What You'll Learn
If you’re going to shape the world with your art, you need a university where you'll hone your creative voice and master your craft.
That university is Calvin.
Calvin's BFA program will stretch you in ways you never expected, and prepare you for careers you never imagined. In a supportive, tight-knit community, you'll build a portfolio that highlights your work. You'll forge relationships with experienced Christian faculty who want you to succeed. You'll take advanced art courses and get personal guidance from your professors.
You'll cap all this with an exhibition that showcases your best work. You'll step into the world with a career-making portfolio and confidence in your creative skills.
What Makes This Program Great
- Builds on Calvin's art framework: The BFA program is a highly selective program you'll apply to join during your freshman or sophomore year. As a BFA student, you'll build on a studio art or graphic design major with additional upper-level classes, a focus on your portfolio, and a more intense experience.
- Diverse expression: At Calvin, you'll find the tools, facilities, and community support to bring your vision to life, whether you work with ceramics, paint, pencils, cameras, or the latest design software.
- Deeply Christian: Faith and justice live at the heart of every art class you'll take and every project you do. You'll be challenged to see art as a way to enact real, meaningful change in your community and the world beyond.
- Incredible community: You'll find your niche at Calvin in thriving student groups like Artist Collaborative, Visual Arts Guild, and others. From Calvin's on-campus art gallery to the Dialogue literary magazine, you'll find channels of expression both inside and outside class.
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Faculty
Craig Hanson
Professor of Art History | Associate Director, Honors Program
Associate Director of the Calvin Honors and Collegiate Scholars Programs.
Jennifer Steensma Hoag
Professor
TRACTIONARTS Los Angeles, CA August 2 – August 16, 2014
17 Days (vol.6) curated by Adriane Little, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Atrium Gallery,
Christopher Fox
Professor
Select Exhibitions2022–Transformer Station, Multiple Venues, Artprize, Grand Rapids2021–Open Frame: Miami Beach, Art Basel: Untitled, Art. South Beach, Miami, FL2020–Challenge Privilege, With Kyd Kane
Brent Williams
Director of Exhibitions, Arts Collective Co-Director
