The BFA in Illustration provides a creative and encouraging setting in which to inspire, challenge and promote the talents of its students as they follow an intensive curriculum and achieve multiple learning objectives.

The NYFA BFA in Illustration curriculum provides immersive training and education in preparation for a career in Illustration, alongside comprehensive study in Liberal Arts & Sciences. The program cultivates with significant depth the competencies, technical skills, practical knowledge, entrepreneurial talents and varied considerations that are germane to Illustration practice. By establishing an overarching philosophical commitment to substantive, incisive and eloquent works of visual communication, the student’s abilities will traverse all major genres and classifications of Illustration, from Editorial and Scientific Illustration to image-making for books and self-publishing, enabling both breadth of exposure and specificity of interest in defining a career as an illustrator.