Program Overview

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Visual Art

The Visual Art concentration engages in artistic practice across a wide range of media: painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, and digital imaging.

Degree Type

A.B.

Department

Department of Visual Art

CIP Code

50.0701

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) was developed by the U.S. Department of Education to categorize educational programs in the U.S. for a variety of reporting purposes. Each program at Brown is assigned a CIP code that best matches its academic curriculum.

Program Description

Courses in art history combine with these to frame the direction of the concentrator's work and to develop his or her critical thinking skills. Students are encouraged to cultivate an informed and thoughtful individual perspective. Students in the Visual Arts department enjoy cutting-edge facilities and a knowledgeable faculty. These two resources inspire creativity and pleasure in our concentrators while they explore the discipline. Students acquire the intellectual and practical tools to make art as well as to interpret and critique the world of images. Students also have the opportunity to take courses at the neighboring Rhode Island School of Design. All Visual Art (VISA) courses are ed S/NC.

Visual Art Concentration Requirements

• List of requirements
  • Honors website

Student Goals

Students in this concentration will:

• Develop an awareness of the history and theories of visual art
• Acquire the intellectual and practical tools to make art
• Demonstrate critical awareness in analyzing and critiquing images
• Construct and exhibit a body of work

Department Undergraduate Group (DUG)

Student Leaders: Ren Long, Elliot Stravato, Lauren Ward

Graduating Class

Class Year | Total Students | Honors Graduates ---|---|--- 2021 | 22 | 10 2022 | 27 | 8 2023 | 41 | 14 2024 | 53 | 16 2025 | 29 | 8

Alumni Pathways

Brown Visual Art concentrators often have successful careers in individual studio pursuits but they also have found artistic voices in supporting community action in the arts, curatorial work and art and public policy. They work for companies that include Pixar, the Children's Law Center of Manhattan, the Art Institute of Chicago, DC Comics and the City of Berkeley Housing Department.

Career Paths

What are Visual Art concentrators doing…

• in their first year after graduation
• 5 and 10 years after graduation

Advisors

• Theresa Ganz
• Helina Metaferia
• Paul Myoda
• Ed Osborn
• RaMell Ross
• Leigh Tarentino

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ed Osborn