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At Cedar Crest College, we see you thriving in a vibrant, creative, and supportive community where you can cultivate your talents. Each semester, you will create your works side-by-side with professional faculty artists, visiting artists, and other student artists.
During your first semesters here, you will be allowed to explore a wide variety of 2D and 3D media. Later, you will select one or two media in which you will focus your final semesters of work. This will enable you to further develop your skills, your artistic voice, and your unique style.
Artistic Media at Cedar Crest College
- Book arts
- Ceramics
- Illustration
- Painting
- Papermaking
- Printed image
- Sculpture
The program is designed to engage students in extensive studio practice and art history while combining studies within a chosen discipline outside of the visual and performing arts. Integration within the liberal arts model gives you a holistic foundation that guides the evolution of your studio art interests into formative career paths.
By connecting areas of learning across disciplines you’ll become competitive in the job market while cultivating the broadest possible venue for learning and personal development. The curriculum set forth through the Art Major best models the experiences artists face in contemporary culture. Some common integrations include:
- Art and business: This focus positions you to work in galleries and museums, work for a nonprofit organization, or become an entrepreneur and market your artwork.
- Art and communication: If you would like to pursue advertising, graphic design, and/or public relations work, this focus is for you.
- Art and English: Here you can combine the book arts courses with creative writing and/or poetry, enabling you to write and illustrate your publications.
- Art and biology: Many organizations require high-quality medical and botanical illustrations, models, and other artwork.
- Art and criminal justice or forensic science: The legal and justice systems utilize artists for the production of illustrations of crime scenes, composite sketches, and courtroom scenes.
- Art and psychology: As an alternative to the art therapy major, students interested in both mental health and art can integrate these two disciplines and take art therapy courses as electives. This integration program will also allow you to take more studio courses than the art therapy program requires.
- Art and Community Engagement – for those who want to bring art out of the studios and into the community, provide art opportunities for underserved populations and Art and History in support of students interested in museum studies
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Concentrations
Studio Art – designed as a traditional art major focusing on studio and art history
Integrated Art – designed to integrate other disciplines in support of studio and art history courses.
Portfolio Reviews
The Art major requires three portfolio reviews – one in the sophomore year, one in the junior year and one in the Fall of the senior year.
The purpose of the portfolio review is:
- To provide feedback on the progress of your work
- To suggest potential directions the work may take
- To serve as an assessment tool for the art department
- To assist in the creation of a professional portfolio
How To Apply
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Accreditation
Cedar Crest College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801
Faculty & Staff
Who’s teaching you is as important as the curriculum you choose.
Let’s put a face to some of the names you’ll be seeing on the course listings!
Laura Teoli
Dir of the Master in Art Therapy Pr/Asst Prof
- School of Adult and Graduate Education
- sage@cedarcrest.edu
- P: 610-740-3770
- Traditional Admissions
- admissions@cedarcrest.edu
- P: 800-360-1222
- F: 610-740-3780
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