Program Overview

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Art and Art History

The Art and Art History program at Colorado State University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Undergraduate

The undergraduate program includes:

• BA in Art History
  • Art History Certificate (Majors)
  • Art History Minor (Non-Majors)
• BA in Integrated Visual Studies
• BFA in Art Education
• BFA Studio
  • Drawing
  • Electronic Art
  • Fibers
  • Graphic Design
  • Metalsmithing
  • Painting
  • Photo Image Making
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture

Graduate

The graduate program includes:

• Master of Fine Arts

Fibers Program

The Fibers program is a 60-credit, self-guided program that embraces fibers in the broadest sense and fosters interdisciplinary approaches.

Program Description

The program challenges students to commit themselves to meaningful artistic investigations, deepen their understanding of textiles as an expressive medium, and to articulate their goals and endeavors at a professional level.

Curriculum

Graduate classes in Fibers help to prepare students for careers as artists, collaborators, teachers, and innovators. With guidance from faculty in all studio areas, students clarify their aesthetic goals and develop mastery of materials and expressive forms.

Facilities

Graduate students share semiprivate studio space near the undergraduate Fibers studio and area library. They also have access to facilities and workshops in the Visual Arts building, including the computer and digital fabrication labs, studios in other specializations, as well as all of the offerings of a land-grant university.

Faculty

The Fibers program faculty includes:

• Elnaz Javani, Assistant Professor of Fibers and Graduate Advisor for Fibers

Research Areas

The Fibers program intersects with the worlds of art and design and promotes technical specializations as well as mixed-media and installation approaches.

Admission Criteria

Accepted applicants demonstrate independent, promising development of personal artwork or engagement in design fields.

Program Goals

The program aims to develop the individual artistic direction of each artist, and to connect students with people and organizations who can foster individual growth and expertise.

Career Opportunities

Graduate students develop a body of work that is ready to exhibit in new venues. Through rigorous practice in writing and speaking, students develop communication skills that foster engagement within professional fields and in wider communities.

Facilities and Resources

On campus, students have access to textiles and other artworks in the collections of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art and the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising.

Program Structure

The department's small graduate population ensures that students in the Fibers concentration engage with people and ideas from many other fields. Regardless of a student's home concentration, they will interact with faculty and peers in all specializations throughout their program of study.

Elective Coursework

Students in the Fibers concentration often choose to take elective coursework in the neighboring Department of Design and Merchandising, with classes in historic textiles, historic fashion, and digital technology.

Program Outcomes

The program prepares students for careers as artists, collaborators, teachers, and innovators.