Maybe you’re a hands-on kind of person.
If any of the above sounds like you, Fine Arts might be your major.
In Fine Arts, the possibilities are endless. Whether you pursue painting, sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, performance or installation, you’ll learn exactly what it takes to lead a successful career as a practicing studio artist and professional. You’ll learn from working artists with successful practices, meet with visiting artists, go on fun field trips to museums and galleries, and show off your work at annual Open Studios events.
You'll also get access to brand-new studios and maker spaces—and that’s just on Moore’s campus. Inspiration awaits, mere steps away, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, Rodin Museum, and much more.
P.S. Did we mention that you get your very own studio space in your junior and senior years? 🖌
Left: Leanna Bacani ’21, Fine Arts
When I was looking at colleges, I wanted to go somewhere located in a city with a large museum culture. Moore was perfect, being right into the museum district. I can walk a couple blocks and look at paintings I've learned about in my art history classes.
Fine Arts Media Gallery
Check out sample student work and photos from Fine Arts classes and events!
Carolina Marín Hernández ’22, Fine Arts. Photo: Steve Weinik.
Takia Michael ’21, Fine Arts.
Emily O'Day ’21, Fine Arts.
Fine Arts students compete in a "pedal-powered race" around Logan Circle, using vehicles they created and constructed in their welding class, March 2023. Photo: Dave Rizzio.
A Fine Arts student works in the welding studio. Photo: Steve Weinik.
Students work next to each other during a Fine Arts drawing class. Photo: Steve Weinik.
A Fine Arts student works on a piece in their studio. Photo: Steve Weinik.
Cassidy Argo '21, Fine Arts.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH AN FINE ARTS DEGREE?
Get the skills you need at Moore to become a...
- Gallery director
- Art instructor
- Museum archivist
- Studio artist
- Community educator
- Printmaker
- Art conservator
- And more!
The limit does not exist!
MEET MICHELLE ANGELA ORTIZ ’00
Michelle is a winner of the “Leave a Legacy” grant competition by PHILADELPHIA250, the nonprofit leading the city’s festivities surrounding America’s 250th birthday, for her latest project, "Our Market," about the vendors, business owners, and neighbors of Philadelphia's historic 9th Street Market. She's also an award-winning visual artist, skilled muralist, filmmaker and community arts educator whose murals, documentaries and other projects have sparked social change by spotlighting narratives not often heard or seen.“My studio classes [at Moore] taught me dedication and determination in my practice,” she says.
Prepare to Be a Superstar
100% of Moore Fine Arts students kick start their future careers with a paid internship! Fine Arts students are landing jobs and internships at places like:
The Barnes Foundation
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Icebox Project Space
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Please Touch Museum
Taller Puertorriqueño
And more!
ART STAR
LILY SCHARFF '23, FINE ARTS
