Old Dominion University (Art Department)

The Art Department offers its majors the benefits of a small liberal arts college coupled with the resources and visibility of a major university. The major is open to any undergraduate student who has met the required prerequisites for the declaration of a major at Old Dominion University. We also offer a program for graduate study in conjunction with the Fine Arts Department of Norfolk State University that leads to a Master of Arts degree or a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies.

A faculty committed to teaching provides students with individual attention in small to medium-sized classes.

Members have achieved national recognition for their scholarly and creative work. Their fields of expertise include art and architectural history, art education, and such studio areas as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, sculpture, fibers, clay, and metalsmithing.


Academics

Undergraduate students may choose between two degrees: The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) is a liberal arts degree with three distinct areas of study: Art History, Art Education, and Studio Art. The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) is a professional degree with emphases in drawing and design, fibers, graphic design, painting, print & photo media, and sculpture & metalsmithing. With an additional 21 hours of study, students may obtain teaching licensure (certification) with the B.F.A. An undergraduate degree in art opens many doors. Graduates of the Art Department are employed in area schools, museums, and corporations. Others pursue graduate study in art history, art education, fine arts, design, and architecture, in addition to other professional fields where an ability to see, think, and write critically is especially valued. The vast majority of graduates from our Teacher Preparation Program secure teaching positions across the Commonwealth.

Graduate studies are offered through the Joint Program in Visual Studies, the country's only graduate program in visual art with faculty composed of members from two autonomous universities: Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University. Two degrees in visual studies are offered: the Master of Arts (MA), a 33-hour graduate degree; and the Master of Fine Arts (MFA), a 60-hour terminal degree in studio art.


Facilities

Facilities for the Art Department are located in three buildings on the ODU campus. The Visual Arts Building houses the Art office, along with classrooms and studios for media, crafts, painting, drawing, and scultpture. The Art Studio building holds additional sculpture facilities and the ceramics studio. Art History classrooms and the Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library are located in Diehn Fine & Performing Arts Center.

Media Labs
There are two media labs of 18 stations each available for student use comprised of Macintosh IMac, G4 and G5 computers running the OS X operating system. Students have access to a variety of software programs such as InDesign, QuarkXPress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Flash, Dreamweaver, Cinema 4D and many others. An extensive type library of classical and contemporary fonts is also available. Scanning stations are included in both labs with four legal-sized flatbed and one 12x17 scanners, and dedicated slide scanners. Each lab has B&W laser and ink-jet color printers plus HP DesignJets (755 and 800) for large format output.

Printmaking
The studio space for printmaking techniques comprises over 2800 square feet. Included is a general classroom, a lightsafe room for photomechanical processing, a computer lab with an HP 755 CM wide format printer, a dedicated studio for screenprinting, and a large studio equipped for intaglio, relief, and lithographic processes. Major equipment includes a 33" x 51" Takach litho press, a 26"x 50" Takach etching press, and a Vandercook SP20 (20"x26") flatbed proofing press for typography, relief printing and book arts. Lithography includes the use of aluminum plates, posi-plates, and stones. The shop has a quality litho stone inventory which includes 10 stones in the 20"x 30" range, 18 in the 15"x 24" range, and over three dozen of smaller sizes from 8"x 10" to 12"x 16". The shop is also equipped with an air-powered levigator for graining stones. For intaglio the shop has a 24"x 36" aquatint box and a 24"x36" hot plate. For book arts there are 168 case drawers of foundry type and wood type, and an Ideal 28 power paper shear. The screenprint shop includes a 40"x 50" manual American clamshell press, an American Cameo 32"x 36" semi-automatic clamshell press, a 27"x 33" Davis CPU platen press, a Hopkins six color manual shirt printer, and a Firebird dryer. Retensionable metal screen frames include two dozen Cam-Loks and seven dozen roller bar type in sizes from 18"x 20" to 30"x 50".

The photomechanical processing room includes four light tables, a Richmond Graphics 42"x 48" soft top Professional Exposing Table, a NuArc 30"x 40" glass top vacuum exposing unit, an Olite Compact Halogen Printing Light with an OLIX light integrator, and two temperature controlled washout sinks. Each student is provided with individual storage space including a cabinet and a 36"x 45" map case drawer. All work spaces are temperature contolled, ventilated, and meet OSHA safety standards.

Photography
As an all-digital program, photography uses the resources in the Media Labs (see above). An equipped lighting studio is also located in the VAB.

Ceramics
Clay studios are located in the Art Studio building, and include three electric kilns, a downdraft gas cart kiln, raku kiln, 14 electric pottery wheels, slab roller, two extruders, and a Laguna Spray Booth.

Painting
Students enjoy two well-lit studios as well as individual workspaces for advanced students and special projects.

Sculpture
Located in the Art Studio building, facilities include equipment for fabricating in wood, stone and metal.

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