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In today’s world, “sculpture” defines a broad, diverse range of objects and practices. The Sculpture program at the Art Academy of Cincinnati provides a strong foundation in traditional and contemporary 3-D processes, enabling students to explore the full spectrum of possibilities. With guidance and individual attention from instructors, Sculpture majors fuse old and new mediums and strategies into their own art-making process.

The Sculpture major has many exciting career paths. Many recent AAC graduates are exhibiting their sculpture at the local, regional, or national level. Others are entering top graduate programs or working for successful designers, foundries, fabricators, display firms, and interior design firms.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in Computer Animation is designed to provide students with the advanced conceptual and technical skills needed to enter the field of computer animation, game art and game design.
Utilizing industry-standard hardware and software such as Maya, Motion Builder, Z-Brush, Motion capture, Renderman and AVID, students at the Academy are exposed to a comprehensive course of study that can provide them with opportunities to:
Gain a strong foundation in the principles of animation, storyboarding, drawing, modeling and animation.
Specialize in television, feature films, games and other exciting career fields.
Create projects for competition and portfolio that can help students confidently prepare to enter a competitive job market.
Train on the same equipment used by major motion picture and game studios.

This career-focused Computer Animation degree program explores professional principles and practices in the computer animation and game industry. Students will be instructed in the principles of drawing, character development in both 2D and 3D. Students will have an opportunity to develop characters, animations, amazing worlds and special effects like those used in feature films, television and games.

Whether working as an applied or fine artist, the successful photographer is one who can find the most appropriate blend of a developed aesthetic and the science and technology of image-making to produce a legible personal statement. The Photography Program at Marywood offers a strong foundation in the technical skills required of the photographer. Traditional media are stressed, while developments in digital imaging are embraced. Fluency in the medium is enriched and expanded by the study of aesthetics and art/photographic history, as well as through class discussions and critiques, which emphasize the development of the voice of the individual as artist. The relationship of photography to other disciplines, such as illustration and graphic design, is explored in projects involving both areas of study. Marywood’s flexible program is designed to meet the individual needs of the aspiring photographic professional.

The major in studio art gives a thorough education in the traditions of twentieth-century drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture. In addition to extensive studio courses, the major covers the history of art and its role in contemporary society.

The introductory two-term sequence, called Theory and Techniques of Studio Art, focuses on developing the fundamentals of visual language. The major culminates in Open Studio and the Senior Show, immersing the student in building and exhibiting a body of work.

The minors in ceramics, painting, photography, sculpture and printmaking each have a strong foundation in the basic requirements of an art major, as well as in-depth experiences in one of the department’s program areas, ensuring that each student has a broad understanding of the visual language and is able to articulate visual ideas.

The Seattle University Photography program offers a strong foundation in photographic technique, critical theory and creative development. In collaboration with the Photographic Center Northwest, the required photography courses for the program are further enhanced by numerous elective offerings each quarter.

In addition, the Photographic Center Northwest, a non-profit community arts center, invites internationally recognized photographers to teach workshops and give public lectures throughout the year. Seattle University photography students are exposed to the work of both regional and international photographers through rotating gallery exhibitions at the Photographic Center Northwest.

The Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce a new degree program, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in photography

The graduate program in photography, video and related media at SVA brings together traditional and digital lens-based arts. Students in the photography graduate school are encouraged to explore ways they can utilize new technology to engage creative potential and advance in their fields. Request a catalog to learn more about the graduate school of photography, video and related media at SVA.

As an innovative leader in teaching creative lens-based arts, our focus is to challenge traditional assumptions of how the mediums of photography and video are taught. We believe that photography is a universal matrix for the documentation of the world. The complexities of 21st-century cultural relationships-between and amongst photography and the fine arts, communications, sciences and the humanities-require examination and analysis in order to produce original imagery that stems from the exploration of these relationships. It is this quest that this program strives to cultivate.

Being one of the first graduate programs to initiate digital practice, the implications of new technology form the cornerstone of our thinking as we continue to evolve new strategies for engaging creative potential. Our teaching holds that the computer is unlike other forms of expression. The virtual world is an exciting realm of exploration and innovation for the lens-based artist.

We seek to expand the photographic vocabulary and consider the implications that design, video, hypermedia, telecommunications and other electronic components have on the medium. By exposing our students to these potentialities, we open an arena in which to revolutionize and redefine visual practice, supported by a strong foundation of historical discourse, theoretical dialogue and technical assistance. New York City and all that it has to offer as a cultural capital – its communications network, museums and galleries – are part of this exploration.

Our faculty is a reflection of our diversity and of our desire to constantly explore imaginative uses of lens-based arts. They are committed professionals in the world of imagery and are guided by their curiosity and concern for witness, observation and testament, giving students a greater awareness and responsibility for these concerns.

The video track recognizes the arguably dominant position that video, film and television have taken in our society and in our culture. The tools for work in video are new, and we are only beginning to understand their potential. The medium has great value in its potential to communicate in ways that other verbal and visual languages can not. Our curriculum examines the important work that can be achieved in the development of a rich, trustworthy and relevant video language. We begin this new media study and practice with a considered sense of cultural and intellectual exploration.

Our students have many options within the program to pursue their interests, whether in the traditional practice of photography, the moving image or the virtual realm of the circuit. We accept that all of these options are related and interdisciplinary in nature, and international in their reach. Each of us has a voice in the greater realm of our society where creativity is no longer the reserve of the elite. Our multicultural dialogue nourishes creativity and allows for individual talent to flourish. However, we expect every student to be held accountable for making a contribution by bearing witness, giving testament and observing the social issues and concerns of our time

In the Media Arts & Animation program, you’ll develop a strong foundation in drawing, design, and illustration in order to produce traditional 2-D formats. Then, you’ll move into computer generated 3-D formats that make characters and objects come alive. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as animator, computer animator, digital media producer, special effects artist, background designer, computer artist, layout artist, or video game artist