One of the primary goals of our Studio Art Program is to encourage independent and creative thought. In our courses, students will find ample opportunities to examine and reflect on the world around them with curiosity and a critical eye. As well as being creative, our students are hard workers and are always active in the department. You can walk through our studios late at night and find our students working on projects round the?clock.

Our graduates are high achievers. We have studio graduates studying in graduate schools across the country and working as professional artists, designers, art therapists and architects. Many of our students go on to work in the realms of fashion, advertising, media and commercial art. We often encourage our BA students to consider doing a double major and find ways to make connections between the subject matter in their other major and their artwork. We offer small classes with a lot of personal attention, particularly for?majors.

We also offer students a variety of ways to approach art activity with faculty and the community. Students work in our museum, some on art exhibitions of works taken from our extensive permanent collection, others with visiting artists - helping to install shows of their work. As a part of our goal of having students work closely with faculty, we have created several student jobs in the department, ranging from research assistants to teaching assistants who help faculty in their studio classrooms. Our dynamic Studio faculty exhibit their work nationally and internationally in a variety of venues. We all have studios in the art building or in town, near to campus so our students see first-hand the work that their instructors are?making.