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Undergraduate degrees include the BA in Studio Art and BFA in Painting or Drawing. A minor in studio art is also available to non-majors.
All course work focuses on the development of the individual student's strengths within a pedagogy that reflects both historical and contemporary theory.
The average class size is 12 to 16 students and undergraduate painting classes are held in the two large, skylit Art Building West (ABW) painting studios.
The painting and drawing areas have a strong visiting artist program.
The undergraduate drawing programs are based in the Visual Arts Building (VAB) complex; painting is based in ABW.
Painting and drawing faculty
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T.J. Dedeaux-Norris
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Area Head, Painting and Drawing
![Laurel Farrin is a Professor of Painting and Drawing in the School of Art and Art History.](/sites/art.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2023-11/farrin.jpg?h=ce08045f&itok=2L-exgyy)
Laurel Farrin
Title/Position
Professor, Painting and Drawing
![Shea Hembrey](/sites/art.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/a/a/aa16a59953f1f3115ca8c4df8346d8ba.png?itok=-6B-j2KD)
Shea Hembrey
Title/Position
Grant Wood Fellow, Painting & Drawing
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Elizabeth McTernan
Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Ronald Rozencohn
Title/Position
Associate Professor
![Suzanne Wright](/sites/art.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__768_x_768/public/2024-01/Suzanne_Wright.jpg?h=19ef336e&itok=dbYivCy-)
Suzanne Wright
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Painting and drawing studio specialist
![Bethany Wood-Hebert](/sites/art.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/a/a/aa16a59953f1f3115ca8c4df8346d8ba.png?itok=-6B-j2KD)
Bethany Wood-Hebert
Title/Position
Instructional Services Specialist