SDSU School of Art, Design, and Art History

Undergraduate Painting and Printmaking

The Painting and Printmaking emphasis provides an environment that encourages students to develop as professional artists. At the undergraduate level this is realized first by giving the student a strong foundation in perceptual skills and awareness of historical and contemporary precedence. Secondly, it is realized by introducing a variety of concepts that challenges the student to use the basic skills to explore a broader range of artistic issues, and finally, by encouraging the student to pursue a more independent direction in his/her own painting. This program is intended to lay the groundwork for an individual's development as a professional artist, and also to prepare him or her for further study at the graduate level.

Strengths of the program include a well-qualified faculty who bring to the students a wide spectrum of viewpoints. Faculty are professionally active with strong exhibition records. This is enhanced by a Visiting Artist program, which brings contemporary artists to the school each year to interact with students and faculty. Field trips to galleries and museums in San Diego and Los Angeles are organized, and The Darryl Groover Memorial Scholarship, The Paul Lingren Scholarship and The Frances Ellsworth Scholarship are awarded yearly. There is also an undergraduate gallery in the building for exhibition of strong studio artwork for individual and group shows.

The undergraduate Painting and Printmaking emphasis encompasses four main sub-disciplines, as follows:

• Book Arts
• Photography
• Painting
• Printmaking

This page was last updated at 4:46PM on July 10, 2008