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directly engage skills and concepts used by artists, and to understand how
different materials and tools affect the creative process. Art history majors
will also need to achieve reading competency in either French or German.
This can generally be achieved through a two-course beginning language
sequence.
A required senior seminar, which includes the senior thesis, is held in the
fall and spring of the senior year and consists of original art historical
research. In the spring of the senior year, students, through an oral
presentation, present their research to the art and art history faculty.
The department also offers a varied schedule of art events, including
visiting artist and art historian lectures, art films and art exhibitions,
which are designed as part of the student’s education. Studio and art
history majors are required by department policy to attend out-of-class
events sponsored by the department. All seniors in both majors are
required to attend the art history thesis presentation and the reception for
the senior project in art exhibition.
A number of special study opportunities offered by the department
further enrich the art program at Hartwick. Individualized instruction in
studio classes gives students the opportunity to work closely with
professional artists. The full-time faculty is joined each semester by
resident artists-specialists who teach courses in such areas as
glassblowing, graphic design, letterpress and drawing-and by prestigious
visiting artists who conduct occasional workshops or lectures. Past
visiting artists have included Kay WalkingStick, Duane Michaels, Michael
Pestel, and Sandy Skoglund.
Other special opportunities include department-sponsored study
programs in Europe and New York City. In addition, students may do
advanced work or independent study with a professional in a medium or
area of special interest. They also may intern with professional artists or
art historians in a variety of fields including book illustration, advertising,
photojournalism, gallery and museum management, and art history
research. Students interested in curating exhibitions for museums or
galleries are encouraged to gain experience through internships
supervised by appropriate department faculty, or by taking museum
studies courses offered through The Yager Museum of Art & Culture.
Students are encouraged to consider completing the interdisciplinary
Museum Studies Minor. In addition, Round House Press offers students
the opportunity to develop professional skills in fine arts printmaking.
All majors in the department take courses in other disciplines as part of
their liberal arts and sciences education. The background and experience
gained by students of art and art history at Hartwick has enabled them to
begin careers in a wide range of art-related fields. Others pursue graduate
study at such institutions as Otis Art Institute, Columbia University,
Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Washington
University, Pratt Institute, Rutgers University, and the State University of
New York at Albany.
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