Art

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The graduate program in art is based on the department’s mission to educate students to develop significant ideas within the discipline of visual arts education and to master the tools and methods of inquiry for creating art. Creating art forms and teaching art are highly individualized activities that require an understanding of the four major activities related to art—perceiving, producing, knowing, and evaluating—that help students understand themselves and the world they live in. Through the visual arts students learn to share their feelings, beliefs, and values.

Programs

The graduate program of study leading to Master of Fine Arts degree offers concentrations in animation, glass, ceramics, metals, and sculpture/intermedia.

Students are expected to develop and refine studio skills, education skills, and academic scholarship to a level of professional excellence. The program enables students to work closely with studio faculty in well-designed facilities, become ambassadors of the visual arts in school systems and communities, and enrich their lives with the traditions of the visual arts.

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and must be admitted formally by the Department of Art. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in art and grade-point averages (GPA) in art courses of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and must pass review by the Department of Art graduate committee. Each applicant must submit to the Graduate School an application for admission and to the Department of Art:

• a letter expressing goals in pursuing the degree;
• a resume;
• transcripts for all college-level course work;
• a portfolio of artwork (submitted as 20 slides or in CD format);
• three letters of recommendation;
• other supportive materials such as research and publications.