Bring an open mind and an open heart. Join an interdisciplinary community of artists who collaborate to influence the world.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture offers a wide array of studio art disciplines. Here, you learn the power of disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary study. You experience the strength and inspiration of collaboration. You understand the real value of an art degree for your future success and for the world — whether you make art your whole career or not.
As you consider your art school options, remember all the ways the Tyler School of Art and Architecture nurtures your creative spirit and prepares you for graduate school, professional practice or other creative career pursuits.
Tyler offers multiple programs in Art, providing a range of opportunities for students at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Undergraduates may also want to consider Tyler's Bachelor of Arts in Visual Studies major. This unique interdisciplinary studio arts degree incorporates research and making, writing and creating within a socially conscious framework of studio practice and seminars.
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture provides a comprehensive education in art — where you develop a balance of conceptual and technical skills as an artist and creative-thinker.
Everything we require, every way we challenge you, everything you learn, builds upon your prior coursework and personal development.
Tyler designed your degree program to establish vital connections with your classmates within and across studio art disciplines. That’s how the art world, and the world at large, works, so that’s how we teach.
All 8 of the studio art BFA degrees at Tyler begin with a 1-year art foundations program.
Through additional core courses required year to year, you and your cross-disciplinary peers reconnect to learn collaborative art practices and to apply those practices along with research and critical analysis based on annual themes.
The idea of studio artists working alone and somehow removed from the world is outdated. All that you are and all that you do exists at a crossroads.
That’s why Tyler encourages you to understand true collaboration as living, breathing relationships with people, nature, places and emerging issues.
Your work inside and outside of art shapes you into a leader with social and civic responsibility. To demonstrate your professional readiness, all 8 studio art BFA degrees at Tyler conclude with your choice of a capstone thesis that can take many forms, including options like these.
Reach out to Tyler’s embedded admissions team with any questions or to get specific information you need.
Tyler proudly confers a broad range of studio art degrees.
BFAs in studio arts
Add creative entrepreneurship certificate
Add art education concentration
All of Tyler’s studio art BFA degrees give you two ways to expand your career options and professional preparation. Add something extra to your degree and give yourself the advantage and flexibility to take on opportunities that arise throughout your life.
Thanks to a partnership with Temple University’s Fox School of Business you can add a creative entrepreneurship certificate to any of Tyler’s studio art degrees. Integrate business savvy and feel prepared for the financial and other considerations in your career.
Tyler also gives you the option of adding an art education concentration to your BFA degree. Join the many artist-educators who find and spark the artist within all of us, including future generations in schools and art programs of all kinds.
Draw upon Philadelphia’s longstanding clay culture as you explore experimental clay techniques. Learn to incorporate digital technologies in your creative methods. Build your skills and confidence with ceramic’s complexity of materials and processes by studying the relevant chemistry, and variety of equipment that influence your work.
The Fibers and Material Studies program at Tyler School of Art and Architecture offers you a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in craft, material research, garment and textile design. Here, you'll refine your craftsmanship and explore the endless possibilities, all while developing your technical skills and pushing the boundaries of fiber art. With a foundation rooted in empathy, collaboration and community, Tyler gives you the space to create bold works inspired by your artistic vision.
Glasswork is a collaborative discipline with a tight-knit artistic community that supports your artistic expression. Tyler’s well-equipped studios give you the space and the tools to create glass sculptures that shine a light on your unique perspectives while you learn cutting edge practices through our innovative sustainability initiative. You will study a full range of glass processes, including glassblowing, hot-casting, kiln-casting, flame-working, performance and more.
Become a leader in innovation and tradition at Tyler's Metals / Jewelry / CAD-CAM program. Challenge conventional notions of jewelry and metalwork by embracing cutting-edge technologies alongside time-honored techniques. Learn from practicing artists in a nationally renowned program, gaining expertise in both traditional craftsmanship and advanced computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing (CAM). Explore new creative possibilities in state-of-the-art facilities, shaping your artistic vision and preparing for success in diverse professional fields.
Tyler’s BFA in Painting equips you with the knowledge, technical skills and strategies needed to build a sustainable studio practice and artistic career. With the guidance of dedicated faculty-mentors, you’ll explore a range of techniques that help shape your creative voice and artistic identity.
Since its invention, photography has held a place of cultural prominence as a primary mode of communication. That’s increasingly true because of the pervasive use of photographs on digital platforms of all kinds. Tyler takes an interdisciplinary approach that helps you grow as an artist and image maker, combining cutting-edge digital technologies and historical photographic practices.
Join a welcoming, collaborative community of artists and educators who bridge tradition and innovation. Explore a range of printmaking techniques, including intaglio, relief, lithography, screen printing, letterpress and artist’s books, along with experimental approaches and new technologies. Tyler’s student-centered approach focuses on developing your creative voice while planning a sustainable and satisfying career path.
The sculpture program at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture provides opportunities to develop conceptual, material and technical skills across a variety of forms and media. Join our lively community of innovative artists, thinkers and creators who engage in contemporary practice.
Studio art majors can add these art and design minors to their BFA degrees:
If you’re majoring in something else at Temple University, it’s simple to add a minor in art and a great way to expand your creative and critical thinking and to stand out in your chosen field.
At Tyler, you gain broad, transferable skills as a thoughtful, collaborative and confident professional — in any career you choose.
Explore the variety of work Tyler’s close-knit community of artists creates across our many studio art degree programs.
BFA Ceramics '23 Student
BFA Glass '23 Student
BFA Glass '21 Student
BFA Printmaking ’23 Student
BFA Glass '22 Student
MFA Ceramics ‘24 Student
BFA Fibers and Material Studies ’24 Student
See the latest from Tyler’s art faculty and alumni. Feel challenged and inspired by how they push boundaries. Really look at their techniques, visual communication and messaging, including how it all engages important social aesthetic ideas.
“Tyler is a truly collaborative, reciprocal process of growth and empowerment, making the arts matter far beyond traditional spaces and ideas.”
Photo by Joseph V. Labolito
"Small class sizes give the opportunity to form meaningful connections with students and allows me to individually mentor each student. I value the creative energy of our students: their curiosity, openness, and drive to experiment continually inspires my own practice as an artist and an educator.”
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture is a vital part of the art world — not separate from it. That’s one reason we bring visiting artists and lecturers to campus throughout the academic year. We encourage you to connect with these thought-leaders, all expanding the boundaries of their chosen fields. We hope you feel inspired by what’s possible and driven to pursue your own excellence before and after you graduate.
Hear from leading practitioners, scholars, curators and other arts professionals about current issues in art and design.
Image: Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, 2024 Critical Dialogue speaker, Study in Eversion, 2017, video still with stained glass window and stained-glass projection.
The Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence Series, presented by our Glass Program, emphasizes interdisciplinary perspectives that combine research with studio practice.
The Jack Wolgin Annual Visiting Artist and Lecturer is an endowed program that brings one of the nation's most influential artists and thinkers to campus to work with Tyler students and present a free public lecture each year.
Image: Hito Steyerl, 2023 Wolgin Visiting Artist, How Not to Be Seen: A F--king Didactic Educational .MOV File (2013), Still, HD video, single screen in architectural environment. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl. Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Your studio art degree from Tyler includes a course called Art in Practice. This writing-intensive class integrates professional preparation with the help of your faculty-mentors and Tyler’s career services experts. By studying yourself, you gain keen insights into your strengths and the unique skills and systems you need to build a sustainable creative practice, career and community.
