End of Junior Year

• Formulate your thesis committee.
• Create your thesis exhibition proposal.
• Review your proposal with your committee chairperson.
• Complete senior thesis orientation session with the Director of the School of Art, Craft & Design. Students will be provided a thesis orientation packet to offer instruction, templates and timelines.
  NOTE: This does not preclude each faculty member from articulating the necessary information to each of their students.

First Semester of Senior Year

• Make sure that all academic and studio requirements for the BFA degree have been or are being met.
• File for graduation at the Graduation office.
• Meet with senior thesis committee within the first two weeks of the semester. Thesis meetings occur on Fridays and will be scheduled by the School of Art, Craft & Design administrative assistant.
• Submit typed thesis proposal to thesis committee (copies to all members) by the first committee meeting.
• Immediately after the first committee meeting, meet with gallery/exhibition personnel to make arrangements for gallery space and sign artist-gallery agreement for Craft Center galleries or Bryan Fine Arts. Report to committee chair regarding gallery arrangements. Depending on demand, you may be required to share gallery space with other thesis students.
• Meet with senior thesis committee within weeks 7-8 of the semester.
  Submit first draft of exhibition statement.
• Meet with senior thesis committee within the last two weeks of the semester. Submit second draft of artist statement.

Second Semester of Senior Year

• Meet with senior thesis committee within the first 2 weeks of the semester. Thesis meetings occur on Fridays and will be scheduled by the School of Art, Craft & Design administrative assistant.
• As work is completed, prepare portfolio materials, including color slides (with duplicates) of all works to be in the thesis exhibition. Submit third draft of exhibition statement.
• Amend and re-submit thesis proposal if necessary, as suggested and approved by the thesis committee.
• Plan and schedule reception for your exhibition (optional) and review rules governing group functions at TTU.
• Submit press-release to the Assistant for Promotions and Events at least 30 days prior to exhibition opening.
• Submit design for exhibition announcement to committee at least 45 days prior to exhibition opening.
• After exhibition announcement is approved, work with gallery or private vendor to make arrangements for printing.
• Make arrangements with exhibition personnel at Craft Center galleries or Bryan Fine Arts for use of pedestals, Plexiglas boxes, paint, tools and other standard gallery supplies. You must furnish any specialized supplies or installation equipment.
• When exhibition announcement is ready, supply 150 copies to appropriate gallery (ACC or Bryan Fine Arts) for campus and regional promotion.
• Obtain a pair of 1” thick, hardcover three ring binders and appropriate archival sheet protectors and assemble two complete copies of the thesis portfolio. Your committee advisor can provide a copy of past senior thesis binders as sample upon your request.
• Meet with senior thesis committee within weeks 6-8 of the semester. Thesis meetings occur on Fridays and will be scheduled by the School of Art, Craft & Design administrative assistant. Submit final draft of artist statement.
• During the second thesis meeting, report on thesis portfolio progress and obtain committee’s approval for final draft of artist’s statement and biography.
• At the last committee meeting before the exhibition, schedule the final critique to occur in gallery during the exhibition’s run.
• Submit thesis portfolios to committee chair by the end of the last day of the thesis exhibition.