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“We are ranked one of the top art schools in the nation.� 1
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The School of Art offers its students a dynamic arrangement of in-depth programs of study, including Art and Visual Culture Education, Art History, and Studio Art. No matter what discipline you choose, you will find the faculty supportive, the curriculum provocative, and a community among your classmates that is both challenging and inspiring. The University of Arizona Museum of Art and Center for Creative Photography, Joseph Gross Gallery and Union Gallery are just some of the on-campus sites to view contemporary as well as historic art works. There are a number of galleries both on-campus and additionally in Tucson and Phoenix where you will have the opportunity to view and exhibit your work. As a student at the School of Art, the study of your discipline does not end in the studio or classroom. There are many student clubs, organizations, and programs to join, which provide professional challenges and the opportunity to work with your peers and the community in a casual environment.
with students and faculty through lectures, exhibitions, discussion groups, workshops, and residency projects. Students of every discipline at the School of Art enjoy access to excellent academic and studio facilities, including a fully-equipped digital print lab, state of the art lecture rooms, painting and printmaking studios, black and white and color photography labs, a wood and metal fabrication shop, and foundry. Studying at a Research One University such as the University of Arizona gives you the unique opportunity to be surrounded by, and to engage with, faculty and peers of crossdisciplinary expertise, providing a depth and breadth of possible experience that is limited only by how far you want to go.
The Visiting Artists, Scholars and Exhibitions Series is an important part of your overall experience as a student at the School of Art. The artists and scholars are nationally and internationally renowned and bring their own unique influences to the program by engaging
Mission Statement The School of Art is devoted to a rigorous and dynamic education in the visual arts, challenging students to think, research, produce, and teach art critically, with an awareness of historical as well as contemporary contexts.
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Capture it! The Photography division faculty and students conduct a rigorous investigation into the nature and meaning of photographic representation and its role in contemporary culture. Students are expected to demonstrate commitment to expressive inquiry, maturity of vision and take responsibility for their professional development as artists. The division takes a broad and progressive approach to the practice and definition of photography, encouraging you to question and expand the boundaries of the medium.
The curriculum offers courses in traditional black and white darkroom techniques, digital and other image-forming technologies, color processes, large-scale photography, video, and performance. Facilities include group and semi-private black and white darkrooms and film processing areas, color enlargers and a 20� processor, professional lighting studio and large format digital output facilities. At any given time, there are between six and ten students in the MFA program. The Center for Creative Photography plays an important role in the education of photography and art history students by offering access to all of the Center’s resources, including semester-long internships and lectures by distinguished photographers, historians, and critics. Studio photography and art history students studying the history of photography take advantage of photographic exhibitions, lectures, print viewings, gallery talks, an extensive photographic library, an artists’ book collection, and a world class archive of photographs and related material.
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The University of Arizona offers the BA, BFA and MFA in Studio Art. Students may also pursue K-12 Teacher Certification and the graduate certificate program in Museum Studies.
“View the beauty of the desert through the lens of your camera.”
Photography
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Art History
“Get your hands dirty in American history.”
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Experience it!
The Art History division offers a broad range of specialties as well as diverse methodological and theoretical approaches.
On the undergraduate level, Art History provides a major for those students who plan on pursuing Art History studies at the graduate level, and the area lends essential support to the various studio programs and liberal arts degrees. Students are encouraged to develop advanced research skills and originality of thought as well as a thorough knowledge of the history of art. The Art History division offers two advanced degrees: * Master of Arts in Art History *D octor of Philosophy in Art History and Education Both degrees provide a broad based and methodologically critical foundation essential to pursuing a career in Art History, whether in a university or museum setting. In addition, students enrolled in the degree programs may pursue Museum Studies Certification. Undergraduate Studies
120 units are required to complete the Bachelor of Arts in Art History, 42 units of which must be upper division coursework. The Art History division offers a broad range of specialties as well as diverse methodological and theoretical approaches. On the undergraduate level, Art History provides a major for those students who plan on pursuing Art History studies at the graduate level, and the area lends essential support to the various studio programs and liberal arts degrees. Students are encouraged to develop advanced research skills and originality of thought as well as a thorough knowledge of the history of art.
The Art History club is a student-run organization that seeks to enhance student appreciation for art and its history via informal social gatherings, discussion of readings, movie screenings, as well as trips to cultural sites. A member of the Art History faculty serves as sponsor of the club and coordinates activities.
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Share it! The division of 2-Dimensional Studies encourages specialization in one of two areas of emphasis: Painting/Drawing and Printmaking. Here you will engage new areas of exploration and develop within your specialization by taking courses that advance your contemporary and historical awareness of the discipline. Your courses in 2D will lead to your conceptual growth and the defining of your personal aesthetic. While you hone technical skills, you will learn to refine your ability to communicate the connection between the meaning of your art and the work itself. Faculty from Painting/Drawing and Printmaking are committed to interdisciplinary pedagogy, a philosophy they share with their colleagues within the School of Art. Elective choices provide you with an opportunity to explore both inside and outside your area of emphasis. You are welcome to study with any of the Studio Art, Art History and Art and Visual Culture Education faculty, to broaden your selection of faculty through individual study, coursework, critiques, reviews and in thesis.
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The Painting and Drawing program offers courses that encourage you to explore the field of painting and drawing and to develop your work within a wide range of technical, aesthetic and conceptual approaches. From beginning courses to the most advanced, you will work under the guidance of a diverse faculty of active and exhibiting artist-teachers. Critiques and seminars, led by your faculty and a series of visiting artists, will provide you with the forum and structure to discuss your work in relation to contemporary art issues. Your faculty will encourage you to take responsibility for the definition and direction of your work while you develop a unique stylistic and conceptual approach. The Printmaking program was established in the early 1960’s and is not only committed to preparing you to make art of the highest quality, but also to sustain a successful and productive career as an artist/printmaker. With this in mind, the program concentrates on personal style, artistic ability, contemporary and historical awareness, as well as technical ability and communicative capabilities.
The facilities support work in Intaglio, Lithography, Relief, and a variety of alternative methods including Photographic and Digital processes, Bookmaking, Solar plates, Polyesterplates and Monoprinting.
2D Studies
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.� Thomas Merton 8
Heard Museum Chase Field Desert Botanical Garden Piestewa Peak (Squaw Peak) Scottdale Art Walk Photo Tour Boyce Thompson Arboretum Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse Phoenix Zoo Drive the Apache Trail Golf at Gold Canyon Ranch Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art South Mountain Park Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West Scottsdale Fashion Square Sedona 9
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Arizona
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Enjoy it! “Go to school in the heart of the historical west while enjoying all the amenities of a progressive city.�
From sunrise balloon rides over desert vistas, to museums and zoos and spectaclular moonlit nights, Arizona has a lot to offer around the clock.
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and new discoveries The University of Arizona School of Fine Art P.O. Box 210004 Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-1778 http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/
Director of Admissions Sheri Garvin