Mission & Goals
Mission
The Foundations Program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art embraces the necessary experiences critical to building language and skills for our upper level classes. The program fosters the building of necessary skills and heightened visual perception imperative for aesthetic problem resolution. The program serves as a preface to concepts that function as underpinnings for a creative life in art. Through the specific courses in the program many materials and concepts are explored and specific skills are generated. These courses expose the student to skills and concepts necessary for their area of concentration.
Goals
Department Goals
- To foster students with a understanding of the history and visual language of art.
- To support students in the passage to higher education.
- To supply facilities and equipment that encourage students to acquire and rehearse skills essential for drawing, color exploration and two and three dimensional design.
- To enable students to select an area of art making to specialize within.
Objectives
- Develop the knowledge and language to discuss concepts and critique art projects.
- Develop technical skills which can be applied to advanced study in concentration.
- Develop the confidence to fully utilize advanced college classes.
- Develop the skill to foster and clarify concepts so that they can be explored through the art making process.
- Develop the skills necessary to commence research and utilize a broad range of art making materials.
