BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN ART EDUCATION
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The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Art Education prepares teacher candidates to become critical teachers of contemporary art and visual culture. The BFA in Art Education meets the current requirements for the State of Illinois PK–12 Visual Arts Professional Educator License. BFA in Art Education graduates are informed and engaged artists, teachers, citizens, creators, and community activists. With this degree, candidates enter the field ready to teach art in schools and to foster empowering and meaningful participation in democratic life for all of their students.
SAIC’s teacher preparation program believes that the creation and critical analysis of visual culture is important for all students. Our teacher candidates will be prepared to use a range of media, including current technologies, to teach all students a range of art making approaches to investigate themselves and their local and global communities.
THE BFA IN ART EDUCATION, RESOURCES
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• The Flaxman Library
• The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection
• Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
• Department of Prints and Drawings Study Room
• The Video Data Bank
A CURRICULUM DESIGNED BY YOU
• Galleries and alternative exhibition spaces including the SAIC Galleries, student-run SITE Galleries, Siragusa Gallery, and the SAIC INCUBATOR Program.
• Roger Brown Study Collection
• Gene Siskel Film Center
One of SAIC’s most distinguishing features is our interdisciplinary curriculum. With us, you will not declare a major, but will have the creative freedom to customize your education among our 18 departments or concentrate in one single medium.
We recognize that successful 21st-century artists, designers, and scholars begin their work with ideas and research, adapting the appropriate media to best realize their visions.
• Fashion Resource Center Interested in Learning More?
Visit the undergraduate admissions website at saic.edu/ug or contact the undergraduate admissions office at 800.232.7242 or ugadmiss@saic.edu
Front: Hannah Earle, Springtime, acrylic, ink, oil pastel, thread, mylar.