• to serve the needs of the southern Maine community;

• educate students to be intelligent readers of their own and other cultures;

• develop an appreciation for the arts;

• develop an awareness of the ways visual arts help to define and shape the

world;

• provide general courses that educate the students to the practices of art

making and the historical study of the visual arts;

• provide a variety of degree programs directed to concentrated study in the

visual arts;

• give students a rigorous studio experience, a historical understanding of

the complexity of art practices, and the critical skills needed to produce

informed visual artists, art educators, and art historians.

PHYSICAL RESOURCES (Approx. 40,000 sq feet overall)

Gorham Exhibition Space - Secured space that features local, national, and

international exhibitions as well as faculty and student exhibitions.

Area Gallery - An unsecured public space in the Woodbury Campus Center that

features local, regional and topical exhibitions and events.

Student Gallery Space - Located in Kidder Lounge this is primarily for student

and class projects/work.

Dedicated studios/classrooms: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Digital (shared

with ASET in JMC), Sculpture, Photography, Ceramics, Art Education and

Foundations Design

Robie Andrews also houses a conference space, image library, faculty staff and department offices,

Additionally, there are two dedicated classrooms in LB on the Portland campus.

Approx. 250 students (270 advisees)

Graduation rate 40 – 50 per year.

Predominantly female

Average age in the mid twenties.

12.5 Full-time faculty

17 Part-time faculty (8-10 FTE)

3 Professional Staff (Office and Internship Coordinator, Exhibition Director,

and Studio technician)

1 AA (part-time)

1 Image Librarian (part -time)

BFA in Studio Art

BFA with a Concentration in Art Education

BA in Studio Art

BA in Art History

BA in Studio Art and Entrepreneurial Studies

Each degree shares a common foundation program incorporating perceptual and expressive drawing and two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and two semesters of Art History Survey.

Throughout the four years of a studio degree there are Art History requirements and a common core of courses including: an upper level drawing; upper level design; and a senior seminar. For all BFA majors there is also a thesis exhibition requirement.

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, Digital Art, Ceramics

Exhibition Programs (5-6 in Gorham 5-6 in Portland),

Lecture Series (app. 6 per year)

International Exchange Programs

Visiting Artist in Residence Program

Student Association

In 2004 the department went through our ten year re-accreditation process with

National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). In spring 2005 we

engaged in a five year strategic planning process. Goals were set in three areas.

curriculum , department operations, and Identity and support. These are all based on defined needs and opportunities.

Curricular Goals include:

Department Operations: