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Faculty

• Jeffrey Abt (MFA Drake University) Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing 
  Research Interests: Paintings and constructions exploring display and transience; writings on museum history.

• Adrian Hatfield (MFA Ohio University) Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing 
  Research Interests: Oil Paintings and dioramas dealing with the visual language of science. 

• Jim Nawara (MFA University of Illinois) Professor of Painting and Drawing
  Research Interests: Painting (oil and watercolor), natural and unnatural phenomena in landscape; painting materials and methods.

• Melvin Rosas  (MFA Temple University) Professor of Painting and Drawing
  Research Interests: Painting: imagery influenced by latin culture, icons and signage.

• Margi Weir (MFA University of California at Los Angeles) Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing 

Program description

 
What is this program?  

The Painting and Drawing program, which has a long history of producing nationally prominent artists, offers a diverse array of courses designed to prepare students pursuing careers in art. It is based on providing a solid foundation in painting and drawing fundamentals through a rich exploration of tradiational media and techniques. Intermediate and advanced courses encourage students to develop a critical and conceptual approach to their contemporary art and culture. The program includes a graduate curriculum offering Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in both Painting and Drawing.

What will I study? 

• To train students to effectively compose and visually translate a three-dimensional reality into a two-dimensional plane through drawing based on observation and imagination.

• To gain competence in the use of traditional dry and wet df-awing media.

• To gain experience in the appropriate selection of medium and approach for the idea at hand.

• To understand the potential of drawing to function as an end in itself, as well as a preliminary study for another medium.

• To introduce and develop the formal vocabulary of drawing; composition and design, perspective, anatomy, and other concepts necessary for aspiring artists to self-evaluate their work.

 
What makes this program unique? 

• Facilities
  
  • Life Drawing Studio - Complete with 20 Easels, Drawing Boards and Drawing Horses.
  • Basic Drawing Studio - Complete with 20 drafting tables.
  • Rooms complete with props and tables for still life setups and ventilated fixitive spraying units.

  • Customizable lighting.

• Techniques
  
  • Pencil
  • Charcoal
  • Oil/Chalk Pastel
  • Graphite
  • Ink
  • Life Drawing
  • Still life
  • Landscape drawing
  • Individual/Class Critiques
    
    
    

What does the program prepare me for?

• Illustrator
  
• Professor/Instructor
  
• Independent Artist