Fine Arts

Dean: Joseph Poshek
Academic Chair, Communication Studies: Jules French, JD; Bill Neesen
Academic Chair, Dance: Jennifer La Curan
Academic Chair, Music: Matthew Tresler, DMA
Academic Chair, Theatre: M. Scott Grabau
Academic Chair, Visual Arts: Terry Chatkupt
Faculty: Patricia Beckman-Wells, EdD; Susan Boettger, DMA; Terry Chatkupt; Joseph Gerges; Mathieu Girardet; M. Scott Grabau; Amy Grimm; Julie Kirk; Jennifer La Curan; Daniel Luzko, DMA; Bill Neesen; Edwin Tiongson; Julianna Throckmorton-French, JD; Matthew Tresler, DMA

Courses

The program in fine arts is an interdepartmental major in the fine and performing arts: music, dance, theatre, speech, visual arts, and photography.

Major

The degree in fine arts is intended to provide the student with an arts education emphasizing the diversity and yet commonality within the traditional and nontraditional arts. To the extent that we recognize a distinct “artistic” capacity or form of perception-different from analysis and apart from language-we assume that the artist may realize similar ends in a variety of media and that all the arts are in this sense profoundly interconnected. The fine arts major provides students with the opportunity to seek this interconnection. The diversity and flexibility of the major make it appropriate for a range of career alternatives, especially within fields demanding a high degree of expressive and creative ability. The major is also a fine choice for the general arts student who does not want to specialize within a single medium at the lower-division level.

Potential Careers

Career options in fine arts incorporate a variety of professional paths that address the creative process in education, business, or nonprofit organizations. These might include, but are not limited to, the following:

Galleries or Museums
Music Industry
Public Arts Instruction
Theatre Management

Programs

Associate in Arts

Fine Arts, AA

Catalog and Student Handbook

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