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.
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.
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Cornish Alum, Ryan Feddersen interviewed by Art Faculty member, Gayle Clemans
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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.
Student Work
Art Department
Zoe Hing-Portnoff
Adjunct Faculty
Kyungjin Kim
Instructor, Fabrication Studio Technician
John Bond
Instructor
Annabel Clark
Adjunct Faculty
Molly Bauer
Adjunct Faculty
Rachael Benson
Multimedia Checkout Technician, Adjunct Faculty
Lila Thomas
Adjunct Faculty
Philippe Hyojung Kim
Instructor
Bonnie Biggs
Teaching Professor
Erin Elyse Burns
Associate Teaching Professor
Robert Campbell
Teaching Professor
Gayle Clemans
Teaching Professor
Kevin Goodrich
Associate Teaching Professor
Cable Griffith
Department Chair, Associate Teaching Professor
Ben Beres
Instructor
Elissa Favero
Adjunct Faculty
Faculty Emeriti | Art
Ruth Tomlinson, Professor Emerita | 2004 – 2020
Kathleen Rabel, Professor Emerita | 1975 – 2014
John Overton, Professor Emeritus | 1975-2014
Elizabeth Darrow, Professor Emerita | 2007-2022
Preston Wadley, Professor Emeritus | 1989-20202
