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About Us

A Visual Art Education at Brown is a rich experience of conceptual challenge, skill building, and self-discovery. Our students acquire the intellectual and practical tools to make art as well as to interpret and critique the world of images. We offer a range of courses in both historical studio practices (drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture) and newer and emerging technologies (new genre, digital media, and video). Our students also have the opportunity to take courses at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Our purpose is to prepare students for graduate study and/or to work productively within an expanding array of opportunities offered by the visual culture industry. Alumni from Brown Visual Art include successful artists in every medium.

We also offer non-concentrators an opportunity to explore practice in the arts as an enhancement of their general education. Our Foundation Drawing class is one of the most popular courses on campus.