Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
Beginning with drawing, VARTS students learn to translate their experience of the world around them into mark, line and tone. Painting, both water-based and oil, provides an exploration of color principles and behaviors. Printmaking offers a bridge between drawing and painting in graphic form. In all media, contemporary practices as well as art-historical precedents are emphasized.
The Minor in PDP, allows for depth of study in a range of expressions from the figurative to the abstract. Students are encouraged to develop proficiencies in multiple media while exploring the ideas and issues they care most about in visual form. Many students use the PDP Minor to augment their studies in Architecture, Graphic Design, Marine Biology or other disciplines where visual communication is an essential skill.
Student Work
The Visual Arts program at Roger Williams University is interdisciplinary by design. Students are expected to explore a range of media from painting and ceramics to photography and video. Through the experiences of different media, students are challenged to find their own voice as an artist in work that reflects their individual aims and interests. Our students develop proficiencies in several media, often combining media in new and unexpected hybrids. Students in VARTS at RWU routinely make high-quality work that we are proud to display throughout the campus community in our Art on Campus program
Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
Our Alumni Are
- Gallery assistants and administrators
- Teaching in Arts Education in public schools, private schools, and workshops
- Art directors or writers at magazines
- Design consultants
- Pursuing graduate degrees
- Working freelance as photographers or own their own businesses as designers