Fine Arts major in Columbus, OH

Arrive with talent. We’ll help you refine and unleash it.

In our Fine Arts program, you’ll realize your artistic vision. Deepen your creative journey learning contemporary art theory while expanding your practice in any number of mediums, including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewelry and painting. Take part in intensive studio courses, network with internationally renowned visiting artists, and immerse yourself in the professional world with a methodology and worldview that are essential to any career.

Our graduates go on to work around the world as professional studio artists, jewelry designers, ceramicists, glassblowers, art administrators, art educators, art critics, museum and gallery curators, exhibition designers, festival artists, gallery directors, museum preparators, public art sculptors, and gallery owners.

Fine Arts alumni accepted into graduate programs: Virginia Commonwealth University, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University School of the Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Maryland Institute College of the Arts, California College of the Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York Studio School, New York Academy of Art, University of California at Long Beach, and many more.

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Launch Experience

Visiting Artists & Scholars Success stories Classes for first-years in fall 2023 Explore Career

Facilities

You'll have access to:

Expansive studio space for all Fine Arts students and studio space for juniors and seniors
Two student galleries
Digital studio to document work
Sculpture lab with a woodshop, welding lab, and foundry
Fully equipped ceramics studio, including clay mixers, extruders, slab rollers, ceramic decal printer, and kilns that include gas, electric, and raku
Printmaking lab that's equipped for intaglio, silkscreen, lithography, and relief printmaking processes
Glass studio that’s equipped for hot and cold work and includes color and clear tanks, casting equipment, large annealers, lapidary wheels, and a diamond bandsaw
Jewelry studio with individual benches for student use, each with a flex shaft, and a lab that includes forming and raising tools, casting equipment, rolling mills, sandblasters, and soldering stations. Jewelry tool room with common hand tools for fabrication, stone setting, and mold making.
Tool room with common hand tools for fabrication, stone setting, and mold making