2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Painting - Minor

The Minor in Painting allows students to focus on painting as a medium, discipline, process and vehicle to evolve conceptual thinking with painting practices. It will provide students the opportunity to explore the technical, formal, historical and theoretical approaches to painting through a combination of studio courses. Explorations in traditional mediums such as oils and acrylics will be utilized as well as mixed media and non-traditional mediums. The analysis of contemporary practices lead to students developing personal strategies in painting. Painting provides skills, creative thinking and appreciation applicable to many fields of study, including careers in education, counseling, therapy, business, marketing, communications, art history and any of the other visual art disciplines. Coursework encourages experimentation and self-discovery.

Requirements

Required Courses

IFINE 1630Drawing Intensive

3

IFINE 2200Painting I

3

IFINE 2700Figure Painting

3

Electives (Choose Two)

IFINE 2205Painting II

3

IFINE 3950Advanced Figure Painting

3

IFINE 2215Abstract Painting

3

IFINE 3200Advanced Projects in Painting

3

IFINE 2231Assemblage/Mix Media

3

IFINE 2250Watercolor

3

IFINE 3295Large Scale Painting Projects

3

Program Notes

For further information about this minor please contact Matthew Cherry, Chair of Studio Arts, at 617.349.8004 or matthew.cherry@lesley.edu. To declare this as your minor, contact your Academic Advisor and have them initiate a Program Change dynamic form with the Registrar's Office. You are responsible for determining how the change in program affects your educational plans.