Art and Art History

• The Slade School of Fine Art is world-renowned for studio arts and art history.
• In addition to the UCL Collections, students will have easy access to many important museums and galleries located near UCL in central London.
• Students may apply to the Independent Studio Programme and specialize in painting, sculpture or fine art media. Students work in studios and are assigned to a tutorial group which meets regularly.

• World-renowned for conceptual studio arts and art history.
• Goldsmiths' facilities enable students to work in metal, casting, wood, fine art printmaking, digital media, photography, video, stitch and fabric, constructed textiles and print and dye.
• Semester only Studio Art students must take all of their courses in the art department. If you are an academic year student, you can choose to take either a full year of studio art or one semester of studio art and one semester of classes in other subject areas.

Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis

• Explores the contributions made by Senegal to the arts and culture of Africa. Arts workshops focusing on batik making, ceramics, and sand painting, or musical training ranging from traditional Senegalese dance to traditional instruments are incorporated into the program seminar.
• Past Independent Study Project topics have included: ethnomusicology, the role of dance in ceremonies, industrial and traditional fabric dying and design, griots (musicians, historians, royal advisors), Senegalese film as a cultural statement, the work of the Sorano National Theater, the artists of Gorée Island, the talking drum, women and craft production, and contemporary Senegalese music.

• The SU Center art studios are located at piazzale Donatello, in an area first designated as an "artists' quarter" in 1874.
• Students admitted to the art program are expected to register for six to nine credits of studio courses. Based on portfolio review and areas of interest, students will be placed at the Syracuse Center, the Florentine studios, or in both facilities.
• Students who wish to take only three credits of studio art may be granted permission by the art coordinator in Florence on a space-available basis. Interested students must present evidence in Florence (portfolio, samples of work, etc.) of requisite skills.
• Elective courses in art history expose students to concepts, processes, and techniques of Renaissance masters and their precursors.
• A gala art show, open to the Florence community, celebrates student work at the end of each semester.

• The BU Center and the University of Padova offer Art History courses, and related field trips are offered.
• Padova is located near to the major Northern Italian artistic sites: Venice, Bologna, Ferrara, Vicenza, Verona and Florence.

• This is a one semester, intensive internship/academic experience.
• Students have the opportunity to obtain individualized placement for work and practical experience in Art, Art History, and Visual Arts Cultural Policy.
• Typical placements: Museums, Ministry of Culture, FRAC and other centres d'art, commercial art production, design firms and architecture firms.

• Paris universities offer courses in Art History, History of Art and Archeology, Cinema and Film Studies.
• Students may also take classes in plastic arts and photography at specialized institutes.

• IES Abroad Center and the University of Nantes offer Art History and Architecture courses.

• IES Abroad Center and various Paris universities offer Art History and Architecture courses.
• Studio Art majors and minors may take painting, sculpture and drawing classes at the Académie de la Croix Nivert. The Académie’s studio workshops allow you ample opportunity to interact with French students and faculty.

• Studio art courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving and print, ceramics, digital imagery, scenography and textiles are available at the partner institutions Universidad del Museo Social Argentino and Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte. Courses are generally for beginning students; advanced students should consult with the staff onsite and should be prepared to provide a portfolio of work for admission into the higher level courses.
• Art History courses are available at the partner institution Universidad de Buenos Aires.
• Internships are also available in the arts.

• A program course, Art in the Museums of Madrid, is offered specifically for study abroad students and includes required field trips to local museums.
• Advanced language students who attend for the full year or spring semester can also take art history and art theory courses at the partner institution Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.