Art B.F.A.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a rigorous and highly selective degree program for students who plan to either pursue a professional career in art and arts-related fields or prepare for specialized graduate study in art. BFA students develop competencies in the technical, theoretical, and intellectual aspects of fine art, cultivating a desire to explore material and media, both conceptual and tangible. BFA students gain a sense of their own aesthetic voice and practice, and an ability to speak articulately about the contemporary art world. The program encourages all students to take risks and to engage communities beyond studio and gallery walls and become catalysts for social change.

Faculty in the Department of Art are all active, working artists and thinkers committed to their students and to the diversity of students' histories and experiences. The Bachelor of Fine Arts faculty and curriculum prepare students to become successful studio artists, entrepreneurs, and professionals in the visual arts industry. The program fosters a deep lifetime connection to creating art and creatively and critically engaging in issues of social, environmental, and economic justice.

The program provides shared studio space for every student in their final two semesters of study. Graduates have gone on to receive prestigious grants, to attend the most competitive MFA programs and to become practicing artists and social change agents of the highest caliber.