Drawing and Painting Concentration | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Drawing and Painting Concentration

A Contemporary
Practice & Challenge
to Tradition

Within MCAD’s Fine Arts major the Drawing and Painting concentration challenges perception by exploring and reimagining what is possible. Grounded in an exploration of materials and techniques, students hone their artistic voice through critiques, engagement with guest artists, and collaboration with a creative community of makers and thinkers. Students have access to painting and drawing studios, as well as individual studios on campus, open 24/7, allowing for time to observe, process, and create.

Person painting in their studio

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Class Highlights

This Bachelor of Fine Arts program emphasizes a collaborative process of working on teams with students from all MCAD majors.

Required classes include:

  • Painting: Materials and Techniques
  • Operative Drawing
  • Representational Studio
  • Issues in Abstraction
  • Professional Practice
Degree Information

After MCAD

There are many paths to explore with a degree in Drawing and Painting.

Potential careers include:

  • Fine Artist
  • Independent Curator
  • Illustrator
  • Muralist
  • Tattoo Artist
Additional Careers

See what students in the major are making

“There are workspaces all around you, tools to make anything, and every wall is a potential gallery. Having a personal painting studio was incredible–I was able to work all night, spread out, make a mess, take a coffee break, and then jump back into it.”

Hilary Greenstein ’13, Freelance Painter

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.