2D Visual Arts

Experience the technical, physical, and intellectual world of studio art.

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At Lane, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit your work in our on-campus galleries.

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Get work experience and make career connections while earning credit through a Cooperative Education internship, all as a part of your degree!

What you’ll earn

In the 2D Visual Art program, you can take courses as part of a transfer degree, for fun or to enhance your career.

Transfer Interest Area

Whether you’re a dedicated artist or a student looking to explore the challenge and reward of creating art, the 2D Visual Art program has courses to develop and take you to the next level as an artist. You can explore contemporary and historical 2D disciplines, including Design, Digital Processes, Color Theory, Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, and take classes for fun, as part of a transfer degree, or for your career.

Learn about the Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer Degree

2 years Full-time

$15,408 Full program

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Understand and apply color theory
Develop visual literacy and perception
Think creatively and solve visual problems
Analyze aesthetic and expressive visual concepts
Express ideas in visual form
Understand and manipulate compositional elements
Explore digital processes and forms
Manipulate the power of line and value

AFTER LANE

Our students have used the aesthetic, conceptual, and creative skills they’ve learned in the Visual Arts at Lane to transfer to top tier art schools such as CalArts, Maryland Institute of Art, PNCA, The Art Institute of California, Cooper Union, and Chicago Art Institute and more! After enrolling at Lane, you’ll work with your advisor to develop a transfer plan that works for you.

If you’re interested in transferring to the University of Oregon or Oregon State University, you’ll be able to take advantage of our articulation agreements and transfer guides. Visual arts credits can also fulfill part of an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree. The AAOT will help you transfer to a four-year institution to earn your degree and launch many career options. If you’re not sure where you want to go after Lane, talk to the arts advisors! They’ll help you navigate your options and find the right path for your goals.

Visual Arts alumni have gone on to become successful local, regional and national artists, earned teaching degrees, become art therapists, tattoo artists, started their own businesses, and more. Even if you don’t plan to major in art, our classes will help you develop problem solving skills, self confidence, self awareness, and a life-long appreciation and involvement with the arts.