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THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE

Center for Art & Design

strose.edu/art-design

Critical Concepts in Art

Section page 3Art Education (BFA or BS) & (MS in Ed.)Graphic Design (BFA)Studio Art (BFA) & (MA)

08 In the � of Albany10 The Foundation Year12 Graphic Design (BFA)20 Studio Art (BFA)28 Art Education (BFA or BS)34 Art History36 Graduate Programs40 Faculty & Facilities42 Exhibition Spaces44 Admission46 Portfolio Guidelines

THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE

Passion. Knowledge. Purpose.


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At the core of every artist is an inventor and storyteller

orchestrating information through surface and space.

Makers of images, ideas, and objects, artists and designers

play an integral role in how we live. Prominent among them

are our students, faculty and alumni— contributing to the

world we know today.


Be Extraordinary page 06

The College of Saint Rose Center for Art & Design is accreditedby the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).While there are more than 1,000 art programs in the U.S., fewerthan 200 share this distinction with Saint Rose.

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Question 1What does it mean to be extraordinary?a. It means unconventional thinking.b. It means following your intuition.c. It means inspiring ideas with passion, knowledge, and purpose.d. All of the above.

Question 2What does it mean to be extraordinary?a. It means offering a unique multidisciplinary curriculum that

recognizes your creative and intellectual gifts that you bring to the classroom.

b. It means being taught by a remarkable faculty of working artists.c. It means that Saint Rose is one of the elite schools accredited

by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design.d. All of the above.

Question 3What does it mean to be extraordinary?a. It means that Saint Rose graduates are adaptable, flexible

problem solvers with a professional work ethic. b. It means that Saint Rose graduates are highly successful leaders

in their fields.c. It means that Saint Rose graduates are nationally recognized

artists and designers.d. All of the above

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The Foundation Year page 10

Critical Thinking Problem SolvingResearchExplorationSelf DiscoverySelf ExpressionCreativity

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Students work collaboratively in Foundation Seminar

THE FOUNDATION YEAR

The Foundation Year is rigorous, comprehensive, and professional.

The sequence of courses is aimed at equipping all majors with the

conceptual and visual skills needed to further their studies. A special

Foundation Seminar requires students to work collaboratively, encour-

ages dialogue, and stimulates critical thinking, and does this through

museum and gallery visits, artists’ lectures, and innovative projects.

The relationship of research and writing to the art-making process

is reinforced in the first year through Introduction to Art History. The

Foundation Year prepares the whole art student for the next three

years, but specifically provides them with the skills to move into their

core classes in their major.

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Foundation Year Curriculum

Two-dimensional Concepts Three-dimensional Concepts

Drawing 1 Drawing 2

Color Theory Introduction to Art History

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The College of Saint Rose Graphic Design program emphasizes the develop-

ment of life-long image-making skills in conceptual and visual problem-solving.

Through rigorous coursework and some of the most thorough career prepara-

tion available at any design school nationwide, you will gain advanced design

training along with software, web, and multimedia skills necessary for a success-

ful transition from the classroom to the professional workplace. Most students

find employment soon after graduation with nationally and internationally

renowned advertising agencies, corporate design departments, publishing and

multimedia companies.

During the senior year, professional designers, art directors, and creative directors

are invited to senior seminar class as guest speakers. Seniors also attend national

job fairs and portfolio reviews. At the end of the final semester, the Center for Art

and Design hosts an annual Open Portfolio Night for art directors and agencies

to meet students and review portfolios.

Graphic Design (BFA)

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Graphic Design majors are required to undertake one semester-long, professional internship with an appropriate mentor in a creative environment. We offer extensive leadership opportunities every semester, including summers, at a variety of local,regional and national placements. Students often undertake more than one internship, varying the geography and design-related experiences. Graphic Design internships often lead to full- and part-time employment.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Abercrombie & Fitch Alexander Isley Design Avon, Inc. April Greiman, Made in SpaceBFG Communications Body and Soul Magazine CarrollWhite Advertising DDB Worldwide Eric Mower & Associates Group Baronet FX Networks Hallmark, Inc. Jager DiPaola Kemp LeibowitzGould Design MTV Networks Media Logic Milton Glaser, Inc. The New York TimesNickelodeon Magazine Nickelodeon Jr. Magazine The Miami Herald Pentagram Ralph LaurenPolo Real Simple Magazine Seventeen Magazine St. Martin’s Press The Washington TimesWalter Bernard Design Winstanley Associates Woody Pirtle Design 160over90



The collective work of our alumni has been recognized for

its message and impact by regional, national, and interna-

tional competitions, and their work has been featured in

design magazines and design books—placing The College

of Saint Rose in company with some of the best art and

design schools in the nation.

REMARKABLE ALUMNI...to name a few...

Brian Billow ’91, made his mark in advertising. He has directed commer-cials that have aired during the Super-bowl and has been awarded a CannesLion. His short film Bodega garneredthe Audience Award at the GenArtFilm Festival in Chicago.{hungryman.com}

Mark Hamilton ’91 was named toGraphic Design USA magazine’s list of30 “People to Watch in 2009.” His workand interviews of his expertise arefound in design magazines and books.

Michael Vamosy ’93, Senior VicePresident of Design at FOX Broadcast-ing, Los Angeles, CA.

Sarina Green ’95, art and designmanager at Woman’s Day magazine,New York, NY.

Chris Bradle ’96, founder and branddirector of Eye Design Studio in Char-lotte, NC. {evokeresponse.com}

Steve Francisco ’97, is CEO of theaward-winning agency Jaeger DiPaolaKemp (JDK) in Burlington, VT.

Philip Pascuzzo ’99 is an award-winning designer known for his bandposters, book covers, and Twitter logo.{pepcostudio.com}

Chris Logsdon ’03 is senior creativedirector for TracyLocke, a brand-to-retail agency.

Mike Wasilewski ’05, nominated for a 2009 Emmy in title design for AMCStorymakers, and is art director forThe Daily, the first newspaper producedexclusively for the iPad.

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At the core of the Studio Art major is the development of the ability to

harness the language of color, form, space, structure, and composition.

Aided by tools to think critically, write clearly, and speak effectively, each

student embarks on a creative process that leads to compelling work.

The skills and insights gained in the first year foundation courses gradually

build to the independent work of the advanced courses. Students take

classes in a variety of studio areas, with an emphasis in one or two areas

of concentration: painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, and/or

sculpture. During the senior year, each studio major begins to define

and refine a personal visual language, participates in the Senior Exhibition,

explores ways to set up a studio and market his or her work, and sets

goals for life after The College of Saint Rose.

Studio Art (BFA)CONCENTRATIONS:

Painting & Drawing

Printmaking

Sculpture

Photography

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Semester-long museum and gallery internships provide excellent opportunities for studio art majors who wish to observe andexperience the inner workings of the art world. Saint Rose studio majors have interned with practicing artists in New York Cityand our region, as well as at art centers, museums, and not-for-profit agencies. Internships help students gain insights aboutcareers, make network connections, and develop important skills.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Boston University

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Montclair State University

Pratt Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Rochester Institute of Technology

School of Visual Arts

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

State University of New York at New Paltz

University at Albany

University of Delaware

The University of Kansas

University of Michigan

West Virginia University

Yale University

GRADUATE SCHOOL PLACEMENTS...to name a few...

MUSEUM & GALLERY INTERNSHIPS

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The Art Education program is committed to putting the very best artists

into the classroom—artists who love to create art and share their talents

with others. The curriculum teaches students to design and deliver instruc-

tion that effectively communicates the powerful, unique, and crucial role

that art plays in child development. Coursework in art education includes

courses in art, education, the liberal arts, and three advanced courses in

an area of concentration. You will be challenged to research, write, plan,

and to consider teaching as an extension of your own creativity.

The BFA Option

Earn the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art and return for

a ninth semester after graduation to complete six credits of Advanced

Methods and Student Teaching on the graduate level. This will ensure

that you have the credentials to teach art K-12.

CONCENTRATIONS:

Painting & Drawing

Printmaking

Sculpture

Photography

Art Education (BFA or BS)


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PERMANENT CERTIFICATION

Art education majors complete a total of 100 hours of field experience before beginning student teaching.

During the sophomore year, two weeks are spent working as a teacher’s aide in an elementary or middle school art classroomwhile recording observations. After the experience is complete, observations are discussed with a faculty member.

During the junior year, 15 hours are spent teaching art in an elementary classroom.

During the senior year, student teachers spend a full semester in an elementary, middle or high school art classroom. Studentswill acquire the basic techniques of lesson planning and classroom management specific to the art classroom.

While a graduate degree is required for permanent certification, you may begin teaching immediately after graduation in order to gainexperience while pursuing a master’s degree.

Many students choose to pursue a master’s degree in art education right here at The College of Saint Rose under professors who arefamiliar with your work and have seen you progress from an undergraduate art student to a skilled teacher of art.



At Saint Rose, being an artist means more than being just concerned with

your own art and creative process as you may find in other art schools. Here,

you are an artist at a college with a mission of serving those in need especially

in our surrounding neighborhoods.

For more than two decades, Saint Rose art students have been the only source

of art education at Blessed Sacrament, an inner-city parochial school.

More recently, Saint Rose art students have played an active role at the Emmaus

House After-School and Family Literacy Center, a haven for refugee children

whose families have fled to Albany. The students teach after-school art classes

and have found that art is a cultural bridge enabling our students to teach English

to children who are more comfortable speaking Swahili, Urdu or Punjabi. Perhaps

most important, the universality of art has provided a way for the children who

have left everything often in violent circumstances to process their experience

and come to see how they can fit into the fabric of America.

ART AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Art as a link to cultural identity— the silhouettes of childrentaped to the ceiling and connected by string to their homecountries on a world map.

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One of the most important subjects in art is art history. The more you

know about art and its history, the better artist you will become. Your

participation in art history classes will provide the knowledge and critical

thinking necessary to be your most creative. Its interdisciplinary reach

encompasses literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy,

gender studies, critical theory, and cultural studies. Art history empha-

sizes visual as well as verbal and written literacy, providing more than

the standard advantages to a liberal arts education. If you take five

classes in art history, it qualifies as a minor.

Every semester you will have the opportunity to see original works of

art in the museums and galleries throughout New York and the North-

east. Upper level courses will take you into the studios of major con-

temporary artists in New York City, and study abroad opportunities

could take you into the museums of Europe and beyond.

Art HistoryART NOW

ART NOW is a weekend immersion course thattravels to New York City for seven Saturdaysduring the spring semester. Students maintaina detailed journal of their experiences whilethey visit more than 65 museums and galleries.Students are exposed to the immediate con-temporary art scene while visiting artist studiosand meeting art critics.

Study Abroad

We promote study abroad as part of our mission to make our students globally awareand to expose them to major works of art.Students have the option to study in Florenceand Rome over spring break or enroll insummer or semester programs through theOffice of International Studies.

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The graduate program in Art Education emphasizes studio work, offering the

opportunity to concentrate in one of four areas: drawing/painting, sculpture,

printmaking, or photography. Within this program, you'll develop your identity

as an artist as well as a personal philosophy in art education. As part of the

curriculum, students spend a semester lab teaching at a local school to

learn valuable teaching skills and student teaching during their last semester

in an elementary, middle, or high school setting. The program culminates

with a thesis exhibition of work.

We believe the best art educators are competent in both studio and educa-

tion. Our graduates are artists who share their appreciation and advanced

knowledge of art with children of all ages in a classroom setting. No other

program in New York places an equal amount of emphasis on the studio art.

This unique expectation, supported by our curriculum, enables students to

have a thorough understanding of the theory of teaching art.

Art Education (MS in Ed.)Certification

The graduate degree in Art Education (MS in Ed.) satisfiesthe academic requirement for both initial and professional certification in art education.

A master's degree is necessary to teach art in New York state.After completing the program and earning a satisfactory scoreon the New York State Teacher Exam, students receive initialcertification.

Students receive professional certification after teaching artfor three years in public or private schools and completing theexam for professional certification.

Non-credit courses in substance abuse and child abuse mustalso be completed throughout the duration of the program.

21-Credit Certification-Only Program

The College of Saint Rose also offers a 21-credit Certificatefor artists who already hold a master's degree in art and areseeking initial certification so that they may teach art in publicand private schools.



The graduate program in Studio Art offers the opportunity of pursuing a two-

year intense studio practice. This program emphasizes not only the technical

knowledge but the conceptual understanding you need to produce thoughtful

work in a medium. The studio areas include: painting, drawing, photography,

printmaking, and sculpture. Students work closely with faculty artists and a few

visiting artists to shape their direction of thought and practice in the art field.

Major goals of this program are to provide a higher degree of competence in

the making of art, to study the History of Art since 1960, to critically analyze

and interpret works of art, and to write a thesis proposal followed by a research

thesis. in order to become leaders in the art field and communities.

Candidates must have completed an undergraduate degree in the field of art

or courses equivalent to a studio art major and have an interest in developing

their artistic vision and cultivating their visual intelligence.

Studio Art (MA)The Degree

The MA in Studio Art meets the needs of a broad range of students from artists to educators— from art teachers who have initial certification and need a Master’s Degree; Bachelor of Art, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Fine Arts studio majors whowant to build up their portfolio for a Master of Fine Arts or Doctoral program; and the opportunity for artists to build their body of artwork.

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Our remarkable faculty and facilities provide students the

unique opportunities to nurture their talents, hone their

skills, and satisfy their artistic passion.

Saint Rose faculty share a common philosophy of teach-

ing— that students bring a strong commitment to learning

and to pursuing life as artists. Together, the faculty and

students build toward the development of the individual

voice of each artist, designer, and art educator.

Our program values the peer interaction between faculty

and student, and our small class sizes allow students to

receive individual attention and the opportunity to be

taught by a faculty of working artists.

Massry Center for the ArtsA multidisciplinary space for art and music. Includes the Esther Massry Gallery, a state-of-the-art art historyclassroom, recital hall, and music rooms.

Graphic Design Computer LabsNetworked workstations support the latest versions of design software, printers, scanners, and digital photography equipment in three computer labs.

Screen Printing StudioOne of the largest in New York state with individuallydesignated work spaces.

Individual StudiosFor students in painting and sculpture.

Photography DarkroomsThree full-scale black-and-white and color darkrooms.

Brubacher HallA unique mix of student and academic life includespersonal studio space, classrooms, and residence hall rooms.

OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

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Judy Pfaff’s Paperworks, Year of the Dog,Pig, Rat, Etc. was the inaugural exhibt in theEsther Massry Gallery. Judy Pfaff, was a pio-neer of installation art in the 1970s, and isbest known for her synthesizing of sculpture,painting, and architecture.

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The Esther Massry Gallery

The Esther Massry Gallery presents contemporary art and culture through its exhibition

and visiting artist programs. It is a learning laboratory that serves as a window into the

College and is an important cultural resource for the region, providing curriculum sup-

port for the art programs and inviting participation by the community. Prominent exhibi-

tions at Saint Rose have included the art of: Judy Pfaff, Susanna Coffey, Isamu Noguchi,

Marshall Arisman, Paul Rand, and Paula Scher. The gallery is a member of the American

Association of Museums, The Exhibit Alliance, and Museum Association of New York.

Student Exhibitions

While a student, you'll be invited to participate in a variety of exhibitions in the Picotte Hall

Student Gallery, the Esther Massry Gallery and in the hallways of Picotte and Brubacher

Halls. Each year, students participate in the Foundations Show, the Undergraduate Show,

the Senior Exhibition, the Advanced Show, and the theme-based shows in the Student

Gallery. Students often exhibit in the city of Albany as well.

Visiting Artists and Lectures

Visiting artists, designers, and critics are funda-mental to our art programs. Lectures provide opportunities for learning and discourse amongartists, students and faculty.

Visiting artists and critics have included:

Alfred Leslie Robert LongoChristo Elizabeth Murray Catherine MurphyJudy PfaffLeon GolubNancy SperoVito AcconciKiki SmithJenny HolzerFred TomaselliDuane MichaelsRoberta Smith,Jerome Witkin

Robert Parke HarrisonDonald KuspitSusanna CoffeyJames SienaPeter SaulJulie HeffernanDana SchutzElizabeth KingNina KatchadourianLarry PoonsKeith CarterLee BorosonKirsten HassenfeldCreighton Michael Rob Swainston

EXHIBITION SPACES

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Admission Requirements page 45

Admission WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWPortfolio Requirement� Arrange for an art portfolio review. Call the Center for Art & Design at

518-485-3900 or visit www.strose.edu/visits to schedule your appointment.

Application Requirements� Completed application. Apply online for free at www.strose.edu/apply

� Have your Official High School Transcript or College Transcript (for transfers) sent to The College of Saint Rose.

� Have a Letter of Recommendation submitted from a teacher or counselor who is familiar with your personality as well as your academic work.

Mail Official Transcript and Letter of Recommendation to: Office of Undergraduate Admissions, The College of Saint Rose,

432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203

� Submit SAT or ACT exam scores. SAT Code: 2091 ACT Code: 2714

� Submit an essay (optional). Share your creative abilities with the Admissions Committee by submitting a graded work or an essay about you or someone important to you.

Deadlines

December 1: Early Action (non-binding) Applicatio n Deadline

If you apply by December 1, your applicationfee will be waived, you will be considered firstfor guaranteed scholarships, receive an admis-sions decision within two weeks, and be amongthe first to receive your financial aid package.

February 1: Application and Portfolio Review Deadline for Art Scholarship Consideration

If you apply and have your portfolio reviewed by February 1, you will be considered for ourguaranteed art scholarships which range from$4,000 – $12,000 per year for four years.

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Portfolio Guidelines page 47

What do we look for in a portfolio?

Your portfolio should represent your strongest attributes as an artist and should containat least 15 but no more than 25 pieces of your best work to date. It should contain obser-vational drawings (from real life not photographs) and include work in other media, suchas painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics. We look for creative con-tent. If you have developed an idea or interpreted your world in a unique way, include it.

Transfer students should include work from courses they wish to transfer. For example,if a student expects to transfer credit from a painting class, the portfolio should includepaintings from that class.

How should your portfolio be presented?

We would like to see your work in person, but if it is too large to transport you can providedigital images. Framing or matting is not necessary. Charcoals or pastels should besprayed with a fixative and covered with a clean sheet of paper.

By presenting your portfolio in person, you have an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding by talking about the strengths and weaknesses of your work. More important, don’t be nervous, we believe that your portfolio review should be a positiveand fulfilling learning experience for you.

PREPARING YOUR PORTFOLIO

Portfolio Reviews

Scheduling a Review:To schedule a portfolio review, call theCenter for Art & Design at 518-485-3900or visit www.strose.edu/visits. Portfolioreviews are by appointment only.

Art Academic Scholarship: Deadline is February 1

If you apply and have your portfolio reviewed by February 1, you will be con-sidered for our guaranteed art scholar-ships which range from $4,000 – $12,000per year for four years.

Scholarships are based on extraordinaryacademic achievement and artisitc talent.

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This book is dedicated to Karene Faul, artdepartment chair and professor of art inprintmaking, who has been an inspirationto her students and an integral part of theSaint Rose Center for Art & Design fornearly 40 years.

Design: Mark Hamilton ’91

Photography: Greg Cherin Photography

Artwork: All work included in this book is the work of Saint Rose art students


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