The School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech (SOVA) offers education in fine art, art history, visual and digital design, and more! ***LIKE OUR PAGE FOR UPDATES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT!!***
The School of Visual Arts (SOVA) at Virginia Tech offers an expansive undergraduate education in fine art, art history, visual and digital design, embracing contemporary and traditional techniques, as well as a master's of fine arts in creative technologies.
Through our Studio Art and Visual Communication Design Programs we offer an inclusive approach toward educating artists, implementing new and established technologies in analog and virtual realms that are uniquely available at Virginia Tech. Our Art History program we educate students in analytical skills necessary to place visual culture in its broader historical context.
The MFA in Creative Technologies will offer an inclusive approach toward educating artist and designers, as well as implementing new and established technologies in analog and virtual realms that are uniquely available to Virginia Tech.
Our goal is to provide the Commonwealth and the larger world with talented, imaginative, and diverse individuals who interface creatively and positively with the society of the 21st Century.
The School of Visual Arts (SOVA) sustains and promotes the visual arts through the creative activities and scholarly research of its faculty. A principal goal of the school is to further develop new programs and interdisciplinary collaborations within and beyond the university. In its curriculum and administration, the department affirms the vital link of the studio artist's knowledge of traditions, materials and media, the visual designer's connection to technology and concept development, and the art historian's understanding of our links to past and contemporary cultures. Our programs unite to serve students in their quest to become productive, progressive and creative forces in society.
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