Celebrate our students as they begin their time at the School of Art! The BEGINNINGS 2025 exhibition - running August 19 through September 10 - is a showcase of student artwork completed in the past academic year, featuring work from our four First-Year Foundations courses:
- AFA 101 - Drawing Studio
- ADS 101 - 2D Foundations
- ADS 102 - 3D Foundations
- ADS 103 - 4D Foundations
Foundations provides all first-year students in the studio art, animation, graphic design, and art education programs with the fundamental concepts of art and design through an intensive year-long studio-based experience. This interdisciplinary program emphasizes critical thinking and making skills, conceptual development, process, collaboration, and experimentation. Students are introduced to the School of Art's learning approaches and gain a deeper understanding of historical and contemporary practices in art and design.
Foundations courses push students to try new ways of observing and interpreting the world around them as they work with a wide variety of materials and ideas. The program prepares them for a future in all areas of the School of Art and beyond. This exhibition recognizes and celebrates our students at the beginning of their journey in the School of Art.
Join us for the Exhibition Reception and Awards Ceremony on August 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. This exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Special thanks to Art Mart for sponsoring this exhibition and selecting the Best in Show award recipient.