Welcome to the School of Art + Art History’s web site. The School of Art + Art History offers an innovative and collaborative learning experience that explores the art world through academic study, research, technology, and creative studio practice.
The School of Art + Art History (School of Art + Art History) is composed of over 400 undergraduate art majors, 100 graduate students, and more than 40 full-time faculty. It is a curriculum that embraces history and theory, explores and challenges contemporary visual culture, and plays an active role in creating the future of the art world.
Our innovative curriculum combines both freedom and structure in a challenging,
yet supportive learning community for the individual student artist and scholar.
We offer BA, MA, and PhD programs in Art History, an MA in Museum Studies, a BA
and MA in Art Education, a BA in Visual Art Studies as well as BFA and MFA
programs in the Studio Art.
The BFA studio program begins with the Workshop for Art Research and Practice (WARP), our nationally recognized, alternative foundations program that introduces the study of art through theory and practice. Students follow this intensive course with a series of foundation studies classes. Students are then selected for acceptance into the upper division programs where they are challenged to think critically while examining the possibilities of their major. The 3-year 60 credit hour MFA program is a crucial component to our program providing teaching opportunities and an intensive residency degree theory and practice based program.
Art History students study with top academics in the field. Students in this program learn strong interdisciplinary research and critical thinking skills within a broad spectrum of five general areas of Art History. The graduate program in Art History offers both an M.A. and Ph.D. programs.
Our Museum Studies graduate degree recently celebrated its’ ten year anniversary. Students in this program are offered sound academic grounding, museum theory, and practical experience with a strong partnership with supporting state cultural institutions.
We are proud to announce the Masters of Art in Art Education on line program. UF provides students with extensive opportunities to apply theory to the studio and classroom to hone their knowledge and skills as pre-professional art teachers through on campus, as well as, on line learning environments.
The School of Art + Art History features an active visiting artist and scholars program that is partnered with first-hand viewing and participatory experiences. This includes three University Galleries exhibiting a variety of student, faculty, and a wide variety of innovative art exhibitions. Our program partners with the University’s Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. This large comprehensive museum presents internationally recognized exhibitions and educational programs and houses an exemplary and diverse permanent art collection featuring contemporary and historic artworks from around the globe.
We are proud to say that art and creativity are recognized as a critical component of the University of Florida’s overall mission. Our internationally acclaimed faculty and outstanding student body combine with the overall intellectual community of our creative campus to make the School of Art + Art History an exceptional place to study the studio arts, design, art history, museum studies, and art education.
—Richard Heipp, Interim Director
UF School of Art + Art History
