Division
of the Arts
Website: http://studioarts.bard.edu
Updated December 7, 2021
Advising Faculty
1.
Nayland
Blake (director)
2.
Ken Buhler
3.
Adriane Colburn
4.
Daniella Dooling
5.
Ellen Driscoll
6.
Kenji Fujita
7.
Arthur Gibbons
8.
Jeffrey Gibson
9.
Beka
Goedde
10.
Maggie Hazen
11.
Dave McKenzie
12.
Lothar
Osterburg
13.
Judy Pfaff
14.
Lisa Sanditz
15.
Joseph Santore
16.
Julianne Swartz
17.
Sam Vernon
The Studio Arts
Program at Bard College is available to both the student who wishes to major
and moderate into the program as well as the student who wishes to experience
the visual arts and apply that experience to other disciplines. For the student who wishes to moderate into
the program and graduate with a degree in studio art the following course
components are required:
Moderation
Requirements:
1.
Art History course (1 of the 2
required Art History courses should be based in post-1945 art)
2.
Drawing I
3.
Studio course (Drawing, Sculpture,
Printmaking, Painting, Digital or Extended Media)
4.
Studio course (Drawing, Sculpture,
Printmaking, Painting, Digital or Extended Media)
5.
Studio course (Drawing, Sculpture,
Printmaking, Painting, Digital or Extended Media)
By the time of
their moderation, all students intending to moderate into Studio Art must have
completed a Drawing I class and three other studio courses.
Students moderate
by the end of their sophomore year and after having completed at least 40
credits. At Moderation, students present
a body of work to a group of three faculty members after participating in a
group exhibition of the artwork of prospective art majors. A successful moderation is necessary to major
in the studio arts program.
*Attendance at
visiting artist lectures is strongly encouraged for all moderated studio art
majors and suggested for all students intending to moderate.
Graduation
Requirements:
6.
Level III Studio courses as discussed
with adviser
7.
Art History course (1 of the 2
required Art History courses should be based in post-1945 art)
8.
Senior Seminar
9.
Senior Project I
10.
Senior Project II
Students must take courses
with at least two or three different professors and cannot repeat the same
course with the same professor. Seniors
must take the required Senior Seminar class in addition to their Studio classes
and Senior project.
Senior Projects are a culmination and a visual presentation of the
student's four years of study and studio art career at Bard College, and are
exhibited in Senior Project Exhibitions at the end of the fall or spring
semester.
Sample Program of Study
First
Year |
Sophomore
Year |
Junior
Year |
Senior
Year |
• ART 101 Painting I • ART 107 Drawing I • FYSEM I (fall) • FYSEM II (spring) |
• ART 201 Painting II • ART 105 Sculpture I • Art History 102 Moderation (spring) |
• ART 301 Painting III • Art History 265 participation in junior events |
• Sr. Project I (fall) • Sr. Project II (spring) • Senior Seminar |