The Art & Visual Culture Department values and nurtures creativity while providing sound training in art analysis, art history, and technical skills for a wide variety of media. The major consists of two concentrations: Studio Art and Arts Management.
The Studio Art concentration fuses art criticism and theory with studio production. Beginning in their intro level courses, students merge meaning-making with technical skill training. Students continue to hone their creative skills in upper-level conceptual interdisciplinary studio courses while developing a deep understanding of historical and contemporary artists and artworks.
The Arts Management concentration acknowledges that an array of occupations need art-focused, business-savvy people from a liberal arts background who bring creative thinking and cultural awareness to the table–including museums, architecture firms, municipal public art departments, urban planning firms, tech start-ups, and more. The Arts Management concentration equips students with skills in art, communication, visual analysis, marketing, and business administration, while also offering art history and museum curatorial experiences for students wishing to pursue related graduate studies.
Students with other majors other than Art may choose to minor in either Studio Art or Arts Management. Those seeking additional professional grounding may choose to add the Museum Management Minor.
Students may also qualify for financial aid and artistic merit scholarships.
