Painting

As a Painting student, you will experience a wide range of approaches from abstract and figural painting to alternative media and installation. Your work will be guided by our faculty of professional artists through individual and group studio critiques, workshops, seminars, and special topics courses. In addition, a series of special events such as exhibitions, artist visits, and scholar programs will present you with the issues, challenges, and practices you can expect to face during your professional life. You also will be tutored in creating a professional portfolio, developing grant-writing skills, and proper etiquette for successfully approaching dealers, curators, and collectors. You will learn how to set up your own professional studio in our Professional Practices program. Your CIA experience culminates with a BFA exhibition that entails presenting a body of self-initiated work, an oral defense, and a written artist statement.

As part of the Visual Arts and Technologies (VAT) Environment, you will share in an integrated curriculum studying other disciplines within the environment including Drawing, Printmaking, Fiber + Material Studies, and Sculpture. You also may take classes from and work individually with our VAT Environment Artist-in-Residence, a leading artist in his or her field. Each spring, you have the opportunity to visit professional galleries and exhibitions, such as the Whitney Biennial and The Armory Show, in New York City.

Watch Painting students at work in the studio