Course General Description

Painting and Drawing Majors engage in research, problem solving, and personal expression to develop an individual voice through a range of media. Artists are immersed in an environment that encourages an innovative definition of Painting and Drawing that promotes technical proficiency, focus, and exploration. Students explore a range of diverse possibilities through realistic, abstract and/or non-objective subject matter that characterize the dynamic, eclectic practice of contemporary painting and drawing. The major offers flexibility, expansiveness and the opportunity to connect to multiple genre and disciplines.

School General Description

The Art Academy of Cincinnati is a private college of art and design in Cincinnati, Ohio, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. It was founded as the McMicken School of Design in 1869, and was a department of the University of Cincinnati, and later in 1887, became the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the museum school of the Cincinnati Art Museum. In 1998, the Art Academy of Cincinnati legally separated from the museum and became an independent college of art and design. Degrees granted are the Associate of Science in Graphic Design; the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Design, Illustration, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Print Media, and Sculpture; and the Master of Arts in Art Education, which is taught during summer semesters.