The minor in arts practices is available to any students interested in our wide range of studio art courses, from ceramics to digital media. Art has the power to transform people and society, which is why we prepare our students to become adept writers, thinkers and cultural leaders uniquely equipped to enter society and the job market.
ÌýLearn a wide range of stylistic approaches to art
ÌýExplore critical issues in art practice
ÌýComplement your undergraduate studies with a minor
Our art practices program offers the broadest professional art training in the Rocky Mountain region, including: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics and electronic media of video, photography and digital artÌý
Art faculty have showcased their art at more than 2,500 solo and group exhibitions across the globe and have won numerous residencies and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright and Guggenheim
Our fine arts program is considered one of the best in the nation—#23 in the most recent U.S. News & World Report ranking
$54,000
Median starting salary of artists
(, 2020)
Graphic designer, art director, creative director, artist are common opportunities to apply this minor
Broaden your employment possibilities with additional knowledge and skills gained from a minor
Some opportunities include:
Learn more about:
(BA'88)
Founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
(MFA ceramics, '08)
Artist designer for Hatch Designs LLC who has sold her work to Anthropologie, Galison, Chronicle Books, Quarry, Graphique de France and more
(BFA'00)
AÌýsculptor living in Los Angeles who has had solo exhibitions at L.A. Louver and other galleries; in 2014 he was artist-in-residence at Fullerton College in California
('37)
An animator with Walt Disney Animation Studios who worked on such films as Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi
(MA'80)
Director of fixed income markets at Capital Group Companies in Los Angeles
