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Art

Bring your creative vision to life. As an art major at Cornish, you'll build your studio practice by honing your craft in a specific medium or by exploring all of Cornish's media labs. Develop your technical skills and find inspiration all around in the vibrant, innovative city of Seattle.

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BFA in Art

What Will You Learn
as An Art Major at Cornish?

Focus on one or a range of mediums including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and digital media.

You’ll spend significant time in the studio every day with faculty, studio technicians, and your classmates. All of them will contribute to your education through planned lessons, collaboration, and open studio time.

Recent Cornish News & Blog Posts

A person taking a photo of a public art installation.

Lenora St. Blog

Print Lab Tech Tory Franklin: The Universal Language of Play

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Media Coverage

Art Professor Laura Hart Newlon's exhibits 'Feel Good Pictures'

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faculty animation with dancer

Lenora St. Blog

Faculty Work Feature: Robert Campbell

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I’m still friends with and in connection with many of the friends and teachers that I went through my Cornish experience with. They provided my base and introduction to the art scene in Seattle.Matt Sellars (AR ‘93)

Explore Your Major

The first-year foundation program offers you an introduction to all visual art mediums and will include electives in art, design, and film. Create and contextualize art, build vocabulary, and learn to communicate your ideas.


 

It takes guts to be an artist. To look society in the face and declare, We are not a luxury!—that takes guts.Michelle Domanowski (AR '16), from Commencement Address

Student Work

Art Department


Art Faculty + Staff

Art | Performance Production | Theater

Rachel Brinn

Department Coordinator
Art, Theater, and Performance Production
Art

Bonnie Biggs

Professor
Art

Erin Elyse Burns

Associate Professor
Art

Robert Campbell

Professor
Art

Gayle Clemans

Associate Professor of Critical + Contextual Studies
Humanities + Sciences

Elizabeth Darrow

Professor of Art History/Technical Art History
Art

Kevin Goodrich

Department Chair
Art

Cable Griffith

Assistant Professor
Art
Melinda Hurst Frye headshot

Melinda Hurst Frye

Instructor, Photography
Art
Margie Livingston headshot

Margie Livingston

Instructor
Art Major
Philippe Hyojung Kim

Philippe Hyojung Kim

Instructor
Art

Laura Newlon

Associate Professor
Art

Ben Beres

Instructor, Printmaking
Art
Satpreet Kahlon Headshot

Satpreet Kahlon

Instructor
Art | Design

Ilana Zweschi

Instructor, Visual Arts

Faculty Emeriti | Art
Ruth Tomlinson, Professor Emerita | 2004 – 2020
Kathleen Rabel, Professor Emerita |  1975 – 2014
John Overton, Professor Emeritus | 1975-2014


 

 

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