STUDIO ART I
n the studio art program at Rollins, you do more than master technique—you explore new creative strategies, practice focused and sustained engagement, and tackle important conceptual and social issues. Each day, you exercise not only your artistic passion, but also skills in communication, problem solving, and strategic thinking. A major in studio art will prepare you for a broad range of professional endeavors. With ample opportunities to engage in research and production of advanced studio artwork, you’ll learn skills that are highly sought after by an array of employers—including critical and creative thinking, the ability to interpret different cultures, and the skills to work effectively both individually and collaboratively.
Why Study Studio Art at Rollins Individualized Instruction You’ll refine skills and techniques under the guidance and mentorship of professional artists in small classroom settings.
Access to Important Collections You’ll have an opportunity to exhibit at Rollins’ nationally recognized Cornell Fine Arts Museum and engage with the significant and growing Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art.
A Broad Educational Environment As an artist at Rollins, you’ll draw from an interdisciplinary liberal arts educational experience to create critical and creative work.
“Although the four years of honing my craft taught me the power and grave necessity of art, it’s the other skills I learned—the epic attention to detail, presenting your work to a jury, accepting criticism during critique and hitting the studio hard again the next day—that truly color the work I do now. There are questions an artist must ask of the world and then attempt to answer herself.”
Grace Loescher ’14
Program Director, Waking the Village Director of the Creation District
Rollins Studio Art Careers Rollins studio art grads are prepared for success both in and outside the art world.
Andrew Cohen ’10
Architectural Designer, Stantec
Airam Dato-On ’13
Graphic Designer, The Vine Church, Hong Kong
Betsy Johnson ’15
Preparator Intern, Hyde Park Art Center
David Matteson ’15 ’18MBA
Associate Curator of Education & Outreach, Orlando Museum of Art
Leah Sandler ’14
Cultural Arts Coordinator, The Roth Family Jewish Community Center
Mary (Nicole) Weedo ’14
Activity Director, Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center
Real World Experience From community-engagement courses to internships, studio art students hone their skills in the real world.
Popular Courses While developing critical and creative thinking, visual literacy, and innovative problem solving, our courses address thematic content through a variety of media and processes such as painting, drawing, printmaking, digital photography, video, sculpture, and performance. • ART 240 Studio Furniture Design • ART 223 Graphic Design • ART 310 Introduction to Video Art • ART 391 Screen Printing • ART 350 Contemporary Art and Theory: Research and Process
Beyond the Classroom Study Abroad Well-traveled artists make better artists. Elizabeth Shugart ’19’s experience in Iceland led her to develop a series of mixed-media prints that informed both her environmental studies and studio art major capstone projects.
Bonner Leaders Program At Rollins, we’re always nurturing our students’ calls to service, and service through art is no exception. Through this premier service-focused cohort program, Meredith Ewen ’19 created a framework to help guide her socialpractice studio art projects and performative works.
Community Interaction Apply what you’re learning to benefit the larger community. Professor Dawn Roe’s Conceptual Documentary Practice course, for example, allows majors and non-majors to produce ethically aware photography projects intended to contribute to current and future conversations within and about our neighboring Hannibal Square community as it faces rapid gentrification.
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Expert Faculty At Rollins, you learn from academic, working artists who maintain active studio practices and regularly exhibit their work in galleries, museums, and nonprofit venues. Their scholarship also includes presentations at academic conferences, public art projects and commissions, and frequent participation in artist residencies and workshops.
Josh Almond, MFA | Associate Professor of Art Areas of focus: 3-D works, primarily in wood, including sculptures, studio furniture, and boats; the intersection between science, philosophy, and art as it relates to the contemporary sublime
Dana Hargrove, MFA | Professor of Art Areas of focus: Painting and mixed media; ideas that frame perceptions of the land and our sense of place and space
Dawn Roe, MFA | Associate Professor of Art Areas of focus: Photography and time-based media; site-responsive projects engaging with temporality, memory, and perception in relation to the camera image
Rachel Simmons, MFA | Professor of Art Areas of focus: Screen printing and relief printmaking, mixed media, drawing, and book arts; connecting curriculum and community through socially engaged practice
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