Studio Foundation Faculty
Studio Foundation faculty are experts in fields from painting to sculpture to photography – and also enjoy working across disciplines.
In your first year, you will learn to take projects through the full creative process, from idea to critique.
The Studio Foundation curriculum is required of all first-year students before they select a major for their sophomore year. Students arrive at MassArt with varying levels of experience, as well as differing interests and backgrounds. Studio Foundation introduces every first-year student to a wide variety of techniques and media that cut across traditions and technologies; something is new for everyone.
A Drawing Studio Foundation class in with Faculty member Joshua Hart.
Margaret Clark BFA ’28, Lady Stella, Sumi Ink on Paper, 2025.
A Visual Language Studio Foundation class in the Doran Gallery with Lucie March.
As a first-year student, you will learn to develop projects through all stages of the creative process, from inception, to design, then construction, presentation, revision, and completion. You will learn how to effectively and wisely critique your own work and the work of others, while learning to situate your studio practice in the historical, social and cultural contexts of artmaking.
Foundation Year
Major Requirements
- SFDN181 Studio for Drawing 3 cr. Fall
- SFDN182 Visual Language 3 cr. Fall
- SFDN185 Drawing Projects 3 cr. Spring
- SFDN191 Time 3 cr. Spring
- SFDN183 Form Study 3 cr. Fall/Spring
- Studio Elective 3 cr. Fall/Spring
Total Credits: 18
Summary
| Studio Foundation | 18cr | ||
| Liberal Arts | 3-6cr | ||
| History of Art | 6-9 cr | ||
| Total Credits | 30cr |
After completing the Foundation Year, all students continue taking Liberal Arts Courses in Humanities and Integrative Sciences and Biological Arts, as well as and History of Art courses, which comprise one-third of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. The undergraduate curriculum is designed to enhance and complement the creativity that occurs during the sophomore, junior, and senior years.
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