The BFA Fine Arts program guides you to discover your artistic voice, familiarizing you with traditional techniques of painting, drawing, sculpture, and video, as well as interdisciplinary methods that can include performance, multimedia installation, and digital interaction. Internships and electives in topics such as art history, theory, and professional practices broaden your perspective and prepare you for a successful future in the field. Your BFA begins with Parsons’ first-year curriculum, which serves as the academic foundation for all undergraduate programs at Parsons. From your second year on, you dive into Core Studio and Core Seminar courses that support your critical making practice. Art and design history and theory courses develop your research, writing, and critical reasoning skills, and university electives broaden your perspectives.

Career Paths Graduates of the BFA Fine Arts find success in fields such as fine art practice; arts administration; curatorial studies and practice; museum, auction house, gallery, and art fair management; art history and criticism; publishing; and art installation.