Fine Arts

Whether your passion lies in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, or new media, AIB prepares fine arts majors for a lifetime of artistic pursuit. You may go on to be an exhibiting fine artist, like many of our graduates, or you may use your fine arts training as the basis for a career in an art-related field such as arts administration or art education.

Starting with a solid foundation in traditional media, the curriculum unfolds with a cross-disciplinary approach that encourages individual expression. For example, a class like Painting the Human Head, which examines the structure, proportions, and character of the human head, might later surprisingly inform your new interest in abstract sculpture.

The fine arts curriculum allows you to go broad and deep to investigate your interests and needs. Though your prime focus may be in the fine arts, you have the option to take additional courses from the other departments, allowing you to explore your varied interests and expand your versatility as an artist.

You will work closely with our faculty of working artists. They will share their knowledge and experience to assist and advise you in discovering your own creative path and artistic potential. Critiques by faculty members and visiting artists will enrich the studio experience by providing objective points of view and fresh ideas.

Our expanding work space includes a professional printmaking studio with five presses for etching, woodcut, and lithography, a well-equipped wood shop, a plaster-casting room, a figure sculpture studio, and a ceramics studio with three kilns. Senior Fine Arts students have their own semi-private work spaces and there is a two-floor exhibition space exclusively reserved for student shows.

Fine Arts Blog

Alumni

Elizabeth Mooney BFA 2001

Sean Micka BFA 2002

Matt Cheney BFA 2006

Brandi Twilley BFA 2006

additional alumni

Fine Arts BFA
123 credits

First Semester
Visual Thinking (also known as Visual Principles)
Drawing Intensive
Conceptual Development I
Foundation Seminar Lecture I
English Composition
Art of the Western World I

Second Semester
Conceptual Development II
Foundation Seminar Lecture II
Choice of Foundation Drawing Elective
First Major Elective
Digital Elective
Writing & the Literary Arts
Art of the Western World II

Third Semester
Fine Arts Drawing Studio I
Fine Arts Major Course
Studio Elective
Art Since 1945
Liberal Arts Elective

Fourth Semester
Fine Arts Major Course
Fine Arts Major Course
Studio Elective
Art History Elective
Math Requirement

Fifth Semester
Fine Arts Major Course
Studio Elective
Studio Elective
Advanced Art History Elective
Social Science Elective

Sixth Semester
Fine Arts Major Course
Studio Elective
Internship
Liberal Arts Elective
Science Requirement

Seventh Semester
Senior Studio I
Professional Development
Fine Arts Major Course
General Elective
Liberal Arts Elective

Eighth Semester
Senior Studio II
Fine Arts Major Course
General Elective
General Elective
Liberal Arts Elective

Current students may search course listings within the LOIS WebAdvisor system and visit Academic Advising to download program requirement worksheets, including those for the Bachelor of Fine Arts five-year double major in Design/Fine Arts or Illustration/Fine Arts.

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