Coordinator: Corinne Diop, diopcj@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-6485
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art is intended for those students whose goal is the professional production of visual art. Only those students serious about preparing for a studio career in the visual arts and willing to commit the time and energy necessary to achieve professional competence in their chosen area of studio concentration should enroll. These areas of concentration within the B.F.A. in studio art degree seek to:
- Develop students’ visual vocabulary.
- Foster a deeper understanding of the formal visual relationships present in the art and design process.
- Enhance their aesthetic awareness of art forms.
- Promote the competency to independently seek further professional growth.
Students develop competency in several media (painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, metals and jewelry, printmaking, photography, glass, mixed-media) and foster a professional command of at least one medium. Upon completion of the degree, students are prepared to pursue the professional production and exhibition of their own art or more in-depth study at the graduate school level.
