Art Department: Painting

Painting

Marywood's painting program will identify and cultivate your particular artistic strengths. Our devoted and diverse faculty of working artists ensures individual attention and a broad range of ideas and approaches to painting. Our graduates have been accepted into highly competitive MFA painting programs including: Parsons School of Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, New York Studio School of Painting & Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and the Burren College of Art in Ireland.

Foundation courses are designed to develop and refine your technical and perceptual skills. Classes focus on problems of pictorial construction and color theory through direct observation of still life, landscapes, and the human figure. Later, you're encouraged to engage in a more personal exploration of painting, when your artistic development largely depends on your own drive and imagination.

At the advanced level, faculty-to-student interaction is primarily one-on-one as you develop more focused interests and a more coherent and personal visual vocabulary. Studio work is supported by regular group critiques and periodic faculty reviews. Frequent trips to galleries and museums in New York City and Philadelphia foster an awareness of contemporary and historical artwork and artists.

Painting majors are encouraged to apply for a semester of study abroad at Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy. This unique program provides a first-hand experience of the richness of cultural history and the global nature of art activity.

For more information about our painting program, contact Steve Alexander at salexander@marywood.edu.