Art and Visual Culture - Linfield College - McMinnville Campus

Art and Visual Culture from Linfield College - McMinnville Campus is a Campus Bachelor Study of Art degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Curriculum and programming in the Department of Art and Visual Culture emphasizes and fosters the integration of (a) creative and expressive instincts (b) intellectual, communicative and critical skills and (c) competent studio practices and techniques. In the tradition of developing one's education through Liberal Arts, courses offered in the art and visual culture department are designed to orchestrate a fundamental understanding of visual thinking. In this endeavor, the art and visual culture department is committed to exploring and teaching inextricable links between images, texts, and critical thinking. The earliest recorded examples of human expression consisted of abstract, graphic representations of the visible world. Humans are, at their essence, visual beings who develop and harness skills of mark-making which enables both written and visual expression. Historically, as pictographs morphed into alphabetic systems, the inherent connection between text and image tended to be subordinated; however, in today's media-saturated climate, the ability to negotiate between text and image has once again emerged as a vital skill. In the modern world, more than ever we are consumers of visual information. As a result, those skilled in managing images fluently are sought after in all career pathways. Visual literacy is like a language with its own unique syntax and grammatical structures that can be learned. Our curriculum seeks to teach that special language. Studying art prepares one for a world fully dependent on visual fluency. In today's information-based societies, there are no occupations that do not benefit from visual management skills. The Linfield art and visual culture department has a history of successfully preparing students for immediate entry into the world of commerce or for acceptance in prestigious graduate programs. Recent graduates have successfully completed studies at renowned art schools and have gone on to viable careers in the visual arts. Goals for the Major Students who successfully complete a major in studio art will: demonstrate technical skills in at least one studio medium; produce a coherent, cohesive body of work accompanied by an artist statement; create and present works of art through visual, verbal and oral means; develop research, analytical and critical skills; and demonstrate understanding of major trends in the history of art and visual culture. View more details on Linfield College - McMinnville Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Study of Art courses.