BFA Painting
The Painting concentration embodies the significant cornerstones of studio practice: visual literacy, aesthetic understanding, and technical skills. The curriculum offers a broad range of materials, techniques, and processes in its representational and non-representational approaches to art making. Disciplines inherent in the Painting concentration include Drawing and Printmaking. Foundation-level courses focus on a greater understanding of pictorial principles and design through still life, landscape, interior and invented motifs. Observational analysis, spatial relationships, and compositional strategies are emphasized in the progressive stages of the curriculum. Intermediate life drawing courses focus on the human model and the representation of form and structure in a composed space. Advanced courses concentrate on the exploration of ideas and images to develop and encourage personal expression.
The Visiting Artist-in-Residence program offers students the additional opportunity to engage with a broad range of working artists who are invited to spend one semester teaching painting and drawing to undergraduates and graduates. Students work with an artist in a classroom/critique environment and are invited to attend an exhibition and lecture on the artist's work.
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Painting Faculty
List of Courses
These are the courses required by the painting concentration. For a suggested schedule of courses for painting students, see the schedule at the bottom of this page. For more information on these and other available courses, see the Art Department's list of courses or the UNCG course bulletin.
In addition to the University's General Core (GEC) requirements, all studio art majors entering the program in Fall 2011* or afterwards are required to take the following core courses::
- ARH 110: Survey of Western Art - Prehistory - Renaissance
- ARH 111: Survey of Western Art - Renaissance - Contemporary
- ARH 112: Survey of Non-Western Art
- Four art history courses above the 100 level
- ART 120: Fundamentals of Drawing
- ART 140: Design I
- ART 150: 3D Foundations
- ART 220: Intermediate Drawing
- ART 221: Life Drawing I
- ART 321: Life Drawing II
- ART 322: Variable Topics in Drawing
courses required by the painting concentration:
- ART 232: Painting I
- ART 335: Painting II
- ART 337: Painting III
- ART 482: Capstone Painting
- 4 semester hours of Printmaking or Etching: ART 226, 228, 229, 428, 429
- 8 semester hours of art or related electives at the 300 level or above
- Electives sufficient to complete the 128 semester hours required for the degree.
elective courses in painting include:
- ART 322: Variable Topics in Drawing
- ART 439: Painting: Selected Media
- ART 529: Multi-Media Print
Senior Exhibition Requirement: All seniors enrolled in the BFA and BA Studio Art Programs must exhibit their work in the annual Senior Exhibition held each spring semester. Students are encouraged to consult the UNCG Undergraduate Bulletin for course descriptions.
Suggested Course Schedule
This list outlines the schedule of courses recommended for majors in the painting concentration. For more information on courses and requirements, see the Art Department's list of courses or the UNCG course bulletin. For information on advising, see the Art Department's page or contact the Department.
Freshman Year
Semester I
- Art History 110, 111 or 112
- Art 120, 140, or 150
- General Ed. (choose 3 preferably with a GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 15 credit hours
Semester II
- Art History 110, 111 or 112
- ART 120, 140, or 150
- ART 220 (if ART 120 is completed)
- General Ed (choose 2 if possible, preferably with GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 15 credit hours
Sophomore Year
Semester III
- Art History 110, 111 or 112
- Art 232 (if ART 120 is completed)
- ART 120, 140, 150 (to finish core req.)
- ART 221 (if ART 220 is completed)
- General Ed. (choose 1 course; preferably with a GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 15 credit hours
Semester IV
- Art History (choose 1 from 200, 300 or 400 level)
- ART 335
- ART 321 (if ART 221 is completed)
- General Ed (choose 1 course; preferably with GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 15 credit hours
Junior Year
Semester V
- Art History (choose 1 from 200, 300 or 400 level)
- Art 337 and one printmaking course
- ART 321 (may be repeated) or 322 (if offered)
- General Ed. (choose 1 course; preferably with a GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 18 credit hours
Semester VI
- Art History (choose 1 from 200, 300 or 400 level)
- One printmaking course
- ART 393 Practicum/Internship - ideal for those seeking professional training. May count as art or art related elective
- ART 496 Spec. Probs. Studio
- ART 321
- General Ed. (choose 1 course; preferably with a GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
- Recommended 18 credit hours
Senior Year
Semester VII
- ART 482
- ART 496 Spec. Probs. Studio
- ART 321
- One printmaking course
- General Ed. (choose 1 course; if possible, choose one with a GL, GN, SI or WI marker)
Semester VIII
- Art History (choose 1 from 200, 300 or 400 level)
- ART 482 (if not previously taken)
- ART 322
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