ONLINE
Art is more than just creativity. It’s the most personal form of expression there is but the ability to help guide another artist to express themselves fully is an artform in itself. RMCAD’s Art Education Online Program teaches artists just like you how to acquire the technical tools and teaching philosophies, all while experiencing it through the power of the internet. It’s your education on your time.
Psychology of Creativity
Classroom Management
Leadership
Performance Standards
Student Evaluation
Fine Arts Emphasis
Online BFA Degree Requirements
Animation Emphasis
Graphic Design Emphasis
Illustration Emphasis
Art Education Online prepares you to take your first steps into the classroom, with confidence. It’s the connection between culture and self-expression, that will inspire others. You’ll learn how to share your knowledge and talents with the core skills and methods that are unique to your individual style of teaching. Unleash your creativity through 18 credit hours in a specialized field of your choice.
We work as a team here at RMCAD, so we can help guide you along the path to a successful future:
RMCAD’s Art Education Online Program has approval from the Colorado Department of Education as well as the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. After graduation, you will be able to apply for a K-12 teaching license so you can start your Art Education career, inspiring and motivating. Universities and technical school are always looking for art education instructors. The opportunities are numerous!
Career possibilities:
As a student in the Art Education Online Program, you’ll develop teaching experience that will set you up for success in the classroom. Our online students explore critical inquiry as well as teaching philosophies and techniques that allow you to embrace your own unique teaching style.
Be a part of enhancing a child’s love for art.
Unleash your full artistic potential by becoming a mentor and a guide to the next generation of talented artists! Be what inspires. Learn more about RMCAD’s Art Education Online Program.
The RMCAD Art Education teacher preparation program is approved by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE). RMCAD graduates in Art Education are prepared to apply for a K-12 teaching license in Art with the Colorado Department of Education.
RMCAD’s Art Education BFA allows graduates to apply for their Colorado Teaching Licensure and teach in the state of Colorado. Students interested in teaching in another state will first apply for their Colorado Licensure through the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and then may be eligible to transfer licensure to their state. Students should contact their state licensing agency to find out the exact requirements for transferring an out of state license.
Student Work
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
I design for the powerful woman who wears garments with more coverage to inspire her.
Watch Video >Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
My only advice is: be confident and no matter what mistakes you made just keep going and you will go through it.
Watch Video >Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
This is my final hoorah so it’s very important that this kind of shows who I am as a designer and what my aesthetic and who I am most importantly.
Watch Video >Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
What makes me proud to be a RMCAD graduate is the fact that I’ve been challenged so incredibly much here and that it’s actually been applicable outside of RMCAD.
Watch Video >Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
I’m proud to be a RMCAD graduate because there’s so many amazing staff here. They support you, challenge you and really push you to get where you need to be.
Watch Video >Class of 2018 / Fine Arts
RMCAD gave me the space to experiment. All of the instructors I had let me take not only what I wanted but what I needed from the class I was in.
Watch Video >Class of 2006 / Fine Arts
Ten years later I’ve developed a skill from my professor’s random act of kindness. That little bottle was the start of me dripping paint.
Watch Video >Class of 2003 / Fine Arts, Illustration, Illustrative Design
RMCAD was really influential for me, the teachers I had were extremely impactful and I still keep in touch with them. I think a smaller school like RMCAD can be really beneficial in terms of making connections and keeping those connections.
Watch Video >Class of 2017 / Photography
“RMCAD did the biggest thing for me that every artist needs to experience—it checked my ego…you’re always going to learn, and someone always has something to teach you.”
Watch Video >Class of 2015 / Photography
My message is to be a humanitarian, to pull our moral imagination back to center.
Watch Video >Class of 2006 / Interior Design
A lot of my technical experience is 100% Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design.
Watch Video >Class of 2002 / Interior Design
Rocky Mountain was one of the first colleges I looked at – loved the program, loved the area, and I never looked back.
Watch Video >Class of 2003 / Illustration
There is a lot I learned at RMCAD that I use in my career every day.
Watch Video >Class of 2010 / Illustration
RMCAD was great because it gives you a guideline for how to work in teams. How to create artwork for someone else, not just yourself.
Watch Video >Class of 1988 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
You can come back here and know they’re going to have the curriculum and programs you need to succeed.
Watch Video >Class of 2003 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
I think often of my foundation work at RMCAD. Some of those lessons stay with me today.
Watch Video >Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
It [RMCAD] taught me a lot about being a designer and being a better thinker – being more well-rounded.
Watch Video >Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
I wanted to immerse myself in an environment that would teach me, and that was what RMCAD was offering.
Watch Video >Class of 2016 / Game Art
I wanted to be a part of the pre-production that goes into game making-things like the animation and the concept work and all of the actual game building. That’s why I chose RMCAD, because it was really the only school that taught the art side of the game art program.
Class of 2016 / Fine Arts
That moment was when everybody started to understand my work without me having to say anything, that was a moment where I started to feel like I was connecting with something.
Class of 2017 / Art Education
I think what’s really rewarding about teaching is when you finally see a person’s face light up.
Class of 2004 / Animation
What’s really nice about the RMCAD community is that it is a community. We’re all good friends and we keep in contact. A lot of the people that I was here with are working in the industry, so that says how important those relationships are.
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