Cornish Programs

Art Major

Students in the Art Department are immersed in an education dedicated to thinking through making. They learn to balance the necessary skill-sets of an education in the arts: technical development, research, collaboration, and experimentation. Along the way, faculty support, challenge and mentor students as they build the skills and knowledge essential to a career as a working artist.

Art Student wearing apron working in large urban studio in Cornish Main campus

What To Expect

BFA
in Art

Whether you’re interested in one discipline or many, our faculty are committed to providing tools, space, and guidance to support your arts education. Art majors pursuing a BFA at Cornish can focus on developing their craft in one or more of the following areas: drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video/new media.

Learn more about our BFA degree requirements and review our model program/advising worksheet:

Model Program

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

BFA Art

Photography

Printmaking

Sculpture

Drawing

Painting

New Media

Critical and Contextual Studies

Visiting Artist Lecture Series

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