:: Fine Arts

Whether your passion lies in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, or new media, AIB prepares fine arts majors for a lifetime of artistic pursuit. You may go on to be an exhibiting fine artist, like many of our graduates, or you may use your fine arts training as the basis for a career in an art-related field such as arts administration or art education.

Starting with a solid foundation in traditional media, the curriculum unfolds with a cross-disciplinary approach that encourages individual expression. For example, a class like Painting the Human Head, which examines the structure, proportions, and character of the human head, might later surprisingly inform your new interest in abstract sculpture.

The fine arts curriculum allows you to go broad and deep to your interests and needs. Though your prime focus may be in the fine arts, you have the option to take additional courses from the other departments, allowing you to explore your varied interests and expand your versatility as an artist.

You will work closely with our faculty of working artists. They will share their knowledge and experience to assist and advise you in discovering your own creative path and artistic potential. Critiques by faculty members and visiting artists will enrich the studio experience by providing new points of view and fresh ideas.

Our expanding work space includes a professional printmaking studio with five presses for etching, woodcut, and lithography, a well-equipped wood shop, a plaster-casting room, a figure sculpture studio, and a ceramics studio with three kilns. Senior Fine Arts students have their own semi-private work spaces and there is a two-floor exhibition space exclusively reserved for student shows.