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Painting and Drawing

The Painting and Drawing Area at UCLA encourages innovation and experimentation while also addressing the history of the longest-standing practice in the visual arts. Within this area of study, students are encouraged to examine and explore all the creative possibilities offered by painting, drawing, and printmaking, while developing a critical and personal relationship to the discipline. Students are further encouraged to broaden their perceptual awareness through observation, translation, and invention of images, and to develop their critical skills through discussion of the historical and contemporary precedents for their work, assigned readings, group critique and visits to local museums and galleries. Excellent facilities and renowned faculty, both tenured and visiting, combine to create a rich and rewarding atmosphere for artistic production.

Painting and Drawing Faculty

Area Head

Associate Professor

Cosmo Whyte

Dept. Chair

Professor

Rebecca Morris

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Assistant Professor

Troy Montes Michie

Associate Professor

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

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Lecturer

Kim Fisher

Lecturer

Alex Olson

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Lecturer

Nate Wolf

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Location & Contact

Location

The Painting and Drawing Area is on the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors of Broad Art Center Tower

Beginning Drawing Studio Classroom – 7250

Beginning Painting Studio Classroom – 7230

Advanced Drawing Studio Classroom – 7240

Advanced Painting Studio Classrooms – 6220 and 6250

Contact

Painting and Drawing Lab Supervisor

Ben Evans

Ben Evans

E: benmark@ucla.edu

T: (310) 825-2882

Office: Broad Art Center Suite 6261

Painting and Drawing Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Undergraduate Painting and Drawing Courses
Graduate Painting and Drawing Courses

Painting and Drawing Graduate Studies

The Painting and Drawing Area is one of six areas of study in the M.F.A. art program. Within this area, graduate students are encouraged to examine and explore all of the formal and conceptual possibilities offered within the discipline, while continuing to refine their own personal modes of expression. The development of critical skills is emphasized and addressed through individual meetings with faculty, group critiques, and seminar classes. Students are encouraged to arrive at a greater awareness of the historical precedents and theoretical bases of their work.

Painting and Drawing Area faculty Cosmo Whyte, Troy Miche, Rebecca Morris, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung serve as the primary advisors to students admitted to this area of study. Students may also work with faculty from other areas within the Department of Art or other departments across the university.

All M.F.A. students are offered the use of off-campus individual studios in the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios, located in Culver City. In addition to individual studio spaces, the studio building houses photography, sculpture, ceramics, and computer labs, as well as open spaces for exhibitions, lectures, and group critiques. Although the Department of Art does not offer graduate-level courses in the summer, the graduate studios are open year round.

Painting and Drawing M.F.A. Candidates

Painting and Drawing Resources

Alumni
Painting and Drawing Facilities & Equipment