Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design - Studio Art

Sacred Heart University

Express yourself – and impact the world – through art. Give voice to thoughts and feelings through creative, expressive work. Use that work to affect communities and individuals around the world. The Art and Design department prepares students to become artists and designers who are knowledgeable, educated, compassionate and responsive to social and civic obligations in an ever-changing world. Sacred Heart’s ideal location––near New York City and within the world-class design community of Fairfield County––provides students with unprecedented support and inspiration. Internships and a career-launching senior portfolio night give students the experience and connections to find continued success in art.Our sequential curriculum provides students with the highly developed skills and knowledge necessary for a professional visual arts career in drawing, design, painting, illustration, art history, mixed media, computer programs and web design. Students in the program begin with the fundamentals of drawing, design and art history. As students master visual language and its vocabulary, they progress to color theory, figure drawing and painting, relying on principles they learned in their foundation year. Students are introduced to illustration and web design while continuing studies in painting. Exploration of aesthetic approaches, ideas and cultural themes in student work is integral to the studio art program. The culmination of the studio art program is a capstone class in which students create a professional body of work that will be exhibited at the university. This exhibition is an artistic statement of the students’ education and contributes to professional portfolios to utilize in the pursuit of exhibiting professionally.