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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Studio Art, B.A


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Studio Art 

   Member of the Division of Humanities

Chairs(s):

Andrew Kaufman

Faculty:

Jeremy Chen 
Matthew Kluber
Robin Strangefeld 
Nicky Tavares
Emily Yurkevicz

The Department of Studio Art provides curricular opportunities for the development of technical skills, aesthetic judgment, and historical understanding. Participation in studio art stimulates critical thinking and refines creative potential in the visual arts. The Grinnell College Art Collection of approximately 6,000 original works of art and the changing exhibitions of the Grinnell Museum of Art and the Print and Drawing Study Room supplement formal course study.

Students elect a studio art major, with opportunities for advanced work in 300- and 400-level courses. Majors are expected to enrich their concentration through selected courses offered by other departments. Furthermore, computer science, cultural studies, history, film, G.W.S.S., creative writing, and the sciences, especially chemistry, contribute to the study of studio art.

Students are encouraged to consider the advantages of a semester abroad in an approved program. Off-campus programs in this country also are available to majors with adequate preparation for advanced study. There are opportunities for academic internships at the Grinnell Museum of Art and others as arranged. A competitive scholarship in studio art allows for a ninth semester of portfolio preparation for graduate study.

Major Requirements: A minimum of 32 credits


At least 20 credits of coursework must be taken with the Department of Studio Art at Grinnell.

The senior project in studio art will be considered ART 499 and must follow the College’s procedures for Mentored Advanced Projects (MAPs) as well as departmental procedures. Only one ART 499 (4 credits) may count toward the major. Pre-architecture students must include one semester each of laboratory physics and calculus and are advised to fulfill the studio concentration, though other majors are possible.

Core Requirements: 28 credits


Non-Studio Requirement: 4 credits


Additional Requirements


  • Students must complete a public exhibition under the advisement of studio faculty in their senior year.

Honors


To be considered for honors in Studio Art, graduating seniors, in addition to meeting the College’s general requirements for honors, must submit for review to the Studio Faculty a digital portfolio of artwork that demonstrates superior performance in coursework combined with superior breadth and/or depth of individual creative research. For more information please visit the Studio Art page on Grinnell.edu.

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