Artists seeking traditional fine art instruction used to agonize, Hamlet-wise, over their choice of fine art schools, where the only options have been a BFA degree from a mixed-style college art program, or a classical, old-master type of studio program that offered no degree. Now Academy of Art at Founders College offers both options, full- or part-time, including short-term sessions and workshops. Art students can choose to follow the Bachelor of Fine Arts path, which will include courses from its integrated liberal arts curriculum, or the non-degree Atelier program, based on the training techniques of great 19th-century Academies.

South Boston, VA (PRWEB) August 8, 2007 -- The Hamletlike 'Degree or not degree?' question -- which has plagued fine artist students seeking classical training in drawing and oil painting techniques -- has a new answer from Academy of Art at Founders College: artists can now choose a degree path *or* a studio-intensive program at the same fine art school, both programs modelled on the great 19th-century Academic art schools.

Founders' Academy of Art is the first college program to offer the full, classical "atelier" training system. Other fine art schools that grant a BFA degree teach a mixture of styles and methods.

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