Studio Art Fine Arts - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Studio Art Fine Arts from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a Campus Bachelor Fine Art degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Academy BFA combines the best of both worlds?the extraordinary training our students receive in the fine arts combined with a unique and creatively focused program in liberal arts education. The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a major in Fine Arts requires the completion of 126-credits, of which 84 credits are comprised of studio art studies and 42 credits are comprised of liberal arts studies: Studies in Art History & Criticism - 15 credits Studies in Languge & Literature - 12 credits Studies in History, Culture, and Social Science - 9 credits Studies in Science & Quantitative Thinking - 6 credits A BFA student majors in Fine Art, but chooses a concentration in drawing, painting, printmaking or sculpture. The first and second years of the BFA provide a solid foundation of studio art training in life drawing, cast drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking, with attention given to anatomy, perspective, art history, materials and techniques. The program stresses the development of a personal style and approach to artmaking. The program of liberal arts studies is geared to the needs of artists, and include courses in art history and criticism, language and literature, history and social science and science and quantitative reasoning. In the fourth and final year of study, BFA students are given personal studio space, take advanced studio art classes and are part of the Studio Critique program, with frequent individual critiques from PAFA?s large and diverse faculty of working artists. Every week, there are talks and presentations from distinguished visiting artists, and student artists have access to the Museum?s collection of American masterworks of painting, sculpture and works on paper; considered one of the three best such collections in the world. In the final year, BFA students participate in the Annual Student Exhibition (ASE), held each May in the Academy\\\'s renowned museum galleries. The ASE is considered a major cultural event in Philadelphia, and is attended by many hundreds of visitors each year. Students in the ASE are eligible for dozens of prestigious awards and prizes, including the coveted Academy travel scholarships. View more details on Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fine Art courses.