Program Overview

Program Overview

The Drawing, Painting and Printmaking B.F.A. program is offered by the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, located on the Atlanta Campus. This program falls under the interest area of The Arts.

Program Description

The Drawing and Painting concentration offers diverse media-specific and conceptually focused classes, dedicated classroom studios, and a project/critique space. A stylistically diverse faculty provides courses in specific media and material content, including:

• Oil-based painting
• Water-based painting
• Life drawing
• Digital possibilities As well as concept-driven courses such as:
  • Figure as Content
  • Sound and Radio
  • Anthropocene Studies
  • Research Methodologies
  • Maps and Messages
  • Science + Art

Faculty Expertise

The faculty's areas of expertise include:

• Classical drawing
• Mixed-media
• Collage
• Video
• Sound
• Animation
• Trompe l'oeil/ultra realist painting
• Abstract painting
• Sculpture
• Installation

Printmaking Curriculum

The Printmaking curriculum introduces students to cross-disciplinary modes of working while enhancing their understanding of foundational principles of design. Emphasis is placed on mastering the elements of mark-making, encouraging variation and risk-taking with the tools at hand. The faculty stresses the notion of drawing and the formal elements of process and design as a language, encouraging students to broaden their vocabulary and fluency in the medium.

Program Goals

Students in the Printmaking program gain technical skill and are shown methods of employing the techniques unique to printmaking's fundamental processes to make work that marries form and content in meaningful ways. The program cultivates a culture of collaboration, enhanced by a student-run organization, Printmaker's Workshop, which organizes trips to conferences, museums, and studios in Atlanta and beyond.

Program Structure

The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in drawing, painting, and printmaking, with a focus on traditional technical training, visual expression, media experimentation, social practice, and conceptual art. Students explore the history of art and the tradition of printmaking, tracing the evolution of the medium to its current position as a vibrant and viable means of creating contemporary art.