Arts courses Hampshire

Artists at Hampshire are in a unique position to create work in a multidisciplinary environment that expresses their personal visions.

Rather than limiting themselves to one or another medium, studio arts concentrators are exposed early to a variety of different tools and materials that they may use to express themselves and explore their artistic voice within a liberal arts context.

A broad array of studio courses, critical theory, art history, and a portfolio of independent work are required components of a studio arts concentration.

This type of training not only enables students to overlap disciplines and technologies, but actually allows new forms to emerge as well. Consequently, Hampshire graduates in studio art have gained admission to the top M.F.A. programs nationally and internationally.

Alums are currently exhibiting at premier galleries and museums in New York and worldwide.

Student Project Titles

• Beauty and Happiness in the City
• Openings: Sculptures and Drawings about the Body
• Nos(otros): Art Questioning Borders

Sample First-Year Course

Sculpture Tutorial

Sculpture Tutorial provides students with a conceptual framework for the exploration of three-dimensional form. Fundamental sculptural principles are linked to the development of skills and ideas within a range of materials such as cardboard, clay, wood, plaster, steel, and lightweight concrete. Subject matter will include the figure, abstraction, environmental sculpture, and installation art. Readings, research projects, slide lectures, visiting artists, and group critiques will provide a theoretical framework for the development of independent work.