Develop your creative skills and expression with a caste in art from Washburn. Y'all'll gain a strong foundation in all media and art history, as well as options to advance your expertise in a concentration of your choice. With small classes sizes and expert kinesthesia, yous'll become one-on-i attending and mentoring opportunities throughout your time at Washburn. Our specialty studios and gallery infinite will allow you many opportunities to create and showcase your art.  The Washburn Academy fine art department is accredited past the National Clan of Schools of Art and Blueprint.

A broad fine art instruction

The Available of Arts in Fine art is the right major for students who want experience in many different mediums. You lot'll learn the foundations of fine art history, drawing, and blueprint. From there, you can choose the courses that interest yous near and proceeds experience in any fine art medium you cull.

Learn most art in history and the present

Do you take interest in galleries, museums, and the role of art in society? The Bachelor of Arts in Fine art History will allow you to gain a a greater understanding of fine art throughout history, in dissimilar cultures and parts of the world, and it's role in the present. You'll also become an in-depth understanding of museums and research.

Choose your focus and make your mark

With vii concentrations to choose from, the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art is for students interested in art careers and advancement to graduate art programs. In improver to a concentration in general studio art, you can cull to focus your studies on ceramics and sculpture, graphic pattern and electronic art, painting and cartoon, photography, or printmaking. Your upper level courses will focus on your chosen field. Every Bachelor of Fine Arts educatee volition have a senior exhibition to showcase their piece of work.

Become an art teacher

Do you want to become an art teacher? The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine art Pedagogy (Teacher Licensure) will prepare you to teach fine art, preschool through loftier school. Yous'll have courses in the different studio arts, art history and you'll ready a senior exhibition. You'll also take professional didactics courses and student teach. You lot'll graduate the plan prepared to sit for the exams required for licensure to teach fine art in Kansas.

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Minor in Art or Fine art History

Two minors are offered in the art program: studio art and art history.A minor consists of 18 hours and includes report in fine art history and studio courses.


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Studio Space and Facilities

The Art Building includes nine studio classrooms, gallery infinite, a sculpture patio, a student lounge, and beautiful gardens and a swimming backside the building.


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Art alumna highlight

"The art programme prepared me for my career by giving me lots of hands on learning and exposure to many different ways and styles of making art work." - Jenna Reed

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Success Story: See Aldrick

After 20 years in the military machine, Aldrick Scott wasn't sure if college was going to be the best fit. Just he also knew he needed a degree to achieve his dream of becoming an artist.

"At first, I thought I wasn't going to be accepted and would non fit in," said Scott, who grew up in Orlando, Florida, and lives in Topeka. "I was totally wrong. Not only was I accepted, I felt a role of a customs that helped me grow as a person and was able to become an amazing artist."

Scott retired after serving 10 years each in the Marines and Ground forces, including 6 deployments to the Middle East. He then attended Washburn, taking the beginning step to realizing his dream of condign an artist.

That dream came true subsequently he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in graphic design in May 2019. Scott currently works equally a freelance graphic designer and YouTuber, "The Doodler" Doodles by Aldrick.
"Washburn is truly a groovy and beautiful campus," he said. "You will never have a meliorate experience."

The Fine art Department serves those intending to prepare for a profession in the Visual Arts (B.F.A. degrees), those students seeking a Liberal Arts education focused in the visual arts (B.A. degrees), as well as non-majors who seek cognition of the visual arts. Studio and art history courses are open up to anyone with proper prerequisites.

General Pedagogy Courses in Art

  • AR 103 Introduction to Art
  • AR 101 Survey of Art History I
  • AR 102 Survey of Fine art History 2
  • AR 120 Design I
  • AR 140 Drawing I
  • AR 141 Cartoon II
  • AR 260 Ceramics I
  • AR 301 Ancient Art
  • AR 306 Early Modern Fine art
  • AR 307 Twentieth Century Art
  • AR 309 Arts of Africa
  • AR 310 Arts of Asia

Over 60 audit students are welcome equally space allows.Note: A studio fee is applied to those enrolled in Ceramics courses and Glass courses.

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Art Section
Washburn University
1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621

Phone & Email
Phone: 785.670.1125
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8:00 a.chiliad. - 5:00 p.thou. Mon-Friday
art@washburn.edu

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