The Foundation Program introduces the Fine Arts undergraduates to a cohesive curriculum offered through a sequence of first-year courses. The curriculum will focus on visual literacy and understanding the use of technique as a tool to illustrate concepts that span many different art disciplines and cultures. Students will be encouraged to realize their place in the continuum of art history with an emphasis on contemporary art. Each course consists of studio practice in addition to the course lecture series.

Integrated Arts

The goal of the Integrated Arts Program (IAP) is to provide qualified graduate students with the opportunity to study and create works of art from an informed conceptual point of view. A graduate studio program, the IAP invites artists to apply to the program whose interests cross boundaries between media and disciplines. It provides the student with the facilities, including studios and labs, required for such interdisciplinary work. While emphasizing critical discourse and visual literacy in the production and study of art, the program encourages students to work with faculty from the Department of Art and Art History, as well as other departments and schools such as engineering, ethnic studies, mathematics, performing arts, and women’s studies, to name only a few options. The program emphasizes critical discourse and visual literacy in the production and study of art. An integral part of the IAP is direct interaction with distinguished visiting artists and scholars each year, as well as opportunities to see exhibitions in the CU Art Museum, which is committed to showing the work of cutting edge national and international artists.