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Explore Your Creative Side
The Studio Art, BFA, program emphasizes the development of visual language through in-depth study of one or more studio areas. Over the span of the program, you will be exposed to traditional areas of artistic craftsmanship as well as innovative trends and technologies, such as courses in animation and digital imaging.
Majors develop professional portfolios to gain entry-level positions in art-related fields or to pursue post-graduate study.
Studio Art Curriculum and Courses
If you are interested in a professional career as a potter or ceramic artist, our program moves from the foundation courses to an introduction of the various construction, decoration, and firing processes as part of the ceramic curriculum, our curriculum provides you with a background in hand-building; wheel-thrown construction methods; low- and high-temperature firing processes; oxidation/reduction atmospheres and raku, soda, and wood firings; and ceramics materials and their contributions to clay bodies, slips, and glazes.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art has six different concentration choices for students: ceramics, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
- ART 122 Drawing Projects
- ART 231 Painting I
- ART 257 Photography
- ART 261 Ceramics
- ART 492 Professional Artist’s Portfolio and Exhibition Experience
As you begin to master your methods, we emphasize content and the development of your personal expression. Professional competitive exhibitions are encouraged, and many of our students, alumni, and faculty have been prizewinners. Our graduates have opportunities to continue their work through graduate school as well as artist’s residencies.
At Miami, Studio Art Majors Will:
- Be able to concentrate in another discipline at the same time as ceramics to produce multimedia artwork.
- Learn the spectrum of the hands-on ceramic technology from working knowledge and application of originating clay bodies to overseeing multiple firing processes to use as tools for nonverbal expression.
- Have the opportunity to complement the major with current technology and business minors in Emerging Technology in Business and Design, Communication Design, and Arts Management.
Career Options for Studio Art Majors
Whether you’re drawn to shaping future generations, crafting visual identities, honing your studio practice, or exploring the fashion industry, our programs prepare you for a wide spectrum of professional opportunities.
The skills you will acquire in our Studio Art, BFA, program will allow you to engage in hands-on making and prepare for roles in galleries, creative industries, design firms, education, and more.
The more you know about a sport, a landscape, it’s going to come out. You’re studying it, focusing on it, you’re learning how a body is going to move, what time the sun will set, and how the clouds will come into play.
Bo Bridges ’96
Additional Opportunities for Studio Art Majors
The Visual Arts Club
Visual Arts Club is a group of student artists committed to professional development and fostering a thriving, interdisciplinary arts community on campus. Its aim is to give art students continued opportunities to have experiences that will prepare them for a future career in creative arts.
Effusions
Effusions is the official student-run art journal of Miami’s Art Department. It promotes and publishes an annual art journal exemplary of all works, visual and written, from students attending Miami University. The journal aims to highlight the importance of the visual arts/ study of art on the Miami University campus.
Follow on Instagram:
@effusions_mu
Study Abroad
Students can participate in the Florence University of the Arts Study Abroad program at The American University of Florence
Facts and Stats
Your college experience here will be one of the most exciting times of your life. To make sure of this, we’ll provide you with a powerful support system.
First-to-second year retention
Miami University Data
Among Public Universities in the United States for Four-Year Graduation Rate
OIRE
of 2021 CCA graduates employed or pursuing advanced degrees within six months of graduation
Miami University Data
Studio Art Admission Requirements
Students interested in direct admission into the BFA Studio Art program must submit a portfolio of creative works to the Department of Art for review. Students pursuing the B.A. in Studio Art may be admitted into the program without a portfolio review, but may choose to submit a portfolio for the consideration of a talent-based scholarship. All students submitting a portfolio will automatically be considered for talent-based scholarships.
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
513-529-2531
[email protected]
Department of Art
Rob Robbins
Professor of Studio Art
Department of Art
Art Building 124
400 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056