Two-Year Art Foundation Program

The foundation program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the visual arts. This two-year foundation introduces students to techniques, methods, and concepts common to the creative disciplines. It aims to develop visual literacy and encourage artistic perception.

This introduction to a variety of ideas, techniques, and materials (in design, drawing, 3-D, computers and photography), helps students appreciate the complexity of the creative process and articulate their personal aesthetic. Classes investigate the differences between wet and dry media, additive and subtractive processes, two- and three- dimensional forms, and the relationship between ideas and materials. Formal concerns such as line, shape, color, value, texture, scale and composition are explored. Courses in Materials and Visual Concepts and Principles are team-taught.