2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art and Art History
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The Art and Art History Program
The Department of Art and Art History offers two programs: Studio Art and Art History.
The Studio Art program offers courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and architecture within the context of a liberal arts education. The program aims at developing greater visual awareness through a rigorously structured educational experience based on intensive studio training. All course offerings, from beginning to advanced, emphasize working from observation to provide a common language and firm visual foundation. At more advanced levels, students develop a more personal sensitivity to visual modes, leading to an informed and specific artistic voice.
The Art History program offers courses and scholarly experiences that contribute to the liberal arts education of undergraduates. Art History majors are required to take introductory and intermediate level lecture courses, advanced seminars, studio art courses, and directed reading and research that promote a critical understanding of the development and expression of visual arts and familiarize them with current disciplinary concerns.
In each program, the student is required to complete ART 211 , ART 212 and ARTH 251 and ARTH 252 . It is to the advantage of the student to complete these courses by the end of the sophomore year. A wide variety of programs can be developed from the offerings of the department to suit the individual needs of majors. Students in Art and Art History have developed careers in art, architecture, art history, museum work, teaching, and applied arts in business. For purposes of double majoring, Art and Art History combines well with history, anthropology, literature, comparative literature, music and music history, classical studies, philosophy, psychology, and the sciences to give a student a breadth of knowledge and experience in comparable methodologies that leads to mutually reinforcing insights in both majors. Students interested in elementary and secondary school teaching of art should elect the major in art. All members of the department are ready to offer advice on career plans in Art and Art History.
Special Opportunities and Facilities
Museum Internships. Museum internships for credit are possible with the Muscarelle Museum of Art, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and other art museums (see Art History 389 ).
Scholarships. There are a number of scholarship awards (detailed information is available from the Chair). The application deadline is 5pm on the first Monday of April.
The J. Binford Walford Scholarships are available for the study of architectural history and design. All students interested in such a study, including incoming freshmen, are eligible to apply.
The Joseph Palin Thorley Scholarship is available to all rising seniors who either major or minor in art with the exception of students interested in architecture.
The Martha Wren Briggs Art and Art History Scholarship supports two scholarships for academically distinguished undergraduate students during their junior or senior year who are majoring in the Department of Art and Art History with a concentration in Art History. Students must demonstrate strong potential for careers in art history, architecture, museum management or other nonstudio art-related careers. Rising juniors and seniors may apply.
Student employment. A number of work possibilities in the Student Aid Program offer the opportunity of program-related experience in the art, art history, and museum programs.
Student art organization. Tangelo, the club for students majoring or interested in art and art history, sponsors lectures, excursions to museums, and a weekly open model session held at Andrews hall every Thursday evening during the academic year.
Preparation for graduate study in art with additional credits. Students in art preparing for graduate or professional study may apply to the Department to take 12 additional hours over the 48 hour maximum of courses in art.
Lectures, exhibitions, and workshops. Lectures in art history and workshops in various media, often in connection with exhibitions, are offered annually. The Department of Art and Art History sponsors a series of visiting exhibitions and of student work in the galleries in Andrews Hall. The Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art houses the College’s art collection and sponsors a changing exhibition program.
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