Program Overview
Art Grades P-12 Bachelor’s Degree Program at Asbury
Majors in Art and Art Education are offered for students who want to consider a career in any number of visual art and art-related fields, through the study and practice of Art.
The Art Grades P-12 Major includes a collection of key courses provided by the School of Education, which is approved and accredited by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board and accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). This degree thoroughly prepares the student for teacher certification in Kentucky to teach art in a preschool through high school setting.
Why Study ART GRADES P-12 at Asbury?
- As an Asbury student, you take core liberal arts courses that give a strong base for your major studies and set the stage for life-long learning with a perspective that includes our redemptive Creator. As an art major, you are exposed to a strong foundation in Art History and fundamental design principles. You are then introduced to a variety of media on a basic level, from which you choose one to emphasize.
- After choosing an emphasis, you deepen your skills and widen your perspective through one-on-one interaction with faculty and peers as part of a series of art practice courses during your Junior and Senior years.
- As an Art Education student, you take studio courses that will enhance what you will do in the classroom. This is in addition to the education curriculum that prepares you professionally. You also do a senior exhibit like all art majors.
- You will have hands-on access to studio spaces on campus.
- Art Education majors graduate fully certified as P-12 educators with student teaching experience.
art education Concentrations
Our Ceramics emphasis under the P–12 Education major takes the skills and experience we offer in ceramics and adds key education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Ceramics emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Our Drawing emphasis under the P–12 Education major takes the skills and experience we offer in drawing, and adds key education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Drawing emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Our Graphic Design emphasis under the P–12 Education major takes the skills and experience we offer in Graphic Design and adds key Education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. The content lends itself to numerous real-world application, as the communication of messages through the ever-widening digital marketplace provides ample opportunity for someone who can make their message and that of others both readable and convincing. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Graphic Design emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Our Painting program under the P–12 Education major takes the skills and experience we offer in our Painting curriculum and adds key Education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Drawing emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Our Photography & Digital Imaging Program under the P–12 Education major bundles the skills and experience we offer in Photography & Digital Imaging with key Education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Photography emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Our Sculpture emphasis under the P–12 Education major takes the skills and experience we offer in Sculpture and adds key education courses that adequately prepare for state certification to teach in public schools. All this culminates in the experiential Senior Art Thesis, which gives Sculpture emphasis Majors the opportunity exhibit their work in one of our campus galleries.
Life-Changing Experiences
You can take advantage of regularly scheduled departmental trips to major art collections in Lexington, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Chicago. You also can study art in Paris and explore world-renowned art collections, castles and cathedrals in the Loire Valley and within Paris itself.
Where you’ll Learn
The McCreless Fine Arts Center and the Art Annex hold a variety of studios for drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, graphic design and more. Art students may have access to individual or semi-private studios in their Junior and Senior years.
Meet our art education faculty
Art & Design Department Chair
Outcomes
What Our Alumni Do
Art Education graduates have been hired to work as:
- Professional Photographers
- Graphic Designers
- Exhibit Curators
- P-12 Art Educators
Our alumni also complete internships and work in art jobs at companies including:
- Martin Barker Design, Inc.
- Fly Creative, Inc
- New York Center for Art and Media Studies (NYCAMS)
- Pulse Creative Partners
- Kentucky State Government
- Kentucky Historical Society
- National Geographic Travel Channel
Alumni Stories
Only at Asbury
Students are regularly recognized in the Photographer’s Forum Annual College Photo Contests.
Our own Dr. Stratford is co-founder of the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA).
Our Faculty regularly show their work and have artwork in permanent public and private collections.
