All art majors...
start with our foundations courses, then choose their concentration area to finish their degree and prepare for a career or further study in a graduate school.
As an art major @MSSU,
you will have 9 well-equipped
and
maintained studios to explore
and develop your skills
as an artist:
Drawing/painting: drawing studio with tables, benches, easels, professional models
...and a surround sound for music.
Graphic Design:
Two Macintosh computer labs, wireless internet,
Epson
large format printers,
black & white and color laser printers, the latest Adobe software, G-5 computers and large digital photo studio.
Ceramics:
A ventilated main studio containing 13 powered potters wheels, a Bailey
Slab Roller, Clay Extruder, wedging and working tables, Clay and Glaze
mixing Area with a Spraybooth, Bluebird Clay mixer(s), and a vertical
pug mill. Two additional kiln rooms house 5 kilns: three electric
kilns, a gas-fired Raku Kiln with hoist, and a Bailey 35
cubic foot, downdraft, forced-air,
natural gas kiln.
Sculpture/foundry: modeling, carving, wood and metal fabrication,
welding, casting. Furnace and crucibles for casting bronze or aluminum, some metal
cutting equipment, a sandblasting cabinet, and welding equipment
including an oxy/ace torch, 5 stick welders and a plasma torch. For woodworking: band and scroll saws,
sander, jointer, planer, mitre box saw, table saw--all with a sawdust
ventilation system, and multiple
hand tools.
by Robin Yarrington
Jewelry - fabricating, bronze
and
aluminum casting
Art Education : studio areas
to create projects for art education
Printmaking: etching, relief prints,
silkscreen, lithography
If you want to be in the graphic design/communication field then the Graphic Communications emphasis is the major to choose. We have many internship opportunities.
Studio Art:
The degree program with studio emphasis prepares you to pursue a career as a fine artist or to study for an advanced degree. You may specialize in any studio area - painting, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, drawing, watercolor or printmaking.
Art Education:
So you have always wanted to teach your love of visual art. Art education is the path to choose. Many art education programs require your education courses with few studio art classes. MSSU art education graduates become well prepared as artists/educators.
