With 5,000 students, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the USA.In the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in art with a concentration in craft and sculptural practices, you acquire a foundation of skills and knowledge that draws connections between traditional methods and emerging art practices. You develop the ability to think critically and communicate through your art, learning a wide variety of approaches to advancing ideas and discourses, including woodworking, foundry, fine metals, jewelry, neon, large-scale fabrication and textiles.
The program embraces all media. If you are interested in working in three dimensions, you have access to an extensive variety of materials and equipment, including a world-class foundry; neon studio; steel fabrication facilities; machine shop; wood studio; fine metals and jewelry studio; felting, basketry, sewing, knitting, quilting and weaving studio; and textiles dye lab. You can move in the direction your art takes you.
The curriculum emphasizes conceptual and material knowledge, interdisciplinary research, mentorship, exhibition experience and portfolio building. Distinguished faculty provide expertise across an array of areas within contemporary art, including object-making, public art, site-based projects, interactive and kinetic sculpture, installation and social practice. Courses emphasize post-colonialism, queer art and culture, critical craft, Indigeneity, sustainability, migration, data visualization, site specificity and public art.
In addition to classroom learning, the program is enriched by arts organizations and cultural institutions that provide you with opportunities to build professional networks through fellowships, internships and residencies. The program is further augmented by public events supported by the School of Art galleries, the ASU Art Museum, the Ceramics Research Center and Archive, and Pyracantha Press.
You should visit the craft and sculptural practices areas of study(opens in new window) page to learn more about the program. To engage the school's creative community, you can subscribe(opens in new window) to the School of Art newsletters and follow the school on social media.
