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WHY AT UMAINE ? undergraduate students. Scholarships are e Department of Art offers dynamic, awarded on merit and evidence of interdisciplinary programs in a challenging accomplishment in studio art, art education and supportive environment. e department or art history. Among the many awards has a Guest Lecture/Visiting Artist Program, is granted annually are the Vincent Hartgen home to the Lord Hall Gallery and works Award, which grants funds for research travel; closely with numerous other galleries and the University of Maine Museum of Art museums in the state. Such collaborations Internship, which allows students to intern as UM aine’s ADVANTAGE ensure that the department’s programming is part of their coursework or capstone project; • New world-class facilities vital and reflective of contemporary concerns and the David Shoemaker Award, which at the Wyeth Family Studio in art, art history, and the grants research funds. Art Center teaching of art. e Department of Art • Accreditation by the balances a strong foundation in the liberal arts OUR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS and sciences with intensive study of the visual National Association of ART EDUCATION: UMaine’s Art Education arts. Whether conducting research, analyzing, Schools of Art and Design Program is the largest and most critiquing or producing work, students comprehensive in the state. It offers students • Opportunities for classes prepare to become informed and creative an integrated liberal arts program, placing centered on vital Maine arts contributors to the media-rich 21st century. events, including the both theory and practice at the center of their e Wyeth Family Studio Art Center at the Camden Film Festival and learning experiences. As a result, students are Stewart Commons, which opened in 2013, is the Schoodic International prepared as art teachers and well educated in a state-of-the-art complex featuring Sculpture Symposium the complexity and diversity of art, and visual light, open, airy, purpose-built studios for and material culture. • Internships at Maine’s , drawing, 3-D design, photography leading museums and printmaking. Lord Hall, renovated in ART HISTORY: e History of Art Program 2006, is the home for expanded facilities for stands out for its emphasis on theory, diverse art education, art history, and a gallery. methodologies and interdisciplinary research. e curriculum stresses research by teaching WHAT CAN I DO WITH A DEGREE IN ART? students the essential value of primary sources and peer-reviewed secondary sources. Degree programs prepare students for graduate study and for a variety of STUDIO ART: e emphasis of the Studio Art employment opportunities in the creative Program is creative work in drawing, economy. A UMaine art degree prepares painting, printmaking, sculpture and digital students for careers locally and globally in art. Elective studio work is available in Department of Art education, studio art, art history, filmmaking photography, graphic design and ceramics. 5743 Lord Hall and design, museums and art galleries, art UMaine’s Studio Art Program is libraries and archives, public and private arts University of Maine internationally recognized as a leader in administration, art conservation, historic sustainable and green initiatives and research. Orono, ME 04469-5743 preservation and public heritage, 207.581.3245 communications and arts criticism. e OUR FACULTY umaine.edu/art department’s rigorous academic training also has prepared several students for admission to e department’s faculty members are highly To apply: umaine.edu law school. educated working artists, art historians and art educators with national and international reputations in their respective fields. In OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL addition to their professional Connect with us: e Department of Art offers a number of accomplishments, faculty members are umaine.edu/socialnetwork scholarships to qualified first-time UMaine dedicated teachers and are active in their facebook.com/umaineartdepartment ABOUT UMAINE The University of Maine, founded in Orono in 1865, is the state’s premier public university. It is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from across the U.S. and 65 countries. It currently enrolls nearly 11,000 total undergraduate and graduate students. UMaine students directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. The University of Maine offers doctoral degrees in 35 fields, representing the humanities, sciences, engineering and education; master’s degrees in nearly 70 disciplines; 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental communities, volunteering their expertise to Arts Scholarship. Find the latest information stewardship on its campus, with local cinemas, schools, museums, galleries and about events, student works, gallery substantial efforts aimed at environmental sustainability programs exhibitions and more by visiting the art conserving energy, recycling and throughout the region. department’s Facebook page adhering to green building (facebook.com/UMaineArtDepartment). standards in new construction. For more information about UMaine, TO LEARN MORE visit umaine.edu. HOW DO I APPLY? More information about UMaine’s Department of Art is available online Visit umaine.edu for an application, as well (umaine.edu/art), including opportunities as information about academics and life explore such as the UMaine Visual and Performing at UMaine.

Bachelor of Arts in Art Education (NCATE accredited K –12 teacher certification) Art History Studio Art

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Department of Art faculty continually interact on a one-on-one basis when Studio Art approached by students, developing meaningful scholarly relationships and Concentrations in conversations. They are completely supportive. I am glad that I am surrounded by Painting and Drawing art professionals who not only care about what they do, but also where they are Printmaking and why they are here.” Sculpture — Dorson Plourde, Class of 2011, Studio Art B.A., Art Education B.A., Art History minor Digital Art “ Minors in Art History Studio Art Graphic Art

Post-baccalaureate K –12 Maine Teacher Certification in Art

Five-Year Master of The University of Maine does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been Business Administration designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, 581.1226, [email protected].