Fine Arts

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Jeanne Jaffe
jjaffe@uarts.edu
Chairperson
215-717-6102

The Fine Arts Department provides students an opportunity to explore both the common and diverse nature of the Fine Arts traditions of Painting/Drawing, Printmaking/Book Arts, and Sculpture. On the sophomore level, students are introduced to the media and concepts of all three disciplines. In the junior year, students choose a major from one of the above studio areas to develop personal authority and commitment within the discipline. The senior year is focused on advanced studio practice and performance in the major. Upper-level Fine Arts seminars and studio classes are designed to foster an appreciation of the shared purposes and goals of the contemporary fine artist.

In addition to the major programs, the University offers a Digital Fine Arts concentration. See the listing of minors and concentrations for information on requirements.

Having encountered a diversity of concepts, attitudes, and media, from charcoal to the computer, Fine Arts graduates find career opportunities as professional, exhibiting artists, curators and gallery personnel, critics, mural and portrait painters, decorative artists, set designers, printmakers, bookbinders, paper and book conservators, graphic designers, commercial printers, mold-makers, commercial sculptors, cinematic prop makers, special effects artists, and teachers at elementary, secondary, and university levels.

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