Core Drawing

Mission

The Core Program in the College of Visual Arts and Design provides the broad foundation to develop the practical skills and conceptual methodologies necessary to enter any of the Visual Arts majors within the College. The program promotes the understanding of historic and contemporary currents and their relationships.

1. Materials and techniques;
2. Visual aesthetics and organization;
3. Creative processes;
4. Visual literacy (development of vocabulary, critical analysis, articulation of process and product; content and context);
5. Historic and contemporary visual cultures;
6. Professional pathways.

Work completed by Core Drawing students demonstrates the rigorous critical inquiry, practical skill-building and visual exploration that are hallmarks of this well-established program.

Faculty, Students and Alumni

Faculty who teach in the Core Drawing Program are accomplished artists in their respective fields. They maintain active studio practices and exhibit their work nationally and internationally. Their efforts are supported by visiting artists, including the following:
Enrique Chagoya (Berkeley, California)
Tracy Hicks, 2009 (Dallas, TX)
Karen Kunc (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Phyllis McGibbon (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
Nancy Palmeri (Arlington, Texas)
Pam Nelson (Texas)
Chuck Bennett (Architect)
Rebecca Carter

Graduate students who assist these faculty are appointed through a selection process which includes an intensive seminar, innovative mentor program and ongoing performance reviews. Accomplishments of graduate students affiliated with the program include competitive grants from the Dallas Museum of Art, residencies at the University of Texas at Dallas Southside on Lamar, and Travel Grants from the Toulouse Graduate School (UNT). Alumni teach at College of the Redwoods (Eureka, CA), Crafton Hills College (Yucaipa, CA), Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI), Lonestar College (Houston, TX) and Mountainview College (Dallas, TX).

Undergraduate students in the Core Program have impressive accomplishments, including acceptance into the Annual Voertman Competition (UNT); and receipt of several awards such as the Hispanic and Global Studies Initiatives Fund Tuition Scholarship (UNT), Multicultural and Scholastic Award (UNT), International Education Scholarship (UNT) and Study Abroad Scholarship (Lorenzo de' Medici Art Institute of Florence).

Facilities

The Core Program occupies classroom spaces in three separate buildings. A centralized lecture hall provides space for presentations, while a shared light well provides open space for critiques and informal discussion.

Faculty & Staff