Art has the power to transform people and society, which is why we prepare our students to become adept writers, thinkers and cultural leaders uniquely equipped to enter society and the job market. From ceramics to digital media, our students gain a broad understanding of the field of art practices.
Learn a wide range of stylistic approaches to art
Explore critical issues in art practice
Understand what it means to be a creative, empathetic thinker
Our art practices program offers the broadest professional art training in the Rocky Mountain region, including: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics and electronic media of video, photography and digital art
Art faculty have showcased their art at more than 2,500 solo and group exhibitions across the globe and have won numerous residencies and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright and Guggenheim
Our fine arts program is considered one of the best in the nation—#23 in the most recent U.S. News & World Report ranking
Graphic designer, art director, creative director, artist are common job titles of our graduates; those with art degrees report working in curatorial positions in museums, galleries or libraries, or in public relations, commercial illustration, advertising, marketing or publishing
At CU Boulder, art practices graduates earn more than the nationwide average of comparable majors, as reported by PayScale
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(BA'88)
Founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
(MFA ceramics, '08)
Artist designer for Hatch Designs LLC who has sold her work to Anthropologie, Galison, Chronicle Books, Quarry, Graphique de France and more
(BFA'00)
A sculptor living in Los Angeles who has had solo exhibitions at L.A. Louver and other galleries; in 2014 he was artist-in-residence at Fullerton College in California
('37)
An animator with Walt Disney Animation Studios who worked on such films as Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi
(MA'80)
Director of fixed income markets at Capital Group Companies in Los Angeles
