Art (BA)

For Art majors with an Emphasis in Studio Art, completing your degree involves a key final component: the Senior Overview and participation in the Senior Show 🎨🎉.

• Senior Overview: This is a showcase of your best work from the final semester of your senior year, created in one of your chosen studio areas 🖼️✨. This work may come from a regular studio course or an independent study project.
• Senior Show: Held at the end of the Spring semester in the Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, this event is where you will present your work to the public and faculty 🖼️🏛️.
• Advisor Role: Your senior overview advisor, who is the instructor of your final studio course, will guide and approve your submitted work. The director of the Senior Show also reviews the work 🧑‍🎨👨‍🎨.
• Summer Graduates: If you graduate at the end of the summer term, you are expected to participate in the Senior Show before completing your coursework 🌞📅.

Successful graduates of the BA in Art program will be able to:

• Express Creativity: Develop and articulate a unique, individual voice through artistic practices that engage with contemporary global art and design trends 🌍🎨.
• Implement Art and Design Vocabulary: Utilize formal vocabularies of art and design to enhance and inform artistic dialogue and practice 🗣️🖼️.
• Practice Drawing: Use drawing as a tool for generating and developing creative ideas ✏️💡.
• Draw from Art History: Leverage knowledge of art and design history to inspire and inform one’s own artistic work 📚🖌️.
• Analyze and Discuss: Critically analyze and discuss art and design using discipline-specific vocabularies and methods 🔍🎨.
• Demonstrate Skill Growth: Show proficiency and development in artistry and technical skills across various media and artistic processes 🎨🛠️.

1. ART 1900: First-Year Exhibition

• When: Spring of the first year
• What: Students must register for and participate in the First-Year Exhibition 🎨📅. This event is a group exhibition where students showcase their work with their first-year cohort. It includes a public reception and offers a chance to reflect on progress and achievements. Faculty from the Department of Art, Design, and Art History (DADAH) will review the work and provide feedback 🖼️👨‍🎨.

2. ART 2900: DADAH Critique

• When: First semester after completing 18 studio credits
  • Traditional Freshmen: Fall or Spring of sophomore year
  • Transfer Students: First semester at Webster or after accumulating 18 studio credits
• What: Students must register for the DADAH Critique 📅🗣️. This review involves a day-long critique session with DADAH faculty to assess student progress. After the critique, students will meet with their advisor to discuss feedback and recommendations. In some cases, a second review may be required. Students will be notified of portfolio review dates by the department 📆🔍.