Aris Koutroulis, Chair B.F.A., Louisiana State University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art; John Herron Art Institute; Tamarind Lithography Workshop

Dennis Galffy, Printmaking Chair B.F.A., Center for Creative StudiesÐCollege of Art and Design Nancy Mitter, Painting Chair B.F.A., M.A., Wayne State University

Joseph Wesner, Sculpture Chair B.F.A., Georgetown University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art

The fine arts curriculum will provide you with an intensive educational experience in all the media disciplines. During your first two years, you’ll be exposed to a strong interdisciplinary core program which emphasizes traditional development of technical skills with a conceptual basis in fine arts, basic design and liberal arts. In your third year, concentrated studies will encourage you to develop focus and self-discipline through personal explorations in drawing, printmaking, painting and sculpture.

Starting in your fourth year, you’ll enter the Studio Tutorial Program and work in a private or semi-private studio space. The studio program is a capstone course that integrates your individual inquiries into a collaborative learning experience. A team of fine arts faculty from various disciplines works closely with you, reviewing your work on a weekly basis. In formal group critiques, you’ll learn to verbally articulate and substantiate your work and ideas. As a fine arts student, you’ll gain practical experience through internships, apprenticeships and the exhibition of your work. You can participate in the “Art on the Move” program, instructing local high school students in a collaborative production of public sculpture. Or, you may choose to work as a gallery intern or studio assistant in our Internship/Apprentice Program.

Often, CCS fine arts students decide to further their education, and many have been accepted to the finest MFA programs in the country. Whatever career path you choose, you’ll find that the Fine Arts Program has nurtured in you the essential qualities of courage, discipline and flexibility of mind. printmaking You’ll be instructed in the traditional media of intaglio, lithography and relief modes of printmaking production. You’ll also be encouraged to explore nontraditional methods of image making. painting You’ll cover traditional techniques of seeing as well as contemporary approaches to methods and materials, including oils, acrylics and watercolor. Faculty Aris Koutroulis, Chair B.F.A., Louisiana State University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art; John Herron Art Institute; Tamarind Lithography Workshop Dennis Galffy, Printmaking Chair B.F.A., Center for Creative StudiesÐCollege of Art and Design Nancy Mitter, Painting Chair B.F.A., M.A., Wayne State University Joseph Wesner, Sculpture Chair B.F.A., Georgetown University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art

SCULPTURE
Your course work in sculpture will include figurative and nonfigurative objectives with both traditional and contemporary approaches. The curriculum covers casting, metal fabrication, woodcraft, and classical modeling and carving.

PRINTMAKING
You’ll be instructed in the traditional media of intaglio, lithography and relief modes of printmaking production. You’ll also be encouraged to explore nontraditional methods of image making.

PAINTING
You'll cover traditional techniques of seeing as well as contemporary approaches to methods and materials, including oils, acrylics and watercolor.