Bachelor of Fine Arts - Studio Art

Artists are visual communicators, reporters on the human condition. To be a fine artist requires vision, discipline, and daily practice. It also requires a supportive environment where the gift of creativity can develop and thrive.

Nazareth University has a longstanding commitment to art and a passion for nurturing artists. The Art and Design Department's studios and galleries are housed in Nazareth's renowned Arts Center. All programs in the Art and Design Department are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). This accreditation means that the program's faculty, curriculum, and facilities meet or exceed national standards.

Full-time faculty is composed of studio artists, art historians, and art educators, and supplemented by a number of highly respected working artists. Close working relationships with local museums, schools, and design firms, provides students with a variety of internship opportunities.

Students in Nazareth's studio art degree program concentrate in the areas of painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, digital media, illustration, jewelry, and metals. Students also study multiple mediums and techniques and the principles of aesthetics, art history, and art criticism. Guided by professors who are artist/mentors, students develop the knowledge, skills, and aesthetic vision to produce high quality work in the competitive field of studio art.