At Birmingham-南部, we help you find your artistic voice by creating and studying art. The 艺术与艺术史系 offers multiple paths of study to prepare each student for a career in visual art. Our studio classes allow students to explore different periods of art, create and write about their own work, 开发一个深入的投资组合, 展示他们的作品.
Studio art students will choose a concentration in drawing, 绘画, 版画, 摄影, 或雕塑. 我们的教师, working artists with deep roots in the community, have had their work featured in exhibitions around the world. As they teach important concepts, they are also prepared to offer perspective on life as an artist.
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为什么要在澳门新葡京官网学习艺术?
- 画廊空间. 位于肯尼迪艺术中心, the 德宾画廊 provides 澳门新葡京官网 students, 教师, and the Birmingham community with an outstanding space for visiting, 教师, 还有学生展览. Various traveling exhibitions throughout the year highlight works of regionally and nationally recognized artists working in a wide variety of media.
- 当地艺术场景. In addition to the Birmingham Museum of Art, which has one of the finest collections in the Southeast, Birmingham is also home to excellent local artists and galleries. 教师 have strong relationships with these galleries, giving students access to permanent collections, 特殊的展品, 还有艺术家的演讲, 批评人士, 和澳门新葡京官网.
- 学生项目. Art majors have opportunities throughout the year to display their work and work collaboratively. 艺术学生联盟, a student organization open to all student artists, is active on campus through different student-directed exhibitions and projects, including the Ginkgo mural near the Residential Quad.
- 富有冒险精神的学习. 勘探期间, students can take the month of January to deepen their skills, whether they spend the term working on a creative project, 去世界各地旅游, 谋求实习, or taking a course that looks at art in a whole new way. Some past studio art E-Term topics include cell phone 摄影, crafting toys, and artist books.
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学习成果
Upon completion of the studio art major, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and conceptual understanding of the visual arts
- 应用 knowledge of the visual arts creatively
- 视觉交流
- Develop an analytical and interpretative approach to the visual arts
- Solve problems and make decisions relevant to the visual arts
Upon completion of the art history major, students will be able to:
- Utilize art historical terminology and techniques
- Analyze artworks within a social-historical context
- Explain theoretical models and practical research methodologies in the discipline
- Demonstrate written and oral communication skills
Junior art majors participate in the junior studio course, in which they explore themes in contemporary art, 发展深入的想法, 并完善他们的艺术陈述. 在他们大四的时候, 专业人士致力于他们的投资组合, culminating in a senior thesis and exhibition in the 德宾画廊.
Our students have gone on to success in many different fields, becoming working artists as well as graphic designers, 商业插画师, 室内设计师, 博物馆和美术馆策展人, 大学教授, 艺术品拍卖行的工作人员专家, 艺术保护者, 画廊的主人, 艺术品买家, attorneys practicing image copyright law, 医生, 艺术治疗师, 老师, 和一点.
Many students have also attended prestigious graduate programs at universities around the country, including the Maryland Institute College of Art, Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture, Auburn University’s School of Architecture, 克兰布鲁克艺术学院, 和纽约艺术学院.
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美术学士(BFA)
The BFA degree involves a course of study emphasizing extensive professional preparation in studio art. Coursework will provide the foundation necessary for students interested in the serious pursuit of studio art production and art-related fields of employment. The BFA is also the degree for students interested in pursuing post-graduate study leading to the terminal degree (MFA) in studio art.艺术学士(BA)工作室艺术
This degree involves a strong concentration in studio art and art history but allows for a broader spread of coursework in disciplines outside the field of art. Studio art majors who wish to teach at the elementary or secondary school level can easily pair their coursework with degree programs in education.艺术史学士学位
This degree involves a course of study emphasizing extensive professional preparation in the field of art history. Coursework will provide the foundation for students interested in the serious pursuit of art history and art historical fields of employment such as art conservation and curatorial positions within museums and galleries. This BA is also the degree for students interested in post-graduate study leading to the terminal degree (Ph.D.在艺术史上.Find more specific course details in the 课程目录.
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德宾画廊和日历
位于肯尼迪艺术中心, the 德宾画廊 displays visiting, 教师, 还有学生展览 throughout the year. All shows are free and open to the public. Regular exhibitions include the work of art 教师, the Biennial Southeastern High School Art Competition, 博鳌亚洲论坛高级展览, and a 受伤学生展览 open to all students.
Find more information about 澳门新葡京官网’s Visual and Performing Arts season schedule as well as the 澳门新葡京官网 Art Alliance 在这里.
画廊小时:
8:30 a.m. 到下午4:45.m. 星期一至星期五
2022 - 2023年的展览
〇莎拉·埃利斯 沙拉的日子
9月2日星期五nd ——9月29日，星期四th
Opening Reception: 9月2日星期五nd | 6:00-8:00 PM
Artist’s Talk: Thursday, September 22nd | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Art Lecture room 12
朱莉圣. 约翰-克里斯蒂安·斯特雷维 – 艺术展览
10月14日星期五th ——10月27日，星期四th
Opening Reception: 10月14日星期五th | 6:00-8:00 PM
将芬 – 艺术展览
11月4日星期五th ——11月29日，星期二nd
Opening Reception: 11月4日星期五th | 5:00-8:00 PM
艺术家讲座:11月15日，星期二th | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Art Lecture room 12
The exhibition coincides with the Sloss Furnace Iron Pour, sponsored by the Art Student League
Pam Venz – 艺术展览
2月3日星期五rd ——3月16日，星期四th
Opening Reception: 2月3日星期五rd | 6:00-8:00
教务长论坛:2月21日，星期二st | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Norton Theatre
2022 Bachelor of Fine 艺术展览
3月31日星期五st ——4月14日，星期四th
开幕酒会:3月31日星期五st | 6:00-8:00 PM
The 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidates of Birmingham-南部 College exhibit their current senior work.
受伤学生展览
5月1日星期一st ——5月8日，星期一th
由艺术学生联盟主办
Awards Presentation on Honors Day: Thursday, May 4th | 9:00 AM
All exhibits are in the 德宾画廊 of the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center & 阿扎尔的工作室. Exhibition hours are 星期一至星期五 from 9:00 AM until 4:45 PM.
Opening receptions and artist lectures are free and open to the public.
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奖学金
每年, the Art and Art History Department participates in 澳门新葡京官网’s Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Day, at which prospective students compete for the various departmental financial awards.
Studio art scholarships are awarded on the basis of a portfolio and an interview with each candidate. Portfolios should be brought to the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center on the day of the competition. The portfolio should contain only two-dimensional work and should be no large than 30 inches on either side. Three-dimensional work and large work should be presented as digital or printed 照片.
作品集应包括:
- 简短的艺术家声明
- 静物画在线
- 静物绘画的价值
- 彩色静物
- Perspective from life, not from a photograph
- Portrait or self-portrait in graphite from life, not from a photograph
- Hand or foot from life, not from a photograph
In addition to the required basic 图纸, please include sk等hbooks and/or examples of work done in disciplines other than drawing (such as 绘画, 打印, 照片, 雕塑, 等.)
Art history scholarships are awarded on the basis of a writing sample and an interview with each candidate. The writing sample should be a one- to two-page visual analysis of artwork of the student's choosing and should include a scanned or photocopied reproduction of the artwork analyzed. Writing samples should be brought to the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center on the day of the competition.
Find more information about the Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Day 在这里.
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教职员工
史蒂夫-科尔 teaches drawing, 绘画, and senior studio courses at 澳门新葡京官网. His artist statement includes: “A work of art completes itself when the viewer is an active participant. My hope is that the audience of my work will interact on several levels. My intention is to connect ideally with our primal need for play.”
埃琳娜Masrour 艺术客座助理讲师
电子邮件: (电子邮件保护)吉姆·尼尔的雕塑, 图纸, and 摄影 have appeared in regional and national exhibitions at galleries and universities across the country. His work as a freelance photojournalist covering the wars in Central America and life and death among the Serpent Handling Holiness of Appalachia has appeared nationally and internationally in over thirty newspapers, 杂志, 精装出版物.
约翰尼·古德温，艺术副教授
电子邮件: (电子邮件保护)朱迪E. Pandelis, 澳门新葡京官网 Arts Alliance Coordinator/Manager of the College Theatre Box Office/Administrative Assistant for the Departments of Art & 艺术史，音乐， & 戏剧和舞蹈节目
电子邮件:(电子邮件保护)琳达Pierini美术史副教授
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琳达Pierini is a specialist in Asian Art History with an interest in Nineteenth-Century European Art. Her research has focused on objects of worship based on the "Lotus Sutra". She currently teaches art surveys and Asian Art.凯文握手艺术教授
艺术与艺术史系 Chair
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网站: kevinshook.comAs the 版画 area coordinator for 澳门新葡京官网, 凯文握手 teaches foundation art courses and all levels of 版画. His artwork investigates the perception of a reality that is filtered through media. Images are assembled through a range of print media and installations inviting the audience to investigate the connections of the subjects. The viewer’s participation in this visual dialog completes the work.
Dr. 凯萨琳间谍他是艺术史教授
电子邮件: (电子邮件保护)凯萨琳间谍 is a specialist in American art from 1850-1950 and teaches upper-level courses in 19th and 20th-century European and American art, 还有艺术调查. She is particularly interested in issues of gender, 比赛, class, 和国籍, and how “high” art interacts with popular culture. She has published Thomas Eakins's portraits and nervous illness in the 19th century as well as the burlesque 绘画s and 打印 of urban realist Reginald Marsh.
尤尔根•Tarrasch，艺术助理讲师
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网站: jurgentarrasch.com尤尔根•Tarrasch teaches 绘画 at 澳门新葡京官网. His artist statement includes: “I often think about what I visualize in my mind and what I reflect back in the form of my artwork. 对我来说, nature – universally present – is the archetype and the vehicle through which I interpret my ideas… It is the pattern of repetitive images, placed at different angles next to each other, 而且尺寸和颜色都不一样, that gives a sense of movement in my work.”