The Department of Art offers a dynamic and interactive program in a challenging and supportive environment. The nine full-time faculty and 15 part-time faculty are all highly trained and educated professionals, working artists, art historians and art educators who are national and international leaders in their fields. The department has both a very active Guest Lecture Program and a Lord Hall Gallery Program that continually brings in a wide range of work and ideas to the department. Our classes provide a richly creative and informative environment, with lots of personal attention. The University of Maine Department of Art Studio Program offers the B.A. and B.F.A. degrees in the lively context of a liberal arts education. The program has a great teacher-to-student ratio, providing students individual attention. The studio faculty are all active professionals, strongly committed to effective teaching. Fully engaged in their own creative research, the faculty also have an outstanding record of exhibiting their work in prestigious local, national and international venues. The emphasis of the Studio Art Program is creative work in the areas of: Drawing and Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Digital Art.<br><br>Diverse career opportunities exist for Department of Art graduates. The degrees offered prepare students for a wide range of vocational choices inside as well as outside the field of art. They also provide a solid foundation for those choosing to go on for graduate study. Many graduates of the Department of Art have developed careers in different aspects of Studio Art, Art Education and Art History, including graphic design, fashion design, museum administration, arts administration, and multi-media.<br><br>The University of Maine, Department of Art offers both the Liberal Arts based B.A. degree in Studio Art and the B.F.A. degree in Studio Art with a concentration in Printmaking. The Printmaking program at the University of Maine, moved into the Wyeth Center in 2012. Our new print studio is a state-of-the-art green print facility which brings together a cross section of academic courses, technical print research, and printmaking workshops with post graduate and professional Open Access and Print Residency programs. We have been devoted to investigating and using safer, less toxic print media since 1995. Our new facility brings together Print, Digital, and Photography and is housed side by side with the New Media innovation, Research, and Development Center at UMaine. Coursework within the program is guided by conceptual exploration and development of technical aptitude. Embracing environmental responsibility and personal safety in the studio, we have capacity to cover a full compliment of print processes: Intaglio (acrylic resist etching grounds, photopolymer films), Lithography (polyester plate), Water-based screen, Photomechanical and Digital processes, Relief (linoleum, woodcut, laser cut), Collagraph, Monoprint, Book Arts, Type Setting and integration of print media with installation, site-specific, and interdisciplinary practice. Our program welcomes educational exchange, innovation in technique, and emerging technologies that push the parameters of printmaking.