Mission & Accreditation
The mission of the New Hampshire Institute of Art is three-fold: to provide a traditional Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program emphasizing the integration of creative, aesthetic, technical, and critical skills in artistic expression; to offer a continuing education program that serves the community in the visual arts; and to provide an ongoing series of public exhibitions and lectures that support the educational programs.
Accreditation
The New Hampshire Institute of Art is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and is a candidate for accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Goals of the Institute's BFA Program
- To offer students five possible programs of fine art study: a Studio Concentration in Ceramics, Illustration, Painting, Photography, or Interdisciplinary Studies.
- To provide students with a firm foundation in two and three dimensional art concepts, practices, and techniques.
- To provide writing instruction that offers students opportunities for personal reflection, critical thinking, process analysis, and academic research.
- To provide students with an historical background in artists, cultures, and movements.
- To encourage constructive, creative exchange and collaboration between fine arts and liberal arts.
- To prepare students with real world opportunities to present themselves and their work professionally.
- To provide through and ongoing assessment of student development and progress in the BFA program.
- To provide students with a foundation in library information literacy.
- To serve a broad community of traditional and non-traditional students with meaningful continuing education opportunities.
