Fine Arts Major

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When they're not so sure, you dive right in.

You’ll try your hand at anything: ceramics, glass, drawing, printmaking, painting, jewelry, sculpture. Our Fine Arts program is one of the most technically diverse majors at CCAD. It houses some of our most passionate, prolific and driven artists who are ready to critique each other honestly in an effort to produce the best work. The program includes intensive studio courses, liberal arts work and professional practices to develop a creative but useful methodology that's applicable to a wide array of careers upon graduation.

FACILITIES

You'll have access to:

  • Four student galleries
  • Individual studios for advanced students
  • A separate studio so you can document your work digitally
  • State-of-the-art facilities with fully equipped studios for ceramics, drawing, painting, glass, jewelry, printmaking and sculpture

Student and alumni works

  • Paintings, Fine Arts, Kilee Price, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Paintings
    Fine Arts
    Kilee Price
     
  • Glassblowing, Fine Arts, Katherine Wood, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Glassblowing
    Fine Arts
    Katherine Wood
     
  • Jewelry, Fine Arts, Elizabeth Toadvine, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Jewelry
    Fine Arts
    Elizabeth Toadvine
     
  • Painting, Fine Arts, Vlado Petrovsky, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Painting
    Fine Arts
    Vlado Petrovski
     
  • Margaret Kammerer, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Sculpture
    Fine Arts
    Margaret Krammerer
     
  • Sculpture, Fine Arts, Franklin Cain Borgers, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Sculpture
    Fine Arts
    Franklin Cain Borgers
     
  • Collage
    Fine Arts
    Ji Youn Lee
     
  • Paintings, Fine Arts, Kilee Price, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Glassblowing, Fine Arts, Katherine Wood, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Jewelry, Fine Arts, Elizabeth Toadvine, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Painting, Fine Arts, Vlado Petrovsky, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Margaret Kammerer, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Sculpture, Fine Arts, Franklin Cain Borgers, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Sculptures, Fine Arts, Frank Castanien, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)
    Sculptures: Bodyworker + OrgasmSting
    Fine Arts
    Frank Castanien
  • Oil painting, Green Goddess, Fine Arts, Inka Essenhigh, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Green Goddess
    Fine Arts
    Inka Essenhigh
    Oil on canvas
  • Anne Holman, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)
    Ring and Black Facet Drop Earrings
    Fine Arts
    Anne Holman
     
  • Sculptures, Fine Arts, Evin Dubois, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Sculpture
    Fine Arts
    Evin Dubois
     
  • Seagull Bags, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, Daniel McKewen, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Seagull Bags
    Industrial Design
    Daniel McKewen
     
  • Jen Townsend, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Galaxy Ring and Petal Earrings
    Fine Arts
    Jen Townsend
     
  • Illustrations, Fine Arts, Lisa Sterle, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
    Illustrations
    Fine Arts
    Lisa Sterle
     
  • Sculptures, Fine Arts, Frank Castanien, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)
  • Oil painting, Green Goddess, Fine Arts, Inka Essenhigh, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Anne Holman, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)
  • Sculptures, Fine Arts, Evin Dubois, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Seagull Bags, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, Daniel McKewen, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Jen Townsend, Industrial Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).
  • Illustrations, Fine Arts, Lisa Sterle, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Careers

Our grads have applied the skills they built at CCAD to a variety of positions and fields.

Art administrator
Art educator
Critic
Curator
Exhibition designer
Festival artist
Gallery director
Gallery owner
Jewelry designer
Professional studio artist
Public art sculptor

Employers

  • Ceramics Monthly
  • Industrial Light + Magic
  • Janus Capital Group
  • Kehinde Wiley Studio
  • Robert Lee Morris Jewelry
  • San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Skowhegan
  • Sotheby's
  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • The School of Visual Arts
  • The Smithsonian Institution

Credit hours

Requirement
Program Requirements 42
CORE Studio Requirements 36
CORE Liberal Arts Requirements 42
Total
120

Course information

Check out the course requirements chart on the major flyer.

See work from the Fine Arts Department on instagram!

Full-time faculty

Kelly Malec-Kosak

  • Chair of Fine Arts
  • Professor
kmalec-kosak@ccad.edu
614.437.1060
Brittany Campbell, Program Liaison, Fine Arts and Art History, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Brittany Ann Campbell

  • Program Liaison, Fine Arts and History of Art and Visual Culture
  • Adjunct Instructor
bcampbell.3@ccad.edu
614.437.7311
Carol Griffith, Professor, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Carol Griffith

  • Professor
cgriffith@ccad.edu
614.437.7237

John Kortlander

  • Professor
jkortlander@ccad.edu
614.437.7488
Gordon Lee, Professor, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Gordon Lee

  • Professor
glee@ccad.edu
614.437.7297
Tim Rietenbach, Professor, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Tim Rietenbach

  • Professor
trietenbach@ccad.edu
614.222.3250
Kaname Takada is a professor in the Contemporary Crafts department at Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Kaname Takada

  • Professor
ktakada@ccad.edu
614.437.7489
James Weigle, Professor Emeritus, Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

James Weigle

  • Professor Emeritus
jweigle@ccad.edu
614.437.7308
Danielle Julian-Norton, Associate Professor, Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Danielle Julian Norton

  • Associate Professor
djulian-norton@ccad.edu
614.437.1058
Kathy McGhee, Associate Professor, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD).

Kathy McGhee

  • Professor
kmcghee@ccad.edu
614.437.7307

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Notable alumni

Inka Essenhigh, Fine Art, Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD)

Inka Essenhigh is a New York-based studio artist and painter, represented by Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Her work has been shown at galleries and museums around the world and is featured in several public collections, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Tate in London.

Inka Essenhigh
Fine Arts
Daniel McEwen (2005, CCAD) founder of Seagull Bags

Daniel McKewen is the owner and founder of Seagull Bags, a custom courier bag company known for durability, design and custom embroidery. McKewen says there are two types of businesses in the courier bag space: major brands, which mass-produce, and one- or two-person “basement companies.” Seagull fits in between, big enough to produce at some volume, but still small enough to be flexible and individual.

Daniel McKewen
Fine Arts

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