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What We Do

Visiting Artist Barry Moser Demonstrates Wood Engraving to Ryan Stromfors and Christopher Shannon

Merging scholarship and creativity

A major in Fine Art or Art History develops one's awareness of the historical continuum of the visual arts as a critical element of the human experience, emphasizing the importance of imagination and creative power. Students may choose either a studio art or an art history concentration as well as the opportunity to pursue the MAT in teaching. The department prides itself on a low student-to-faculty ratio, providing our majors and minors with personal, one-on-one interaction with their professors.

Currently, the department offers coursework in the following areas:

STUDIO ART
ART HISTORY

2D Design

3D Design

Basic Drawing

Figure Drawing

Advanced Figure Drawing

Painting I & II

Printmaking

Watercolor

Color

Pottery

Ceramics I & II

Crafts

Sculpture I & II

Photography I, II, III

Visual Literacy Through

Computer-Generated Art

Computer Art II

Senior Seminar in Studio Art

World Art in Context I & II

Medieval

Italian Renaissance

Northern Renaissance

Baroque

Modern

Arts of the U.S.

Art of the 20th Century to the Present

Women in Art

Asian Art

Pre-Columbian America

African Art

Caribbean Art

Senior Seminar in Art History

ArtCNU Students Visit the Lennon Wall in Prague during their Semester Abroad in the Czech Republic

During Semester Abroad Program in the Czech Republic ArtCNU Students

Visited the Lennon Wall in Prague

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