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Introduction The University of Louisville has helped foster the development of the visual arts in Louisville for almost 70 years. The University's original art department, founded in 1937, became the Allen R. Hite Art Institute in 1946, in recognition of the bequest of Allen R. and Marcia S. Hite. The Institute has 23 full-time and 10 part-time faculty members. Fine Arts students at the University of Louisville can earn a B.A., B.F.A., M.A., M.A.T. or Ph.D. in a variety of disciplines. Areas of study include art history, art education, ceramics, critical & curatorial studies, drawing, fiber, glass, graphic design, interior design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. The Institute currently has over 550 undergraduate and 60 graduate majors in the combined studio and art history areas. The University of Louisville, founded in 1798, is one of the oldest municipal universities in the United States. With its entry into the university system of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in 1970, the University of Louisville began a new era of service to the region, nation and the world. The University of Louisville, with a current enrollment of 22,000 students, is Kentucky's major urban university and one of the most rapidly expanding universities in the United States. Mission The Allen R. Hite Art Institute, the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Louisville, combines academic excellence with the vision of a fine arts program that draws upon a vital arts community and the visual resources of the Commonwealth's largest city. The Hite Endowment has allowed the department to move to the forefront by providing support for academic programs, library acquisitions, student scholarships, visiting artists and scholars and exhibitions. With the largest undergraduate art program in the state, offering degrees in art history, art education, and studio art with nine areas of concentration, the department is both a magnet and catalyst for students wishing to study the arts within the context of a liberal arts education. The goal of the department is to raise the level of awareness, appreciation and support of the arts, to cultivate and nurture the creative spirit, and to highlight the important role the arts play in the quality of life of its students and the community. Studio Art The Studio Art area provides an introduction to the visual arts with study and studio practice in color, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design and drawing through the Foundations Program. These basic, comprehensive, introductory courses are preparatory for further study in the department's studio disciplines. For the undergraduate student wishing to major in studio art, the program provides in-depth study in studio specialties in 2-D studios (drawing, photography, printmaking and painting), 3-D studios (ceramics, fibers, glass, and sculpture), Communication Art & Design and Interior Architecture. Courses are also offered that lead to certification in art education. The Department of Fine Arts offers B.A., B.F.A., and M.A. degrees in studio art. Art History The Art History program offers courses that introduce students to the history and appreciation of the visual arts. An introductory course explores fundamental elements of design and the potential of the visual media through the study of major works of art around the world and in the region. For the undergraduate wishing to major in art history the program provides in-depth study in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, Modern and Contemporary Western art and architecture, as well as in Pan-African (African and African-American) art. The Department of Fine Arts offers the B.A. degree in Art History.
The Department of Fine Arts also offers Master of Arts degrees in Creative
Art, Critical & Curatorial Studies, and Art History, and the Ph.D. in
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