Fine Arts
Minor
Explore your abilities with an adventure into the world of art.
Whether you want to work in dark room photography, explore traditional and experimental illustration styles, sample paints from oils and acrylics to watercolor, experiment with various kilns for firing ceramics or create stunning linocut and silkscreen prints, the Fine Arts possibilities are endless. The soft-skills fostered in the arts program, like good communication, creativity and critical thinking, are valued abilities in any business. No matter where you go in life, a Fine Arts minor can help prepare you to make the most of it.
Take your craft to the next level with a well-rounded art education that gives you the knowledge and abilities you need to advance. With a minor in Fine Arts from Frostburg State University you can develop a portfolio and give your future in art an auspicious start.
Fine Art Program Highlights
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Explore your interests with a broad selection of elective studio classes in a variety of media.
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Bolster a hobby, pursue an interest or strengthen a non-arts degree with the creativity and critical thinking skills intrinsic to art studies.
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Have an impact on campus and in local communities. Many art courses involve collaboration with other departments and with organizations in the Frostburg region to let your art meet a need and make a difference.
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Make your minor both diverse and thorough with introductory and advanced classes in drawing, ceramics, illustration, painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture.
What can I do with a fine art degree?
Median pay for archivist/curator (BLS 2021)
Related Occupations
Archivist
Curator
Museum Worker
Whether you plan to continue your education in art history or a related field, or pursue a major in a different field entirely, knowing how to think critically about visual culture will ensure you are a well-rounded communicator.
What You'll Learn
- Learn from our professional visual arts faculty members who have expertise in a wide range of creative media and regularly exhibit their work.
- You'll interact with distinguished visiting artists and designers who mentor our art and design students each semester.
- Take courses in a variety of art forms, including ceramics, sculpture, painting and printmaking.
FSU’s faculty helped me get my drawing styles down perfectly where I could do photo-realistic drawings, then that helped me create my own style. I didn't really have a style at all before I attended here.
Paris Ashley '15, Fine Arts Minor
A Frostburg State education: more valuable than ever.
With nationally recognized academic programs, real-world learning experiences, a top-notch support system, and a thriving student life, Frostburg State is a place where you can discover yourself, define your goals, and prepare for your future.