The University of Alaska Fairbanks BFA in Painting is a strong component of our studio foundations program and an art discipline that students can focus their undergraduate concentration within. Students in the program are encouraged to develop foundational technical skills in acrylic, oil, encaustic, watercolor, and mixed media. Strong emphasis is also placed upon students developing their own aesthetic voices and points-of-view, and also developing the critical and conceptual abilities to clearly communicate those ideas with peer artists and larger public audiences. The BFA process culminates with a thesis solo exhibition accompanied by a written thesis paper which should clearly support the exhibition and the ideas and approaches examined in the exhibition's body of work.