Guide for Art Concentrators

With advanced planning, studio art concentrators can study abroad and successfully complete the concentration requirements.

Students must consider the following factors to formulate a study-abroad plan that complements their art studies at Hamilton:

Requirements for the concentration and when required courses are offered
Study-abroad requirements, especially language requirements
The type of study-abroad experience desired: Some programs allow flexibility to take art history as well as studio courses at different levels and in different media, while study at a dedicated school of art usually requires students to focus on only one medium and may not offer art history.

ART-104 Introduction to Drawing or ART-160 Figure Drawing
ART-203 Introduction to Painting, ART-235 Intaglio Printmaking, or ART-233 Introduction to Printmaking
ART-106 Introduction to Ceramics ART-109 Introduction to Sculpture or ART-107 Art and the Environment
ART-116 Introduction to Photography, ART-213 Introduction to Video, ART-221 Introduction to Animation or ART-105 Introduction to Media: Integrated Media and Emerging Practices
One 300-level course in the same area as the senior project before the end of the junior year
Art Electives

Fall semester: junior seminar ART-380, advanced course in area of senior project
Spring semester (study abroad): one additional studio art course and one art history

Individual students may not be able to follow this schedule, so consult with your faculty advisor as early as the first semester of your first year.

Students must complete their advanced course before going abroad, so they should verify when the course is normally offered.

Hamilton in France (Paris, France)
French 140 required, French 200 preferred. Students can take a studio art course at Institut de la Croix Nivert or Speos. Art history courses are offered at Ecole du Louvre for advanced students and at Reid Hall.
Hamilton Academic Year in Spain (Madrid, Spain)
Spanish 140 required, Spanish 200 preferred. Studio Art: Drawing and Painting is offered at the 200 and 300 levels. Art history courses are available.
Lorenzo de' Medici Semester, API (Florence, Italy)
Italian 120 required. Courses offered include drawing, painting, conservation, sculpture, ceramics, advanced painting, and printmaking. Traditional focus on conservation and historical painting techniques.
Syracuse University: Studio Arts track (Florence, Italy)
Italian 120 Required. Courses include drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and textiles. Studio arts students typically enroll in two to three studio classes, Italian language, and one other course from the variety of offerings at the Syracuse Abroad Florence center.
Tyler School of Art, Temple University (Rome, Italy)
Italian 120 required. Students are not restricted to one area. Courses include painting (advanced); printmaking (beginning, intermediate); sculpture (beginning figure modeling); photo (beginning, advanced, digital); drawing; galleries and studios of Rome (art history). Art history courses are available.

Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, Scotland)
Spring or Full Academic Year
Students pursue a set class schedule, normally year two, painting and printmaking. Electing “environmental arts” allows undecided students to work in more than one medium. Art history is available.
Slade School of Art (London, England)
Spring or Full Academic Year
Students pursue concentrated studio practice in their an area of choice. No art history course is available.
University of the Arts, London (London, England)
Fall and Spring
Students can pursue courses in 2D, 3D, 4D (film, video), XD (art practice across dimensions)
Burren College of Art (Ballyvaughan, Ireland)
Fall or Spring
Students are not restricted to one area, and may take beginner, intermediate or advanced studio work in painting, sculpture and photography. Art history and drawing courses are available. Art in Context may fulfill the junior seminar requirement with permission of chair.

Bard College in Berlin: Artistic Practice and Society (Berlin, Germany)
Fall or Spring
German 120 required. Courses include ceramics, drawing, glassmaking, painting, photography, sculpture, video
Boston University: Venice Studio Arts (Venice, Italy)
Fall or Spring
Italian 120 required. Three tracks: Graphic Design, Painting, Sculpture

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