Jamia Millia

Introduction

Faculty of Fine Arts was founded in 1951 as Art Institute by Abul Kalam who laid its foundation at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Art was envisaged as an integral part of the life for the post-independent citizen of the country, thus the objective was to impart training in art and craft through modern concepts and methods of Art Education. The stress was given on individuality through knowledge of native and Western traditions. In 1967 the Arts Institute became the Department of Art and Craft Education and a part of the Teacher’s Training College, and subsequent to this, in 1980-81 it was granted the status of Department of Fine Arts and Art Education and professional courses (BFA) in Painting, Applied Art, and Sculpture were started. Later, B. A (Hons.) course in Art and Art Education was modified to B.F.A in Art Education to provide a comprehensive degree program for art teachers.

On December 3rd, 2007 it was declared as the Faculty of Fine Arts. At present it comprises the following departments:

1. Applied Art

Applied Art as the name itself suggests is Art as Applied to a specific purpose in order to inform or sell goods or services. It is a best regarded as a powerful medium for mass communication besides  its extensive use in the field of advertising, Applied Art is also considered as an effective tool for visual publicity. It is an art of the modern age with a firm belief in art and industry suitable to the age.

Applied Art is the need of every nation and national industry and the field of commerce has to depend on it. When labor and machinery play their part in producing indigenous goods or products, the Applied artist plays an equally important part in planning, designing, advertising and helping to sell these goods or products. Applied artists has as fascinating, a creative field as anyone connected with other Fine Art he can make his work a thing of beauty, charm and attraction, thereby becoming a Fine showman and an engaging sells man.

The syllabus is designed to sharpen artistic intellectual and creative sensibilities, the students are groomed to attain proficiency as Graphic Designers (Applied Artist) in the field of Advertising. Intellectual development is also directed to perusing higher education.

Our Objectives :

Our objectives are to advance learning, knowledge and professional competence particularly in the field of applied arts, in the principle and practice of art and design in relation to industrial, commercial and social developments.

Department of Applied Arts, Jamia Millia Islamia aims to achieve international standards of excellence in graduate and post graduate educations of future artists and designers.

It aims to achieve these through the quality of its teaching, research and practice and through its relationship with the institutions and industry and technologies associated with the discipline of art and designs.

Fostering a high level of understanding of the principle and practice of art and design encouraging individual creativity among staff and students.

Recruiting students of proven ability and by providing pre-professional and post experience study opportunities.

Continuously  enhancing appropriate links and collaborations with industries and professional bodies.

Exploring the innovative applications of technologies and processes to the discipline of art and design.

Encouraging awareness of social and environmental developments in so far as they relate to art and design.
 
Scope of Applied Art (Graphic Design) :

1. Information Graphics
2. Advertising Design
3. Packaging
4. Corporate Identity
5. Desktop Publishing
6. Knowledge of Typography
7. Photography
8. Drawing and Visual Studies
9. History of Graphics and Art
10. Drawing for Storyboard
11. Animation
12. Illustrations
13. Outdoor Media / Wow Media
14. POP Media

Electronic Media : as it has redefined the definition of Graphic Design and has made graphic reproduction technology more accessible to the designers.
 
Growth :

• Innovation and Research
• Professional Focus
• Influence on Art and Design
• Achievements

2. Painting

The Department offers the following courses:

1.  MFA in Painting                                                                                    (02 years)
2. 2.  BFA in Painting                                                                                    (04 years)
3.  Self- Financing Certificate Course in Painting (Evening)           (01 year)

The students are groomed to develop a thought that any form in nature is not a subject but merely an initial impetus for ideas.

The program is designed to sharpen artistic, intellectual and creative sensibilities. Students are groomed to become professional practicing artist / painters. When it comes to artistic, intellectual and creative skill very vast area opens for the student. Today, even industries are coming up with illustration and animation requirements. There are many branch of the above said two disciplines where the requirement for recruitment comes from all across the world.

Sculpture

The Department of Art Education is an academy for liberal training in visual art and in teaching attitude and aptitude leading to the master and bachelor degrees in art education.

Concept:

The Department of Art Education believes that creativity pursue a forecasting pattern, it appears early in life and gradually develop perfection. The offered course is focused on methods of discovering potential creativity so that it can be given an opportunity to develop. The concept of this course is to impart comprehensive understanding and knowledge about different aspects of teaching art to children at all age and educational levels. Having such specific objectives students are trained to explore themselves as an art teacher and as well as professional practicing artist.

Department of Art Education courses

The bachelor’s as well as the master’s course is designed with full awareness of the necessity of an art teacher to be familiar and well trained in the understanding to the art process that they will impart to students as art teachers/educators/artist. though one can instantly notice overlaps between Fine Arts & Art Education courses offered to students at the Master’s and Bachelor’s level, on close look, the focus and purpose of both these streams vary and take somewhat a different path. While the art education courses apart from practicing art, will focus heavily on the pedagogy of teaching art for instance, on how to teach art, what constitutes art, what are the evaluative criteria in art and how ‘art exercises’ and ‘art teaching’ can be made more engaging and relevant at the school/college level.

M.F.A. in Art Education

The Master of Fine Art is a two year integrated professional degree program in Art Education, introduced in 1980-81.

The objective of the learning program and training is to achieve complete development of the student’s perception along with the enhancement in skill as specialists it also cultivate the innovative kind of intellect and creative sensibilities. M.F.A. in Art Education is designed for the practical studio work, teaching assistantship, prescribed theory subjects and dissertation. Where, studio work is consist of the painting as its main subject and applied art*, graphic art* or sculpture* as its one optional subject.

B.F.A. in Art Education

The Bachelor of Fine Art is a four year integrated professional degree program in Art Education, introduced in 1980-81.

The objective of the learning program and training is to achieve complete development of the student’s perception along with the enhancement in skill as specialists it also cultivate the innovative kind of intellect and creative sensibilities. B.F.A. in Art Education is designed for the practical studio work, teaching practice, prescribed theory subjects and dissertation. Where, studio work is consist of composition, life study, portrait study, nature study, drawing, sketching, geometrical drawing and two year specialization in craft subject i.e., wood craft, batik craft, metal craft, and terracotta craft and one optional subject from applied art*, graphic art* and sculpture*. The course also emphasis on Teaching Practice in second year (nursery to eight standard ) and third year (ninth to twelfth standard) which is a rigorous educational experience with a commitment to become teachers of children, rather than view it as a means to a ‘job’. Varied theory subjects as History of Art and Aesthetics, Theory of Art Education and Methods and Materials.

*The curriculum is equivalent to the designed syllabus of respective field.

Placements

This course would enable students to secure placement in agencies/institution facilitating universalization of art education and those which run teacher preparation courses for govt. as well as private institutes like, D.I.E.T.s, SCERT, and NCERT, polytechnic. Those who graduate may become teachers, freelance artist, designers, visualizers, and administrators of art program i.e., councilors, supervisors, curator, art critic & historian.

Admission

The admission to all the programs in the Department is through a practical test (life, composition & theory) followed by an interview as per the following distribution of marks.

B.F.A

Life: 25 marks Composition: 25marks Theory: 35 marks Interview: 15marks.

M.F.A

Composition: 50 marks Theory: 35 marks Interview: 15 marks.

*For Practical test only the drawing sheet will be provided by the department.

The Department of Art Education also organizes multiple extra-curricular activities in order to enrich the academic culture. The department regularly organizes invited talks and workshops by eminent art personalities from universities /research institutes within India and abroad.

3. Art Education

The Department of Art Education is an academy for liberal training in visual art and in teaching attitude and aptitude leading to the master and bachelor degrees in art education.

Concept:

The Department of Art Education believes that creativity pursue a forecasting pattern, it appears early in life and gradually develop perfection. The offered course is focused on methods of discovering potential creativity so that it can be given an opportunity to develop. The concept of this course is to impart comprehensive understanding and knowledge about different aspects of teaching art to children at all age and educational levels. Having such specific objectives students are trained to explore themselves as an art teacher and as well as professional practicing artist.

Department of Art Education courses

The bachelor’s as well as the master’s course is designed with full awareness of the necessity of an art teacher to be familiar and well trained in the understanding to the art process that they will impart to students as art teachers/educators/artist. though one can instantly notice overlaps between Fine Arts & Art Education courses offered to students at the Master’s and Bachelor’s level, on close look, the focus and purpose of both these streams vary and take somewhat a different path. While the art education courses apart from practicing art, will focus heavily on the pedagogy of teaching art for instance, on how to teach art, what constitutes art, what are the evaluative criteria in art and how ‘art exercises’ and ‘art teaching’ can be made more engaging and relevant at the school/college level.

M.F.A. in Art Education

The Master of Fine Art is a two year integrated professional degree program in Art Education, introduced in 1980-81.

The objective of the learning program and training is to achieve complete development of the student’s perception along with the enhancement in skill as specialists it also cultivate the innovative kind of intellect and creative sensibilities. M.F.A. in Art Education is designed for the practical studio work, teaching assistantship, prescribed theory subjects and dissertation. Where, studio work is consist of the painting as its main subject and applied art*, graphic art* or sculpture* as its one optional subject.

B.F.A. in Art Education

The Bachelor of Fine Art is a four year integrated professional degree program in Art Education, introduced in 1980-81.

The objective of the learning program and training is to achieve complete development of the student’s perception along with the enhancement in skill as specialists it also cultivate the innovative kind of intellect and creative sensibilities. B.F.A. in Art Education is designed for the practical studio work, teaching practice, prescribed theory subjects and dissertation. Where, studio work is consist of composition, life study, portrait study, nature study, drawing, sketching, geometrical drawing and two year specialization in craft subject i.e., wood craft, batik craft, metal craft, and terracotta craft and one optional subject from applied art*, graphic art* and sculpture*. The course also emphasis on Teaching Practice in second year (nursery to eight standard ) and third year (ninth to twelfth standard) which is a rigorous educational experience with a commitment to become teachers of children, rather than view it as a means to a ‘job’. Varied theory subjects as History of Art and Aesthetics, Theory of Art Education and Methods and Materials.

*The curriculum is equivalent to the designed syllabus of respective field.

Placements

This course would enable students to secure placement in agencies/institution facilitating universalization of art education and those which run teacher preparation courses for govt. as well as private institutes like, D.I.E.T.s, SCERT, and NCERT, polytechnic. Those who graduate may become teachers, freelance artist, designers, visualizers, and administrators of art program i.e., councilors, supervisors, curator, art critic & historian.

Admission

The admission to all the programs in the Department is through a practical test (life, composition & theory) followed by an interview as per the following distribution of marks.

B.F.A

Life: 25marks Composition: 25marks Theory: 35mark Interview: 15marks.

M.F.A

Composition: 50marks Theory: 35marks Interview: 15marks.

*For Practical test only the drawing sheet will be provided by the department.

The Department of Art Education also organizes multiple extra-curricular activities in order to enrich the academic culture. The department regularly organizes invited talks and workshops by eminent art personalities from universities /research institutes within India and abroad.

4. Art History and Art Appreciation

Department of Art History and Art Appreciation was established in 2007 when the earlier Department of Art and Art Education developed in to a full-fledged Faculty of Fine Arts. This is the only Department in Delhi which offers an MFA in Art History.

The Department of Art History & Art Appreciation provides diverse programs for the study of history and theory of art. The program seeks to create a forum for the exploration of visual arts as manifested in major epochs of European, Near Eastern and Asian civilizations. This is accomplished by encouraging the exploration of diverse approaches and examination of varied materials. The department seeks to cultivate knowledge of salient works of arts, of the structures within which they are produced and utilized, and of the ways in which the visual environment in the broadest sense generates, acquires and transmits meaning. Ways of addressing and analyzing range of materials that constitute visual culture are emphasized in lectures, seminars and workshops through oral and written presentation of research and inquiry into specific objects, periods and issues.

This is a department with a vision to develop scholastic studies in the field of Art History and Art Appreciation. Thus the syllabus and course structure involves keeping abreast with the developments in the field of Contemporary Indian Art in the context of the other countries in Asia and the West.

The Department offers two year course of Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Art History. This course includes, methodological and research oriented structure of traditional Art history discipline and new demands of the discipline in relation to sister concerns like curatorial practices and art management. The syllabus includes discourse on all aspects of art like folk and tribal art, ancient art, medieval art, modernism and Modern art, postmodernism and contemporary developments in the field of visual arts.

The unique character of this course is that it includes the study on Art Historiography, Asian Art and Curatorial practices. Thus it equips students to deal with the professional needs of Art Historians, art writers, art critics, contemporary curators and academicians.

After doing this course students can work as art writers, art critics, contemporary curators, art consultants, gallery managers, and art historians in academies and art educators in different colleges/faculties.

5. Graphic Art

Department of Graphics (Print Making) was established in 2007. The department focuses on the study of modern graphic techniques (Etching, Serigraphy, Lithography, Wood engraving, etc). Students are given the possibilities of freedom in shaping their ideas, while their own standpoints and artistic opinions are honed and stimulated through discussions with teachers. Special focus is on the development of students’ own independent grasp of graphics with the maximum effort is made to encourage experimentation within the broader field of visual arts and its overlap with other media, thus placing graphics into the spatial context as well. The departments are basically dedicated to creative and innovative reproduction in the field of Visual Arts and are taught technical and aesthetic aspects of printmaking.

The Department of Graphics offers Postgraduate Program stressing creative and intellectual thinking; awareness of individual, social, cultural, and communicative issues; the integration of new technology, and a concern for ethical implications of the natural environment.

The primary goal of the curriculum is to educate students, to make them capable of integrating form and information for the purposes of effective visual communication. The Program encourages exploration of diverse problem-solving methodologies, innovative investigations, and creative research in all forms of communication.