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- UW Colleges Dept. of Art
Overview
Art in its many forms touches your life everyday. For example, applied
artists designed the clothing you wear and the automobile you drive. Other
artists create the editorial cartoons in the newspapers you read. Fine
artists have painted, sculpted, and created works of art that have been
a part of your life experiences. By studying art, you can gain a new awareness
of visual experiences. Through art, you can have creative and expressive
means of communicating your feelings and a greater zest for life.
You will spend your freshman and sophomore years at the University of
Wisconsin-Fox Valley studying the sciences, humanities, social sciences,
mathematics, and oral and written composition. The junior and senior years
at your transfer institution will be devoted to a large part of specialized
course work in the visual arts.
Career Opportunities
Art careers require an education, which encourages the development of
technical skills and aesthetic ideas. A person interested in pursuing
an art career will be one who thinks creatively about posed problems,
whether the problem is about what color to put on a painting or how a
product can best attract a particular market.
No matter what career you choose in the visual arts, you will do best
with a solid background in the fundamentals of art. UWFox’s classes
in design and drawing stress eye-hand coordination and deci-sion-making
regarding the placement of shapes, marks, and colors—skills required
by all artists, whether they work as oil painters, computer artists or
interior designers. . Classes in sculpture or ceramic courses develop
like skills with the added challenge of the third dimension, and are of
great value to you if you are interested in a career in a ceramics studio
or in architecture. Here are some of the career opportunities for the
art student:
Art Instructor (Kindergarten through 12th grade) Art Historian Interior
Designer Gallery Director Graphic Director Sculptor College Professor
Textile Designer Painter Costume Designer Illustrator Fashion Editor Photographer
Art Director Designers Film
Television Theater
Curriculum Guidelines
The courses may vary from one program to another. UWFox can offer you the freshman and sophomore curriculum needed to begin an art major. You should refer to the catalog of the bachelor degree-granting institution to which transfer is planned. You should also determine during your first year whether or not your intended transfer campus requires the submission of a portfolio prior to admission. The art faculty or Student Services advisors can help you plan a course of study at UWFox that will meet the requirements of the university of your choice. The courses outlined below are to be used as a guide. The beginning English and mathematics classes will be dependent upon placement scores.
Art Core Courses
Introduction to Drawing Intermediate Drawing Two Dimensional Design Three Dimensional Design Introduction to Sculpture Intermediate Sculpture Sculpture II Introduction to Ceramics Intermediate Sculpture Introduction to Ceramics Intermediate Ceramics The Artist and Visual Arts
Liberal Arts Courses
Oral / Written Composition Mathematics Social Sciences Humanities Natural Sciences
Facilities
As an Architecture student you will take several art classes. At UWFox, our studio art facilities are well equipped to suit the needs of required coursework in drawing and design. The rooms are spacious with high ceilings and are beautifully lighted.
Academic and Career Advising
Faculty members are available to assist you within their respective discipline. Student Services advisors are available to assist you with both academic and career selection. The staff will help you to select courses to fulfill academic requirements for your desired majors. Advisors will also be able to assist you with career exploration through computerized interest inventories, resource materials, and job shadowing opportunities.
Further Information
- E-mail address is foxinfo@uwc.edu
- Web address is www.uwfox.uwc.edu
- Career information web address is www.uwhelp.wisconsin.edu
- Call the Student Services Office at (920) 832-2620
- Write to the following address: Student Services Office University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley 1478 Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952
- Visit the campus Student Resource Room
- Explore career options on WISCAREERS computer program