| The Art Department
offers courses in a variety of studio fields including ceramics,
design, drawing, graphics, painting, photography, sculpture.
Art education methods are taught
for elementary and secondary levels. Art History courses are
included for students in the major, the minor, and general
education.
The Len G. Everett Gallery in the
Hewes Library offers regularly scheduled exhibits of professional
and student art throughout the year.
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Foundry in the Sculpture lab |
The Exhibition Experience
Students compete in the annual competitive exhibit and display work
throughout the department.
Senior students culminate their
experience in the Senior Art Exhibit.
College gallery allows students to
access original works by featuring individual, group and traveling
shows.
The Historical Component
Department surveys prehistoric art through contemporary art.
Special courses include: Asian
Art and Culture and Women, Art and Feminism.
Unique features in the curriculum
include the Junior and Senior Open Studio, Individual Study
Contracts, and the Senior Art Seminar. Small classes provide an
opportunity for in-depth critiques and discussions as faculty work
closely with each other and students, encouraging a multimedia and
cross-disciplinary approach when appropriate.
Graduate School Opportunities
Among the graduate schools from which Monmouth College art majors
have received advanced degrees are: Pratt Institute, the University
of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, the University of Iowa,
Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of California at
Berkeley and at Riverside, Michigan State University, the University
of Virginia, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University
and Western Illinois University.
Art Major
The major in art requires at least 39 semester hours in the
department, including Art 101; 121; six semester hours from Art 123,
124, 142; 200; 201; 211; six semester hours from Art 236, 240, 241,
242, 244, 345 (240, 241, 242, and 244 may be repeated for credit
once and only one of these courses may be repeated); 302; six
semester hours from Art 306, 320, 420, 440, 445; and 450.
Art Minor
A minor in art requires at least 24 semester hours in the
department, including Art 101; 211; six semester hours from Art 121,
123, 124, 142; three semester hours from Art 200, 201, or 302; six
semester hours from Art 236, 240, 241, 242, 244, 345 or 445; and 320
or 420.
The Process Portfolio
All art majors and minors are required to maintain a continuous
portfolio from year to year. In addition to an actual portfolio with
representative work from every art class taken, a slide portfolio of
the same work must be submitted to the art department each year. A
rationale-of-study statement and relevant papers will be submitted
with the slides. A comprehensive slide sheet will be retained by the
Art Department upon graduation.
Teacher Certification
Students interested in certification to teach art at the secondary
level are, in addition to the major described above, required to
take Art 341, and if K-12 certification Art 334 must also be
included. The department counsels such students to include Art 124
and 211 in their major. Additional requirements for teacher
certification in elementary and secondary art are detailed in the
catalog section about the Education Department. |
