Program Overview
BRCC offers three art career studies certificates (CSCs) that are designed to get students working in their chosen field. Art: Creative Design and Marketing I and Art: Creative Design and Marketing II are designed for aspiring visual artists in a wide variety of media, from painting to photography to ceramics. Graphic Design is for students interested in graphic design and web design.
Program Options
Earn a career studies certificate and/or apply art classes to transfer programs.
Facilities
The Fine Arts Center houses a drawing and painting studio, ceramics studio, design studio and a graphic design computer lab.
Scholarships
Art career study certificates qualify for scholarships! While there are two liberal arts-specific scholarships, students are often eligible for multiple scholarships.
Transfer
Learn more about transferring to a four-year art program.
Colleges and universities near BRCC with art, art education, arts management, and art history programs include the following schools, though this is not an exhaustive list:
- Bridgewater College
- Eastern Mennonite University
- George Mason University
- Hollins University
- James Madison University
- Longwood College
- Mary Baldwin University
- Radford University
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia State University
- Washington and Lee University
Art Careers
You could be a(n): Art Historian, Art Critic, Blogger, Fashion Designer, Fashion Merchandising, Fibre Artist, Advertising Director, Magazine Layout Designer, Typographer, Architect, Urban Designer, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer, Potter, Wood Carver, Glass Artist, Animator, Concept Artist, Web Designer, Film Editor, Video Creator, Photographer, Photo Journalist, Architectural Illustrator, Cartoonist, Fine Artist, Art Conservationist, Floral Arranger, Museum Curator, Gallery Owner, Personal Stylist, Art Teacher, Art Therapist...the list goes on!
Art Department at BRCC
View our works on Flickr: BRCCVirginia Art or watch the Fine Arts Center exhibit schedule for gallery exhibits.
Galleries
Kaleidoscope Gallery (Coming Soon!)