Fine Arts - Northwestern Connecticut Community College

Fine Arts from Northwestern Connecticut Community College is a Campus Associate Fine Art degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Northwestern?s Fine Art Program is designed to expand the student?s creative potential through a series of studio courses and academic electives. The program prepares students for transfer to four year programs in art. Additionally, students develop entry level career skills. Students learn traditional as well as contemporary approaches to fine art and design. They develop a portfolio which includes a wide variety of art media and highlights areas of special interest. They gain an awareness of current and historical art. NCCC??s Gallery, a facility which hosts an array of professional and student art exhibitions. Program Outcomes Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates should be able to: 1. Demonstrate critical thinking and visual problem solving ability. 2. Use a variety of studio art tools, processes and media to produce original works of art. 3. Compile and present a portfolio of two and three dimensional art work. 4. Recognize and apply principles of effective design, composition and color theory. 5. Understand the relationship of form to content in a work of art; demonstrate the ability to use form to convey a specific content. 6. Recognize the commonalities and interrelationships that exist between all forms of visual art studied in the program ? drawing, painting, two dimensional design, three dimensional design, ceramics, painting, photography, basic graphic design. 7. Show knowledge of selected artists and aesthetic movements from the history of art; understand art as an expression of the human condition. 8. Utilize art terminology in critically evaluating works of art and design. 9. Demonstrate the ability to use computers and scanners for artistic purposes. 10. Demonstrate techniques for exhibiting art in a gallery setting. View more details on Northwestern Connecticut Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fine Art courses.