Bachelor of Fine Arts
Our arts programs integrate practical training in studio art, profound intellectual understanding, and the progressive development of consciousness, the basis of all creativity. The fine arts are the creative self-expression of consciousness, articulating the awareness of the artist and enlivening the awareness of the audience.
To realize the finest values of art, the artist and the viewer must experience the most expanded values of consciousness. While mastering the skills and knowledge of art, our students become well acquainted with consciousness and the mechanics of creativity, thereby enjoying more effortless, stress-free, and spontaneous creative expression.
The faculty support students’ enlivened creativity by encouraging them through their successes — a teaching method that strengthens the students’ natural inspiration. Our faculty, who exhibit and lecture around the country, have been recognized for excellence in both art-making and teaching.
Traditionally, the arts have celebrated the most glorious possibilities for human life. The arts have articulated high ideals of beauty, harmony, and wholeness. These ideals are now becoming realities of creative expression and daily life for students at Maharishi University of Management.
Our graduates enjoy careers as artists, educators, arts administrators, designers, animators, and in video production, advertising, and Web design.
Features of student life in the BFA program
- Interact with visiting artists from around the country and with established artists in the Fairfield area who have given the town a regional reputation as a center for the arts.
- Explore the greatest art of the past and present in the light of consciousness, and gain inspiration to develop their artistic genius.
- Take field trips to major cultural centers such as Chicago and New York and explore the universal and unique values of consciousness expressed in the art of many cultures.
- Develop tools for self-evaluation and career development, forming the basis for professions in the arts.
Entrance Requirements
Students interested in the BFA program apply to the Department after completing a minor in Fine Arts (20 credits including Art and Nature, an art history course, and 3 studio courses), or the equivalent experience based on approval of the Department. Students entering the program may be asked to submit a portfolio documenting examples of previous course work. Admission to the BFA program is based on portfolio and GPA. Continued participation in the program requires a 3.0 GPA or higher.
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