Practical experienceThe program is housed in excellent facilities which include; individual studios for graduate students and studios for etching, lithography, relief printing, silkscreen, metal fabrication, ceramics, metal casting, sculpture, digital printing, darkroom work, electronic art and video, wood working, rapid prototyping, and figure drawing and modeling. Four galleries are connected to the school and college, including one in downtown Cincinnati, and these showcase student work, thesis work, faculty work, and visiting artist work.
Scholarships, Graduate Assistantships, Teaching Assistantships, travel fellowships and research grants are available. The School of Art sustains an active visiting artist program and offers additional programs/courses in professional practice, art history, art education, theory and museum studies. Cincinnati's dynamic art community and institutions such as the Contemporary Art Center and the Cincinnati Art Museum offer many other resources and opportunities for students.
Course descriptionThe Graduate Painting area provides students with individual studios and the ability to pursue the development of their painting in a concentrated fashion. The area is supported by: college galleries; a shop for wood, metal, and plastic; slide and book/periodical libraries and the seven other studio art disciplines.