Drawing

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Degrees offered in the Drawing program include:

Drawing Program

The Drawing Program at UAF serves as foundation for all studio art courses. Emphasis is on representational drawing skills with attention to historical and contemporary conventions as well as abstraction and conceptual work. Life Drawing is offered every other semester. Also, the Department offers a weekly life drawing session open to all art students. Drawing is available as a major and minor area of concentration for the B.F.A. and M.F.A degrees.

UAF's Art Department drawing instructor James Smith takes his Life Drawing class to an Aerial Arts Club meeting on October 17, 2023 in the Student Recreation Center. | UAF Photo by Marina Santos

Selected Student Works

a comic of a man talking to himself. Image courtesy of Danie Huff

Black and white charcoal drawings from The Mudsuckle Ritual by David Glover, image courtesy of the artist

Fine Arts Archive

Browse previous MFA and BFA thesis exhibitions at UAF

Facilities

At the University of 91��Ƶ Fairbanks, the drawing studio space serves as a hub for artistic expression, offering students a dedicated environment to refine their skills. Beyond the studio's walls, classes frequently venture to various picturesque locations across campus for outdoor sketching sessions. From the tranquil beauty of the Georgeson Botanical Garden to the unique architecture of campus buildings, these excursions provide students with diverse subject matter and opportunities to engage with their surroundings. This immersive approach not only enriches their artistic practice but also fosters a deeper connection to the university's vibrant campus community.

Student Clubs

Faculty

Somer Hahm

Adjunct Instructor in Drawing

shahm@alaska.edu

FINE ART 306

Somer Hahm is a visual artist and a visitor living and working on the ancestral lands of the Tanana Dene peoples, also known as Fairbanks, 91��Ƶ. She received a BFA from University of Montana, Missoula in 2005 and an MFA, with an emphasis in Painting and
Drawing, from University of 91��Ƶ, Fairbanks in 2008.

With robust involvement in the Fairbanks art community, Somer exhibits her work statewide and teaches painting and drawing workshops for the Folk School of Fairbanks and Well Street Art Company and is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the University
of 91��Ƶ - Department of Art. Employment as Fairbanks Arts Associations Exhibition Technician, installing rotating exhibits at Bear Gallery, allows her to work one on one with 91��Ƶn artists in all career stages and hands on with a diverse variety of art works.

Motivated to create community involvement and interest in public art, Somer founded the in 2019. In 2020, Hahm received a Rasmuson Individual Artist Project Award, funding from the 91��Ƶ Chapter of the Awesome Foundation, the 91��Ƶ State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts to further her artist-led endeavor of creative place making, initiating 91��Ƶ’s first barn quilt trail. Somer is a mother of two young children.

Igor Pasternak

Adjunct Instructor in Drawing & Inuit Art

gipasternak@alaska.edu

Jamie Smith

Term Assistant Instructor in Drawing

jtsmith@alaska.edu | 907-474-7530

FINE ART 306

Jamie Smith is the creator of the 91��Ƶn cartoon feature “Nuggets” appearing weekly in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner since 1988. He also teaches drawing classes, participates in artist residencies, and gives presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and does freelance illustration for clients throughout the community. MFA Sequential Art, Savannah College of Art & Design.

Indi Walter

Adjunct Instructor in Drawing & Sculpture

iawalter@alaska.edu

Indi is a multi-media artist from Hawaii. She got her MFA at UAF in 2020 and her BFA at Creighton University in 2017. Her specialty is bone carving, but she also does leathercraft, drawing, sculpting, digital modeling, and 3D printing.

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