The Muhlenberg Art Department was founded in 1953 by internationally famous sculptor George Rickey. Since then we have grown into the interdisciplinary, interactive, and international department we are today. We strive to provide a focused, rigorous curriculum in visual arts, set within the broad-based liberal arts programming which is the hallmark of a Muhlenberg education. Our students may major or minor in studio art or art history. Students may also now double major/minor in both areas. Many graduates have been accepted to MFA and PhD programs across the country and abroad and go on to pursue diverse fields such as art education, publication editing and design, medical illustration, medicine, and law.

Our major is distinctive in offering students areas of concentration in a medium of their choice and in the opportunity for students to participate in a Senior Thesis Exhibition as an extension of the senior capstone.

As part of the liberal arts, all 100 level studio classes are open to students from any discipline and?fulfill the general education distribution requirement for art. We offer studio courses in drawing, painting, printmaking, digital and darkroom photography, digital media, and sculpture. In addition faculty teach interdisciplinary and special topics courses including first year seminars and short-term study abroad. Students at all levels receive one-on-one attention in small classes capped at 15 and have daily access to all of the studio facilities.

For the core of the major students choose an area of concentration which they explore in depth. Concentrations include: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture. In addition to the concentration students take foundation courses in drawing and digital media, art history, and one or more elective in a different medium.