Fine Art Degree

Join Academy of Art University’s globally acclaimed School of Fine Art to tap your true potential as a painter, sculptor, or printmaker. Explore your creativity. Define your vision. Share your talent with the world.

 

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Fine Art Degrees

The School of Fine Art’s degree programs provide you with the creative, technical and business skills needed to thrive in today’s art world. Customize your program by focusing in painting, sculpture, printmaking, calligraphy/letterform, and book arts. Improve both your technical and conceptual skills, and discover what it takes to be an artist-entrepreneur in today’s art industry. Graduate with a professional-level portfolio and an understanding of the business of art so you can start your journey as a professional artist.

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Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts Program provides students with a holistic education covering the arts, humanities, and sciences. Courses highlight connections between the subject of study and the major fields of art and design, providing context to the larger world of art and design.

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Foundations

The Foundations curriculum heightens perception and understanding of visual structure through the study of drawing, modeling of form, value structure, perspective principles, color, and design theory.

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