As a student in the?Fine Arts program?offered by?Lesley University, you'll discover how to create a positive impact?by developing your own visual language. You?ll gain a foundation in traditional media using drawing as your primary platform. Experiment with?painting, sculpting, and printmaking, as well as?interdisciplinary opportunities, such as installation and project-driven work. And through exhibition, critique, presentation, juries, and writing,?learn how to communicate with the world about your voice,?style, and ideas.

Through it all, you?ll receive support from working artists who will mentor you through your artistic development. Ongoing instruction and critique?from faculty and visiting artists will enrich your studio practice with new perspective and potential. Required internships in Greater Boston will expand your professional skill sets with opportunities to work in museums, galleries, or independent studios amongst artists, historians, curators, and other visual artists.

The end result? You?ll graduate prepared to take your work to unexpected levels while forging a lifelong career in visual arts and culture.

Careers

A fine arts degree gives you the flexibility to pursue a wide range of career opportunities, from galleries and museums, to the corporate world and beyond. Some of the job titles for someone with a fine arts degree include:

  • Art Historian
  • Art Librarian
  • Collection Manager
  • Commercial Artist
  • Curator
  • Screen Printer
  • Sculptor
  • Set and Exhibition Designer
  • Sketch Artist