Art - Fine Art Studio (BFA)

A Professional Degree in Fine Art

A bachelor's in fine art from Seton Hill University is a professional degree designed to prepare you for graduate study (Master of Fine Art) or to begin a career in art or related professions. At Seton Hill, you will be supported and challenged in your artistic development.

You can choose a concentration in Painting, Metals, Sculpture or Clay.

Why Earn a B.F.A. in Fine Art at Seton Hill?

At Seton Hill, you'll achieve your artistic goals through:

• A concentration in painting, sculpture, clay or metals. 
• The painting concentration fosters respect for technical mastery of painting techniques and concepts and offers a connection to the continuum of art history and criticism.
• The sculpture concentration provides an understanding of three-dimensional design, including knowledge of hand and power tools, foundry, welding equipment, plastic and resin, with the integration of digital technologies. 
• The clay concentration will prepare you for the use of tools, techniques, and processes including clays, glazes and firing.
• The metals concentration will provide you with the skills to use and understand the tools, techniques, and processes in producing metal or jewelry objects from design to completion.
• Courses in various aspects of the arts that allow you to work side-by-side with professional artists who will become your mentors.
• Fieldwork and apprenticeships with professional artists and arts organizations that specialize in your area of concentration.
• Your MacBook Air laptop, provided to all full-time traditional bachelor's degree program students as part of our Mobile Learning Program.
• Seton Hill's state-of-the-art facilities, including the award-winning Seton Hill Arts Center.
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Arts Center

Seton Hill's award-winning Arts Center features sculpture, graphic design, metals, clay, photography, printmaking and drawing studios, in addition to welding facilities and a foundry. The Center contains a full digital fabrication lab with extrusion and resin printers, laser engravers and a water jet machine. Our 3D printers can achieve the accuracy of stone setting, or print objects up to one meter tall.

Equipment used by studio art students includes:

Printers

• Ultimaker S5
• Optimus P1 Large format 3D printer
• Ender 3 Pro printer (7)
• Makerbot Replicator 2X
• Formlabs Form 2 resin printer
• Longer Orange 30 resin printer
• Bambu X1C printer

Scanners

• Einscan Pro 2x Handheld
• Occipital Structure scanner for iPad

Subtractive

• Glowforge Laser engraver
• Wazer Desktop waterjet
• Boxzy 3 in 1 Mill/engraver/printer
• Laguna 2 x 4 feet CNC Router

 The Center also houses three exhibit spaces: the (outdoor) Art Yard, Harlan Gallery and Harris Gallery. 

Faculty

At Seton Hill University, your professors aren't just educational instructors - they're artists and professionals with a variety of skills and experiences to share. You'll have the opportunity to work with skilled faculty in various aspects of the arts.