The School of Art and Art History’s Foundations Program offers a series of preparatory courses that introduce incoming students to the concepts, practices and history of studio art and design. These courses are the groundwork students need to proceed to the next area of study. Courses address interrelated concepts, connect with each other thematically, and introduce a wide range of visual and technical skills. Students develop a vocabulary of processes, approaches, and concepts that integrate reading, research, and writing components with formal studio practice. While balancing the formal, technical, and conceptual aspects of our field, these courses make it clear the interrelatedness of each with the understanding that one does not exist without the other and that art is always about ideas.
