START...studio, tradition, art, research, technology.... Your first year is formative for your college experience – it is both building block and stepping stone. As you consider your degree specialization – be it in Art History, Graphic Design, Studio Art, or Art Education – START will give you the essential tools to become a creative and critical maker and thinker. Discover a range of materials and ideas. Learn how to combine ideas and forms. Explore different countries and continents, and traverse vast expanses of space and time. Begin to talk critically about a work of art. Question assumptions. Build a community – by the simple act of learning from each other. Your instructors will guide you in the fundamentals, challenge you to test your creative limits, and encourage you to discover that most foreign country – yourself. We will work in- and outside the studio, classroom, and gallery, to get you on your way to becoming a learned, resourceful, adaptive, and committed artist.

ART FOUNDATIONS COURSES

ART 1100 – Introduction to Art
ART 1302 – 2D Design: Introduction
ART 2303 – 3D Design: Introduction
ART 1303 – Drawing I: Introduction
ART 2304 – Drawing II: Introduction
ARTH 1301 – Art History Survey I
ARTH 2302 – Art History Survey II

BFA/BA Portfolio and Advising

All SOA undergraduates go through a year of Art Foundations. The program starts with the basics, grounding you in the fundamentals of artmaking, and ends with a declaration of your area of specialization: BA in Art History, BA in Art, BFA in Graphic Design, BFA in Studio Art, or BFA in Art Education. Online option: BFA/BA Portfolio and Advising

Student Work