Are you a problem-solver? Do you imagine what hasn't been? Do you want to give form to your ideas? You may be an artist! Or perhaps you would just like to learn more about art in order to visit museums, start a collection, improve your visual literacy, or broaden your understanding of the world and its possibilities. Art is about all of these things. Living in a culture where you're deluged with images and where visual communication is increasingly important, it's more critical than ever to understand how and why art affects the viewer.
The Clarion University Art Department boasts a diverse collection of faculty with a broad range of backgrounds and interests. Whether you're interested in art history, ceramics, drawing, textiles, graphic arts, painting, printmaking, or sculpture, these professionally active professors will work to help you express yourself and to understand the uses and meanings of visual art in society. Our well-equipped studios support B.A. and B.F.A. degree programs in all the above areas. In our new state-of-the-art multimedia studio, students evolve into professional graphic designers and illustrators; recent renovations have provided new opportunities in the design, jewelry, and fibers studios.
The department's small student-faculty ratio ensures that you receive individual attention, and co-curricular professional opportunities are available through internships and employment in the department. Through art, learn to use your imagination, ambition, and talent to realize your ideas and become a citizen in a visual world.
ART, B.A. – 51 credits
Required: ART 110, 121, 122, 125, 126, 211, 212; three additional credits in art history; six credits in art foundation courses, 12 credits in an art concentration (ceramics, drawing, weaving and fiber sculpture/fabric surface design, graphic arts, painting, printmaking, sculpture and art history); 12 credits in art electives; capstone project; and foreign language competency.
ART, B.F.A. – 72-75 credits
Required: ART 110, 121, 122, 125, 126, 211, 212; six additional credits in art history; 18 credits in art foundation courses; 18 credits in an art concentration (ceramics, drawing, weaving and fiber sculpture/fabric surface design, graphic arts, painting, printmaking, or sculpture); 12-15 credits in art electives; and the senior art show. Seventy-five credits are required only for majors seeking a dual concentration.
ART, MINOR WITH 2-D STUDIO – 21 credits
Required: ART 121 or ART 122; ART 125; three credits in art history or ART 110; nine credits in one two-dimensional studio area; three credits in one other studio area (drawing, fabric surface design, graphic arts, painting, or printmaking); and three credits in one other studio area.
ART, MINOR IN 3-D STUDIO – 21 credits
Required: ART 121 or ART 122; ART 126; three credits in art history or ART 110; nine credits in one three-dimensional studio area (ceramics, weaving and fiber sculpture, sculpture, or jewelry); and three credits in one other studio area.
ART, MINOR IN ART HISTORY – 18 credits
Required: ART 110, 211, 212; nine additional credits in art history.
ART, MINOR WITH INTERMEDIA STUDIO – 21 credits
Required: ART 121 OR ART 122; ART 125 or ART 126; three credits in art history or ART 110; and 12 credits in any studio area(s) [three credits must be 200-level or above] (drawing, fabric surface design, graphic arts, painting, printmaking, ceramics, weaving and fiber sculpture, sculpture, or jewelry).
