Art, Studio

The Art program emphasizes the rich diversity of human experience as it is expressed in visual form. The transmission of personal and cultural values through objects is a phenomenon that can be observed around us constantly in daily life; it is also something that happens over time, through space, and across cultures. Indeed, our need to make, experience, and comprehend art is as old and as profound as our need to speak. It is through art that we can understand ourselves and our potential, and it is through art that we will be understood and remembered by those who will come after us.

The Art major, as part of the broad liberal arts tradition, fosters the development of analytical skills, engagement with ideas, and the exploration of social and personal values. Consequently, students majoring in Art have found their study a good point of departure for careers in education, professional art, advertising, communications, architecture, art criticism, and museum work, as well as law, business and government.

Through creative work, Studio Art courses develop skills that emphasize visual perception and articulation, conceptual and practical problems, and technical skills in a variety of media and processes. Foundation courses in basic design and composition prepare students for creative work in courses dealing with particular media or processes, such as painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, electronic media, and photography. Upper level courses develop students' conceptual and artistic skills needed for successful completion of a final thesis project highlighted in the annual Senior Show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.

Non-majors who take studio art course(s) will experience Introductory:

1. Exposure to critically engaged fine arts practice.
2. Visual literacy skill-building.
3. Individualized experience of communication through visual media.
4. Participate in an art-making community.

• International applicants must submit a photocopy of the name/photo page of their passport showing their image and the correct spelling of their name.
• An international applicant must demonstrate their English language proficiency to satisfy immigration policies. Proficiency may be demonstrated through any one of the following methods.
  • International Applicants Whose Native Language is English Applicants who are fluent in English because it is their first language, need not take any further action to demonstrate proficiency. This includes, but is not limited to, applicants who are from Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand or who coupled a bachelor’s or advanced degree in a country where the primary and dominant language is English and English was the language of instruction of the school.
  • Official TOEFL of 88 or IELTS of 6.5. The TOEFL code for Willamette is 4954.
• Financial Requirements Applicants must be able to show they have sufficient resources to fund educational and living expenses for one year of the program and provide the following:
  • A completed Statement of Financial Responsibility form
  • Official bank verification of funds (written in English), showing that you and/or your sponsor have sufficient resources to cover educational and living expenses for one year of the program, or
  • A financial guarantee letter from any government scholarship you have been awarded.

If your native language is not English, Willamette University requires you to submit scores from one of the following tests. Scores can be sent directly from the testing agency to the university. These tests can be waived if the primary language of instruction at your high school has been English.

Step 1: Begin the undergraduate, graduate, or post-baccalaureate application.

Step 2: Upload your high school and/or university transcripts or final examination results.

Step 3: Indicate how you meet PNCA’s English language proficiency requirements.

Step 5: Submit your application

Step 6: If you are accepted and you decide to enroll, order a transcript evaluation.