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Fine Arts: Visual Arts

Fuel your artistic passions by joining the creative community of learners immersed in the visual and performing arts at SUNY Ulster. Explore your creativity in a variety of media and gain skills to help you pursue a career that is financially and personally fulfilling. Under the guidance of our accomplished faculty who are practicing artists in addition to experienced educators, you’ll find support every step of the way.
As a SUNY Ulster art student you’ll be empowered with the ability to not only pursue your vision but learn how to develop a portfolio and join or launch a creative business. The time of the starving artist is long gone! SUNY Ulster art students learn how to break through the clutter to build profitable careers.

A career as an artist can bring deep satisfaction whether you choose to become a designer, illustrator, teacher, curator, or one of the myriad of other career choices available to you. A 2022 report issued by the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) indicates that:

  • 87% of arts alumni between the ages of 18 and 64 were employed in September 2022.
  • 75% of arts alumni in the workforce have arts-related job duties, regardless of their job title
  • The likelihood of arts alumni to be self-employed is 3.6% higher than other workers
  • Alumni with arts-related job duties reported significantly higher rates of being ‘very satisfied’ with their opportunities to be creative and intellectually challenged than alumni without arts-related job duties.

Take the Next Steps

If you are ready to start your college journey as an Arts student, check out the programs below, apply, and visit us to learn more.

Programs

 
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Associate Degrees

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Meet Our Fine & Performing Arts Faculty

 

 

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Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery

The Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery serves as a center for creative artistic activity at the College and for the outside community. It also functions as an environment for teaching, performing, and exhibiting.