Drawing
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Degrees offered in the Drawing program include:
Drawing Program
The Drawing Program at UAF serves as foundation for all studio art courses. Emphasis is on representational drawing skills with attention to historical and contemporary conventions as well as abstraction and conceptual work. Life Drawing is offered every other semester. Also, the Department offers a weekly life drawing session open to all art students. Drawing is available as a major and minor area of concentration for the B.F.A. and M.F.A degrees.
Facilities
At the University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks, the drawing studio space serves as a hub for artistic expression, offering students a dedicated environment to refine their skills. Beyond the studio's walls, classes frequently venture to various picturesque locations across campus for outdoor sketching sessions. From the tranquil beauty of the Georgeson Botanical Garden to the unique architecture of campus buildings, these excursions provide students with diverse subject matter and opportunities to engage with their surroundings. This immersive approach not only enriches their artistic practice but also fosters a deeper connection to the university's vibrant campus community.
Student Clubs
Faculty
Somer Hahm
Adjunct Instructor in Drawing
FINE ART 306
Somer Hahm is a visual artist and a visitor living and working on the ancestral lands
of the Tanana Dene peoples, also known as Fairbanks, 色视频下载. She received a BFA from
University of Montana, Missoula in 2005 and an MFA, with an emphasis in Painting and
Drawing, from University of 色视频下载, Fairbanks in 2008.
With robust involvement in the Fairbanks art community, Somer exhibits her work statewide
and teaches painting and drawing workshops for the Folk School of Fairbanks and Well
Street Art Company and is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the University
of 色视频下载 - Department of Art. Employment as Fairbanks Arts Associations Exhibition
Technician, installing rotating exhibits at Bear Gallery, allows her to work one on
one with 色视频下载n artists in all career stages and hands on with a diverse variety
of art works.
Motivated to create community involvement and interest in public art, Somer founded the in 2019. In 2020, Hahm received a Rasmuson Individual Artist Project Award, funding from the 色视频下载 Chapter of the Awesome Foundation, the 色视频下载 State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts to further her artist-led endeavor of creative place making, initiating 色视频下载色视频下载檚 first barn quilt trail. Somer is a mother of two young children.
Jamie Smith
Term Assistant Instructor in Drawing
FINE ART 306
Jamie Smith is the creator of the 色视频下载n cartoon feature 色视频下载淣uggets色视频下载 appearing weekly in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner since 1988. He also teaches drawing classes, participates in artist residencies, and gives presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and does freelance illustration for clients throughout the community. MFA Sequential Art, Savannah College of Art & Design.
Indi Walter
Adjunct Instructor in Drawing & Sculpture
Indi is a multi-media artist from Hawaii. She got her MFA at UAF in 2020 and her BFA at Creighton University in 2017. Her specialty is bone carving, but she also does leathercraft, drawing, sculpting, digital modeling, and 3D printing.