A&M Commerce-Art Dept.-Information

A&M Commerce - Art Dept. - Information

Art Day

Visit the Commerce campus and discover the A&M-Commerce Art Department and all it has to offer. Art Day is held in conjunction with the ManeEvent Preview Day. Enter your portfolio to compete for a scholaship.

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PORTOFOLIO ENTRY HAS BEEN EXTENDED

The deadline for accepting portfolio entries is now Monday, April 28.

Portfolio Entry Requirements

For more information contact Lee Whitmarsh at lee_whitmarsh@tamu-commerce.edu.

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Interested in an MFA concentrated in Design Communication?

Now accepting applications. Contact Virgil Scott for program information and entry requirements.

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition of 2007

Assistant Professor of Art, The University of North Texas

The Annual Student Awards Exhibition is open to all currently declared Art majors and minors. Each student may submit up to three works of art created while enrolled at TAMU-Commerce and created during the period of 2006 and 2007. There is no fee for these entries. All work must be in a presentation state that is “Ready to Hang.” Gallery personnel will not attach hangers or assemble unframed pieces, and no wet work will be accepted. Artists with complex gallery installations will be asked to install their own work. Others planning installations outside the University Gallery must obtain advance permission to do so and complete their installations within the time frames listed below.

Accepted works and awards will be announced at the opening on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at approximately 5:45 pm

For further information contact William Wadley (tel. 903-886-5203) or the main art office 886-5208

The Faculty & Staff

The Department of Art serves this university and its students with superb faculty and staff. Meet the Faculty and Staff

The Curriculum in Art

The Department of Art offers a comprehensive curriculum in the visual arts leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Fine Arts. Subsequent acceptance into the Graduate Program enables students to pursue the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Fine Arts. Fine art media include ceramics, drawing, graphic arts (printmaking), illustration, painting, sculpture, small metals, and experimental studies. Communication Arts include art direction, copywriting, and design communications. Teacher education programs prepare students for teaching in grades K-12. In addition to their place in all art degree programs, art history courses can fulfill the requirements of a minor in art. The photography program permits students to specialize in either fine art or commercial photography.

Facilities

Housed in four buildings around campus, the facilities supporting the visual arts are new, spacious and well-equipped. We also operate the Communication Arts program through our facilities in Dallas at the University Center of Dallas (UCD).

The Wathena Temple Fine Arts building was opened in 2004 and includes one of the finest ceramics areas in the southwest. Painting studios, a wood shop and critique galleries round out this facility. Photography enjoys over 12,000 sq. ft of studio, darkroom and digital imaging space. Our digital imaging program was one of the first in the region with classes that began in 1991.The sculpture lab is housed in a specialized lab in the Industrial Technology building. It is spacious and well equipped with wood and steel tools and a foundry for metal casting of various materials.The main Art building houses our administration offices, faculty offices, the University Gallery, north-light drawing studios, and a state-of-the-art digital imaging lab.

The University Gallery

Located in the main art building, the University Gallery schedules an annual season of exhibitions of interest to the department and community alike.

Transfer of Credits from Other Institutions

Students wishing to transfer art credits to Texas A&M University-Commerce will have their transfer credits evaluated by the Office of Admissions and the Department of Art. Courses which have no exact equivalents at A&M-Commerce may still be transferable pending a portfolio review in the Department of Art.

Transfer credits in photography are not routinely accepted towards the bachelor's degrees. However, students may request a portfolio evaluation with the photography faculty in order to determine the acceptability of transfer courses as elective credits or, in approved cases, in place of freshman and sophomore-level courses. In order for the student to be placed at the appropriate level in the photography program, this evaluation must be scheduled before or during the registration period preceding the student's first semester at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Departmental Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate with a bachelor's degree in either art or photography, students must fulfill all University requirements and make a grade of "C" or better in all art and photography courses counted towards the degree.

Second (Double) Majors in Art and Photography

The requirements for second majors in either art or photography are the same as those for the first degree.

Minors in Art and Photography

A minor in art may be taken with emphases in art history, fine arts, or communication arts. Minors are tailored to each student's needs and are drawn up in consultation with the department head. The minor in photography consists of the following sequence: Pho 111 (4sh), Pho 112 (4sh), Pho 280 (4sh), and 10-12 semester hours (6sh of which must be advanced) in elective photography courses, excluding Pho 489 and Pho 495.