About the Program
Professors: Michael Peglau, Livio Saganic
Associate Professor: Raymond Stein (chair)
Assistant Professors: Lee Arnold, William Mutter (adjunct)
Lecturers: Andrea Cohen (adjunct), Lisa Lawley (adjunct), Ahni Kruger (adjunct), Brian Lav (adjunct)
The Art Department is committed to developing in each art major the capacity for creative problem solving in making art. We ask students to progress through a series of studio projects, acknowledging a firm foundation in art history and contemporary art, and through critical thinking to achieve individual expression. We believe that contemporary expression in art requires a grounding not just in studio practice but also in the rigorous study of various image making traditions and cultures. We further think that it is important that students develop an understanding of the art world itself which is best explored through the offerings of New York City.
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Requirements for the Major (44 credits)
All majors are expected to attend Art Department functions and events, including guest lectures, gallery talks, exhibition receptions, workshops, and meetings.
Majors are also expected to become actively engaged in the department's exhibition program. The spaces include the Korn Gallery, the Student Gallery, Dean's cases, art department corridors, and other campus locations.
A portfolio exemption may be petitioned for a required course, but, if granted, must be replaced by an intermediate or upper-level course in the same medium.
I. At least one design course or a portfolio exemption (4 credits)
ART 2/Two-Dimensional Design (4)
ART 3/Three-Dimensional Design (4)
II. At least one introductory sculpture course (4 credits)
ART 3/Three-Dimensional Design (4), if not used for design requirement
ART 28/Sculpture I (4)
III. At least one introductory painting course (4 credits)
ART 23/Painting I (4)
IV. At least one printmaking course (4 credits)
ART 25/Printmaking: Serigraphy (4)
ART 126/Printmaking: Lithography (4)
ART 129/Printmaking: Relief (4)
ART 130/Printmaking: Intaglio (4)
V. At least one drawing course (4 credits)
ART 21/Drawing IA (4)
ART 22/Drawing IB (4)
VI. At least one (three if not taking ART 140 and ART 141) additional intermediate- or upper-level studio courses selected from painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, digital art courses or ceramics (12 credits)
With departmental approval, students are encouraged to participate in the Senior Thesis, which consists of:
ART 140/Selected Studio Projects (4)
ART 141/Advanced Studio Projects (4)
Eligible students will be notified prior to registration.
VII. Two semesters of Art History (8 credits)
ARTHST 4/Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval (4) or ARTHST 5/Western Art II: Pre-Modern and Modern (4)
ARTHST 106/Early 20th-Century Art (4)
VIII. ART 145/Semester on Contemporary Art (4-8)
Students are urged to take additional upper-level art history courses.
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Requirements for the Minor (20 credits)
Students must complete five courses (20 credits) in studio art, at least 16 credits of which must be at the intermediate or upper level.
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Exchange Courses
Through Drew's cooperative programs with the College of St. Elizabeth and Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison, students may take courses in art education, in commercial art, and in communications. Faculty advisers furnish details. Students register for exchange courses through the Registrar's Office at Drew.
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Internships
Advanced students may take internships yielding professional job experience in studio, museum, or gallery work or in other art-related fields. Internships may be available in the surrounding area and in New York City with, for example, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Sotheby's auction house, major galleries, or with corporate consultants, contemporary artists, architects, and graphic designers. Course credit for such work must be earned under the academic internship program (see INTR 50).
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Advanced Placement (AP) examinations
Students who receive a score of 4 or 5 on the general (studio) art examination may present the AP portfolio to the department, which evaluates it for credit and exemption on an individual basis. See pages 15-16 for further information about AP credits.
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Off-Campus Programs
New York Semester on Contemporary Art
New York, the center of the contemporary art world, is home to more than 100,000 artists, 1,000 galleries, and 10 major art museums. It is the vital location for the Drew Semester on Contemporary Art, directed by a Drew faculty member and offered in the fall semester. Students in this eight-credit program spend two days each week in New York visiting artists, critics, and arts professionals, and viewing art in museums and galleries, plus attending a seminar on campus. There are many opportunities for dialogue with leading figures in New York 's contemporary art world. To complete a full academic course load for the semester, students may do an internship in New York or take additional courses on campus.
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