Senior Painting Seminar 2 credits Spring term

CFA AR 332

  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120) - In this thesis seminar for senior BFA Painting majors, students will explore the relationship between word and image, making and thinking, process and theory in the professional art world and in their personal studio practice. The thesis seminar helps prepare senior BFA students in studio degrees for writing appropriate to the field and for potential graduate study in art. Through a gradually built up process that leads to a visual and written thesis book, students will learn to write in a variety of forms. They will read and discuss related texts by artists, critics, poets and writers. The goal of the writing process is to help students recognize and clarify their artistic voice and communicate better about their own and others' work. The short and long-form writing process should help students feel more comfortable applying for residencies, grants, jobs and projects. Through this course in tandem with the senior studio course and the BFA thesis exhibition process, students will develop complexity of thinking about the intersection of professional practice, personal artistic voice, and a larger cultural context, all of which offer a culminating experience for the BFA degree. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Writing-Intensive Course.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Rivera CFA 500 T 6:30 pm-9:15 pm Senior BFA Painting and Sculpture majors only

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