Studio Art

 

The art department is in a new home beginning in fall of 2007. The Gelbke Fine Art Center is a converted factory with 26,000 square feet of renovations designed by the award-winning Cleveland firm of Richard Fleishman and Architects, Inc. Total classroom and working spaces are greatly enlarged and we now offer classes in studios dedicated to printmaking, ceramics and 3-D art, drawing and painting, photography and, soon, digital arts. There is also a 70 seat auditorium for slide lectures and films, a small seminar room for art history classes, and an area for individual student studios. As always, most studios and darkrooms remain open for student use around the clock, seven days a week. A new secured gallery offers opportunities for student, faculty and guest artists to exhibit their works. The Art Department also maintains a large collection of slides of historical and contemporary art and architecture.

 

Requirements for Art Major

A minimum of 35 semester hours of course work, which must include:

Art 102 Color and Design
Art 110 Beginning Drawing
Art 130 History of Western Art
Art 249 Contemporary Media
Art 427 or Art 428 Early Modern Art
Art 429 Contemporary Art
Art 471 Senior Studio II

Each student majoring in art is expected to present a portfolio for review by the department faculty in the second semester of the junior year, to do advanced work in at least one medium, such as drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, or ceramics, and to exhibit his or her work in the Senior Exhibition during the spring semester of the senior year.

 

Requirements for Art Minors

A minimum of 20 semester hours of studio art courses, which must include:

Art 102 Color and Design
Art 110 Beginning Drawing
Art 130 History of Western Art

 

Requirements for Photography Minors

A minimum of 20 semester hours and will include:

Art 120
Art 244 or Art 130
One course from among: Art 102, Art 110, or Art 249
One course from among: Art 240, Art 245, Art 246, or Art 247
Art 346