Painting - Cranbrook Academy of Art

Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art is a Campus Master Painting degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Contemporary painting is a rich and complex activity. While existing in a continuum with centuries of painting, craft, styles, and issues, contemporary painting may encompass media that go far beyond the brush. Elements of sculpture, photography, printmaking, collage, or writing may well be part of the painter's craft. Yet, paradoxically, some provocative current painting makes use only of traditional materials and approaches. The contemporary painter must engage in a quest to locate herself or himself in today's multi-faceted context. To foster the strongest expression of each student's personal vision and potential, the department gives primary emphasis to individual growth. At the same time, an understanding of contemporary issues is imperative for the self-aware professional artist. We accomplish this through a program that stresses self-exploration and independent work in an atmosphere of ongoing critical discussion involving social, political, and artistic concerns. The program is grounded in the assumption that each student arrives exceptionally motivated and committed to creating art. The students themselves give form and vitality to the working environment through their energy, diversity, and interaction. Frequent individual and group critiques allow students to engage in dialogue with peers and various members of the Academy faculty. These encounters challenge students to question their intentions, encourage students to experiment, and to press their work further. The department is devoted to individual work, and this results in a fourth semester thesis exhibition, artist's statement, and lecture. A prominent critic is brought in to critique each student's thesis show. Visiting artists, critics, and theorists offer lectures, critiques, and seminars that add breadth to the curriculum. In weekly gatherings, students and the Artist-in-Residence discuss issues relevant to the work produced in the department. As a group, the department selects readings that focus on art areas such as history, politics, and sociology. Every year, the department travels to New York City to visit museums, galleries, and artists' studios, further developing the dialogue with recent visiting artists and critics. View more details on Cranbrook Academy of Art . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Painting courses.