St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Carrie Patterson, Chair
Associate Professor of Art
Phone: 240-895-4252
Email: ccpatterson@smcm.edu

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Office Staff: 240-895-4225

Alumni Where are they now?

Hannah Piper Burns

Hannah Piper Burns (studio art, 2006) achieved her MFA in 2009 from the San Francisco Art Institute. She currently lives and works in Portland, OR as a freelance art writer, communications director for the Museum of Pocket Art, and a social media and blog coordinator for artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson. Her recent work can be found at www.hannahpiperburns.com.

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Requirements for Studio Art Concentrators

For students entering SMCM from Fall, 2006. Ask you advisor about requirements if you began before that Fall, 2006.

13 courses with a minimum of 48 credit hours, as outlined below:

Core:

  • ART 105 Intro Visual Thinking
  • ARTH 100 Intro Art History
  • ART 214 Intro Digital
  • ART 204 Intro Drawing

Electives:

  • Studio Elective
  • Studio Elective
  • 300-Level Studio Elective (selected from 304,306,308,310,312,314,318 (note: these courses can be repeated once for credit)
  • Art History Elective
  • Art Theory Elective
  • Art Theory, History, or Studio Elective (in consultation with your advisor)
  • Art Theory, History, or Studio Elective (in consultation with your advisor)

Senior Capstone: (as outlined in your required senior proposal and approved by the AAH faculty)

  • ART 493 SMP I
  • ART 494 SMP II
or
  • 2 upper-level 300 or 400-level Studio Electives*

*one must be selected from 304,306,308,310,312,314,318
(note: these courses can be repeated once for credit)

*Note that 300-level studio courses have prerequisites. Remember this when you choose which courses to take to satisfy the two studio electives – at least one will have to be the prerequisite for the required ART 3xx.

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St. Mary's College of Maryland
18952 E. Fisher Rd
St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001
240-895-2000