The Department of Art and Art History provides a transformational education that encourages curiosity and facilitates critical inquiry, collaboration, creative problem solving, and community engagement.
Through rigorous scholarship, studio practice, global visual arts studies, and experiences beyond the classroom, students gain knowledge and skills that prepare them for successful careers and global citizenship.
The three interrelated areas of Art Studio, Art History, and Art Education affirm the liberal arts tradition of the university and inspire innovation, active learning and community leadership.
We live in a dangerous, interdependent world, and today's students need to hear not just the language of politics and propaganda; they also need to learn languages that transcend the intellectual and ideological barriers that distrust truth and suffocate the human spirit.
-Ernest L. Boyer, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Art is a demanding discipline, asking students to commit both intellectually and emotionally to understanding the forms and features of a dizzying cultural landscape. As our students learn and grow, they expand their ability to translate the world to us with fresh and provocative ideas that can go far beyond - and far below the surface of - the ordinary, the dogmatic, the circadian.
Your support is critical to their continued success. This isn't a path that many dare to take - our students are courageous and curious. You can help them on their way by giving today. Thank you.
Recent scholarships
Generous donors have committed themselves to supporting the important work of our students. Recent gifts have created several new scholarships including:
- The Bennerstrom Prize - in honor of artist Susan Bennerstrom
- The Skipping Stone Scholarship for Photography
- The Skipping Stone Scholarship for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Art Scholarship
- The Skipping Stone Art & Ecology Scholarship
Your gift today can increase the awards those scholarships offer to our students - so they can focus on their work instead of worrying about debt after graduation.
Susan Bennerstrom with Diane Norman, Uzma Randhawa, and a friend at the Western Gallery reception for the 2017 BFA Studio Art Exhibition
