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in Visual Arts
In the Naropa bachelor's degree in visual arts, you'll learn to find your artistic edge, taking risks that help you grow as an artist. Our curriculum tackles the techniques and methods of studio art while also engaging artists in contemplative practice. Whether they're fine-tuning their figure drawing, throwing clay on a pottery wheel, or writing an artist statement, our students approach their work with authenticity and introspection. A bachelor’s in the arts should challenge the mind while also engaging the heart, hands, and spirit.
Courses in the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts include:
The Naropa Difference
An excellent school of art and design helps you grow as an artist and evolve as a person. Naropa’s degree in visual arts will help you develop a conscious art practice that serves you well beyond your college years.
Careers in Visual Arts
If you feel compelled to create, a bachelor of arts will help you to dedicate your life to that passion. Graduates of the Naropa bachelor’s degree in visual arts go on to advanced degrees in art, art therapy, and art history. Many find rewarding careers as photographers, arts administrators, designers, entrepreneurs, art teachers, or professional exhibiting artists.
Naropa’s visual arts school will teach you more than just the skills and techniques of creating art. You’ll also learn how to succeed as an artist in the world. Let us help you find your unique artistic path.
Artistic Development
Artistic freedom is integral to Naropa's visual arts program. Early on, faculty and mentors will push you to experiment with form, method, and technique. The foundation of this risk-taking is a solid community of undergraduate visual arts students, graduate mentors, and supportive faculty.
Here, you'll find a thriving community that supports your artistic and personal growth. When you present your culminating work at the Naropa Gallery through the Portfolio & Gallery Presentation course, you'll celebrate that growth among friends, family, and your arts community.
Contemplative Approach
Discover a visual arts school that challenges you to dig deep. Rather than promote a specific method, Naropa’s visual arts curriculum asks you to look within for creative vision and to then apply yourself to learning the artistic techniques that will bring your vision to life.
Founded by accomplished artist and Buddhist master teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa's legacy is unlike that which you might find at other schools of art. Our visual art degree is uniquely founded on deep contemplation as integral to both the creation and expression of visual art.
Students Transformed
Holistic Education
Mindfulness
Engage more deeply with your art through meditation and self-inquiry.
Contemplative Psychology
Fluency in
Artistic
Language
Learn to speak fluently about your own art and the role of art in culture.
Students are kind and understanding towards oneself and others
Artist
Portfolio
Design and assemble a portfolio of your best, most authentic work.
Students are kind and understanding towards oneself and others
Exhibition
Experience
Present your work at the Naropa Gallery in the company of fellow artists.
Students are kind and understanding towards oneself and others
Artistic
Community
Join a dynamic community of visual artists, writers, scholars, and thinkers.
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