Fine Art Painting and Drawing
Associate in Arts
Program Details
The Painting and Drawing program promotes painting as a fundamental form of visual and artistic expression. The principal component of the program is studio activity, and students explore studio work that demonstrates individual expression, critical thinking, and an awareness of art's historical and contemporary issues. Students also consider the roles of sight, insight, and perception in relation to processes of making from the foundation level onward. Critical dialogue and rigorous expectations about studio practice support work toward an artistic vision.
Fine Art Painting and Drawing Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Become familiar with the historical achievements, current major issues, processes, and directions of painting and drawing. 4. Be afforded opportunities to exhibit their work and to experience and participate in critiques and discussions of their work and the work of others.
- Gain functional competence with principles of visual organization, including the ability to work with visual elements in two and three dimensions; color theory and its applications; and drawing.
- Present work that demonstrates perceptual acuity, conceptual understanding, and technical facility at a professional entry level in painting and drawing.