Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Governors State University

Explore the coursework, career options, and lifelong skills you’ll receive with a BFA from Governors State University. Take steps toward your dream of becoming a professional artist or find out how creative and design skills can serve you in another career. Major in Art to launch your career and ignite your passion at GovState. There’s something immeasurably rewarding about the study, practice, and creation of art. This essential part of modern society encourages introspection, sparks joy, and marks iconic moments in history. Join artistic movements both locally and globally to help shape the way individuals, communities, and countries express themselves and communicate with others. Explore the career options in the art industry or find out how your degree can help you foster real-world skills in other industries.Art not only enriches individual lives-it is essential to the health of any society, as it is practiced and experienced collectively. Governors State’s Bachelor of Fine Arts offers an interdisciplinary approach in the visual arts with concentrations in Studio Art, Film and Photography, and Graphic Design, allowing students to explore and create within a particular discipline. Moreover, the GovState campus is located within the internationally renowned Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park. This ''museum in the prairie'' serves as a living laboratory for the union of art, nature, and university life.

College of Arts and Sciences