed societies throughout human history. The history of art is a discipline that examines the evolution of art and architecture in the broadest intellectual and cultural context. The Brandeis art history program is designed to give the student breadth and depth of knowledge by offering courses that broadly survey Western and Asian art but also examine in greater detail important periods and themes such as Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, the Age of Cathedrals, the Art of the High and Late Renaissance in Italy, Women as Art Women as Artists, Photography, and Japanese Woodblock Prints. The courses in the art history curriculum take advantage of the extraordinary resources of museums in the Boston area. There necessary focus on reproductions in teaching (slides, digital images) is thereby balanced by the first-hand experience of the art object. By taking this comprehensive program the student is well prepared to enter art history graduate programs or begin careers in the arts. Post-Baccalaureate Program in Studio ArtThe Post-Baccalaureate Program is designed for students with a bachelor's degree who are interested in extending their experience in studio art. The program is a one or two-year residency program that is an intensive studio program focusing on the disciplines of painting and sculpture. The structure emphasizes independent work with assistance achieved through critical interaction with faculty and visiting artists. Students can prepare portfolios for admission to graduate school, or achieve the self-sufficiency necessary for continued studio work outside an academic environment. Graduates of the Post Baccalaureate Program have gone on from the program to the best graduate schools in the country or have gone straight into the art world with great success in both areas. In the decade that the program has been running, it has provided a strong backbone for countless artists' critical thinking and studio habits. |