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StudioArts

Studio Arts

The Fine Arts Department offers a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (B.A.) with a studio concentration. The five studio concentrations are painting, printmaking, ceramics, drawing, and graphic design. Students are accepted into one concentration. The studio concentration offers the student a focused art experience in one specific medium. Artwork from one studio concentration makes up the majority of pieces in their final portfolio.

With the addition of a sixth studio concentration, Studio Arts, Fine Arts intends to appeal to the student who wants a more diverse art experience. With the Studio Arts concentration, students will focus on two studio areas. This diverse background will prepare students to explore career possibilities in galleries and arts organizations, to name a few.

Acceptance into the Studio Arts Concentration

After completing all four Foundation courses and at least three 200 level studio courses, students will be able to seek acceptance into the Studio Arts concentration.

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Studio Arts Curriculum

All studio concentrations require students to take four Foundation courses and five 200 level studio courses. The Studio Arts concentration will require the same Foundation and 200 level courses. The courses are as follows:

Foundation Course Requirements  
  • F100 Fundamental Studio- Drawing (3 cr.)
  • F101 Fundamental Studio- Three Dimensional Design (3 cr.)
  • F102 Fundamental Studio- Two Dimensional and Color Design (3 cr.)
  • P273 Computer Art and Design

TOTAL: 12 credit hours

200 Level Studio Course Requirements
  • S230 Painting (3 cr.)
  • S240 Printmaking (3 cr.)
  • S200 Drawing (3 cr.)
  • S260 Ceramics (3 cr.)
  • S250 Graphic Design (3 cr.)

TOTAL: 15 credit hours

300 and 400 Level Studio Course Requirements
300 Level

Studio Arts requires two 300 level courses, two 400 level courses, and a seminar. This is a total of 15 credit hours. It will require any two of the following 300 level courses:

  • S301 Drawing (3 cr.)
  • S331 Painting (3 cr.)
  • S361 Ceramics (3 cr.)
  • S341 or S343 or S348 Printmaking (3 cr.)
  • S351 Graphic Design (3 cr.)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

400 Level

Depending on the selection of 300 level courses the general studio concentration will require taking the 400 level of these courses:

  • Example: if S301 Drawing and S331 Painting then S401 Drawing and S431 Painting is taken.

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

Senior Seminar
  • A401 Senior Seminar finishes the general studio concentration. This course is the capstone experience taken in the fall semester prior to the senior show in the spring of the year a student graduates.

TOTAL: 3 credit hours

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Full-time Studio Faculty

[Photo] Brian Jones

Brian H. Jones is Professor of Fine Arts, in the areas of Printmaking, Drawing, and Art Theory. He received his B.F.A. from Indiana University in 1975, and his M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati, in 1977. His work has been exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions and in over 125 international, national, and regional exhibitions, receiving numerous awards at each level. Brian’s work is further represented in museum, university, and corporate collections throughout the country. The recipient of over 15 individual artist fellowships, Brian has been a Fellow to such programs as the MacDowell Colony, the Corporation of Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As a teacher and creative researcher, Brian has received five University teaching awards and the University’s Outstanding Research and Creativity Award. Brian also maintains blogs for his classes: Intalyo and IUSArtCar.

[Photo] Susan Moffett

  • Susan Moffett
  • M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  • Teaching Printmaking/Drawing
  • sumoffet@ius.edu

Susan Moffett teaches printmaking and drawing and has exhibited widely. Artworks are in collections such as the Evansville Art Museum, the Hyatt Regency, Louisville, and The University of Dallas. She has received two grants from The Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Distinguished Research and Creativity at Indiana University Southeast. Moffett is also a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University. During a 2006-07 sabbatical, she spent two weeks as a guest at the Belfast Print Workshop in Northern Ireland.

[Photo] Deb Clem

Debra Clem is a Professor of Fine Arts. She has taught fine arts at the college level for more than thirty years. Debra has shown her work in more than 60 group, invitational, and solo exhibitions. Debra also maintains the Painting Guide, an online painting manual for her students, as well as the Turptown blog. She is a member of FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching) and is an active visual artist whose works have been exhibited on a local, regional, and national level. She has been awarded five individual artist grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Al Smith Fellowship as well as fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center. Debra is also the recipient of the university’s 2006 Distinguished Research and Creativity Award.

[Photo] Marilyn Whitesell

Marilyn Whitesell is an Associate Professor in Fine Arts teaching Graphic Design. This program has had success in attracting students from both Kentucky and Indiana. Graphic Design has also been successful in placing its talented students in internships where they have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the field before graduation. Professor Whitesell's background is in print and multimedia design and she is able to share her knowledge of the field and personal expertise with her students. She is also involved in digital printmaking and exhibits regionally, nationally, and internationally.  Marilyn was the recipient of the Indiana University Southeast’s Distinguished Research and Creativity Award for junior faculty and the Indiana University Bloomington’s New Frontiers Grant for research in digital media. Marilyn also maintains the following blog: www.the-glyph.blogspot.com.

[Photo] Brian Harper

Before coming to IU Southeast, Brian taught ceramics at Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two year. He was able to offer many types of firing including wood, salt, raku, pit, electric, low fire fuming, using three gas kilns and a 40 cu ft. Bailey car kiln.

He started graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in September of 2002. Originally he went there for the wood firing program. While initially continuing his explorations into wood fire and his large sculptural forms, he ultimately moved into his current style of work which consists mainly of carving fired ceramics. He experiments with kiln building, include two soda kilns, and three anagamas.

His recent 2008 exhibits include: Feats of Clay 2008, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California, Dualis (Invitational), Grand Arts Center, Tracy, California, Studio Faculty Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Brian Harper: Private Archaeology, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas.

[Photo] Donna Stallard

  • Donna Stallard
  • M.F.A., University of Dallas
  • Foundations Coordinator
  • dstallar@ius.edu

Donna Stallard is a Lecturer in Fine Arts teaching foundations drawing, 3-D Design, and 2-D Design Color. She is director of the Ronald L. Barr Gallery on campus. Donna received her M.F.A. from the University of Dallas, in 1994, where afterward she also taught. Her three-dimensional relief prints have been shown in juried, invitational, and solo exhibitions, and are included in many permanent collections including Better Homes & Gardens, National City Bank of Louisville, KY; North Texas Heart Center, Dallas, TX; GTE Corporation, Lewisville, TX; Penn State University, University Parks, PA, and Indiana University Southeast.  Stallard was commissioned to create a 3-D wall-sized relief print as part of the dedication of the Ogle Cultural and Community Center by the then-retiring Chancellor, Leon Rand.

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