The Fine Arts Courses at Loyola are designed to provide students with a broad exposure to the visual and performing arts and to develop the basic technical skills necessary to pursue further training for a professional career in the arts. The fine arts curriculum is comprehensive, and includes courses in art history, drama, music theory, music history and performance, photography, cinema, and studio arts (drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, and sculpture).

Introductory level courses build the basic foundation in each discipline, and no previous experience is necessary. Upper division courses offer more specialized studies, building upon the experiences of the creative process. Students may elect to major or minor in Fine Arts or to combine a Fine Arts major with a major in another discipline, in addition to taking courses for personal enrichment. Advanced students may apply to take an internship or to undertake a senior project in a specific discipline. Department sponsored field trips to museums, galleries, and professional performances in Baltimore and other cities are available to all students. All Loyola students choose one Fine Arts course as an integral dimension of the Core Curriculum.

All Fine Arts programs are located in the Julio Fine Arts Wing of the DeChiaro College Center, which houses not only the College’s theatre, but also rehearsal and practice rooms for the performing arts, a specialized class room for art history lectures, and fully-equipped studios for clay, drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography, as well as specialized spaces such as an acid room for printmaking, a clay green room, a black-and-white and color darkrooms. Regularly scheduled exhibitions and performances expose Fine Arts students to new creative works by practicing professionals, critics, and others.