What are the differences between a Fine Art, Visual Art, and Performing Art college?

answers1: A degree in Fine Arts can prepare students for careers in
the visual arts or the performing arts. Programs at colleges,
universities, art academies and technical schools often provide an
overview of Fine Arts before requiring students to choose a
concentration. <br>
Fine Arts Coursework <br>
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Fine Arts programs are as varied as the students who enroll in them.
Students may choose to concentrate in a visual art, such as painting
photography and sculpture, or they may conentrate in a performing art
like dance, voice and theater. Examples of topics a Fine Arts student
can expect to study are listed below: <br>
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Art history <br>
Art theory and criticism <br>
Performing arts <br>
2D art (painting, drawing, photography) <br>
3D art (sculpture, pottery) <br>
Digital art <br>
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Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) <br>
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An associate's degree program in Fine Arts from a two-year or
four-year college or university provides a foundation for upper class
work leading to a bachelor's degree. Two-year technical schools and
art academies may provide more specialized training in a shorter
amount of time. Some career opportunities available to Associate of
Fine Arts graduates are listed below: <br>
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Private music or art teacher <br>
Theater production assistant <br>
Freelance photographer <br>
Jewelry designer <br>
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) <br>
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Bachelor of Fine Arts programs help artists define their creative
expression and develop professional skills that will help them promote
their art as freelancers or obtain jobs with arts-related companies or
nonprofit organizations. This undergraduate degree qualifies graduates
for entry-level positions with galleries, museums and theater
companies, including such job positions as the following: <br>
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Creative writer <br>
Actor/director <br>
Art teacher <br>
Art therapist <br>
Dance instructor <br>
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Master of Fine Arts (MFA) <br>
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A Master of Fine Arts can lead to management and directorship
positions in arts-related enterprises. Graduate degree programs offer
both the creative and the management skills needed to become a museum
director or a theatrical producer, for example. Master of Fine Arts
candidates specialize in their chosen area of concentration. Career
opportunities include the following: <br>
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Curator <br>
Appraiser <br>
Costume designer <br>
Archivist <br>
Nonprofit administrator <br>
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The visual arts are those creations we can look at, such as a drawing
or a painting. Here is a partial list: <br>
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drawing <br>
painting <br>
sculpture <br>
architecture <br>
photography <br>
film <br>
printmaking <br>
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And the decorative arts of <br>
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ceramics <br>
furniture and interior design <br>
jewelry making <br>
metal crafting <br>
wood working <br>
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Any one of these disciplines is a type of visual art. <br>
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Performance Art is live. <br>
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• Performance Art has no rules or guidelines. It is art because the
artist says it is art. It is experimental. <br>
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• Performance Art is not for sale. It may, however, sell admission
tickets and film rights. <br>
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• Performance Art may be comprised of painting or sculpture (or both),
dialogue, poetry, music, dance, opera, film footage, turned on
television sets, laser lights, live animals and fire. Or all of the
above. There are as many variables as there are artists. <br>
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• Performance Art is a legitimate artistic movement. It has longevity
(some performance artists, in fact, have rather large bodies of work)
and is a degreed course of study in many post-secondary institutions.
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• Dada, Futurism, the Bauhaus and the Black Mountain College all
inspired and helped pave the way for Performance Art. <br>
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• Performance Art is closely related to Conceptual Art. Both Fluxus
and Body Art are types of Performance Art. <br>
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• Performance Art may be entertaining, amusing, shocking or
horrifying. No matter which adjective applies, it is meant to be
memorable. <br>
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They are all connected in a way. There are MANY art schools to choose
from. If you like acting then go for a performing art college. If you
like animation and computer art, then search for a visual art college.
If you like painting, drawing, etc then go to a fine art college. I
like media arts like 3d animation so I am searching visual arts. Some
colleges teach all 3.
answers2: Perhaps the best answer is to just look at the
sub-categories under Visual Art and Performing Art here in Y!A with
the problem that several things I would put in Performing Arts are put
beside it in Arts and Humanities - Music seems to be mostly in
Performing Arts, I would put Dance and Theater/Acting. Notice also
that Animation and Live Film are not given different categories.
Visual Arts Drawing & Illustration Other - Visual Arts Painting
Photography Sculpture Arts & Humanities Books & Authors Dancing
Genealogy History Other - Arts & Humanities Performing Arts Philosophy
Poetry Theater & Acting Visual Arts