Portfolio Requirements for BFA in Art

Portfolio Review and Admission

All students entering the Art Department as majors are admitted under either the B.A. in Art or the B.A. in Art History, Theory, and Criticism. After completing the foundation courses and one other course in ART, CDES, or ARTH, those wishing to pursue the B.F.A. in Art, B.F.A. in Art Education or the B.F.A. in Communication Design will be required to pass a formal portfolio review for admittance.

Portfolio submissions must be completed by the end of the 6th week of the fall and spring semesters. Faculty will conduct reviews and students will be notified of the results in time to make registration decisions for the following semester. Refer to portfolio submission deadlines below.

 

Fall 2023 Portfolio Submission Deadlines

Portfolios are to be submitted electronically to msudenver.slideroom.com by Friday, September 29th, 2023 at midnight. Application opens August 21st.

Applicants will be notified via their msudenver.edu email accounts of their acceptance status no later than Friday, October 13th, 2023 at midnight. Chrome browser is recommended for submissions.

• BFA ART Portfolio Guidelines
• BFA ART Portfolio Review Checklist
• BFA ART Portfolio Review Rubric

Studio Art Portfolio Submission Workshops

Students interested in learning more about the Studio Program portfolio submission process are encouraged to attend one of the following workshops or arrange an individual advising appointment with their Faculty Advisor. If you don’t know who your advisor is please email the Department of Art office at [email protected].

Workshop Dates:

• Open Workshop #1—Open to all students
  • Tuesday 9/12/23, 12:30 – 1:30pm
  • ART 173 or on MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting
  • with Professor Tsehai Johnson
• Open Workshop #2—Open to all students
  • Wednesday 9/20/23, 11am – 12pm
  • ART 296 or on MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting
  • with Professor Natascha Seideneck
• Open Workshop #3—Open to all students
  • Thursday 9/21/23, 11am – 12pm
  • ART 296 or on MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting
  • with Professor Matt Jenkins

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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Art

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art prepares students to be critical, creative thinkers and makers. Students often become practicing artists who exhibit their work in galleries both near and abroad and might continue their research in graduate studies. Whatever your final career choice, the skills of the B.F.A. are appropriate for careers throughout the creative economy.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art is interdisciplinary.  Students select an emphasis of 9 credits in ceramics, drawing, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture, and 6 credits a complementary area.  If the emphasis is in a two-dimensional area, the complementary area would be one of the three-dimensional areas; if the emphasis is in a three-dimensional area, the complementary area would be one of the two-dimensional areas.  Students also take at least 15 credits in interdisciplinary integrated media coursework.

Consistent with the Department of Art, student learning outcomes are designed around three assessable themes: research, execution, and articulation.

In the B.F.A. in Art, instruction should prepare students to:

• make artworks that shows evidence of intellectual inquiry and curiosity;
• convey ideas that are consistently reinforced through the execution of cohesive work(s) that are the result of the process of making;
• use effective and eloquent oral, written, and visual communication of enduring ideas.