About
Mission Statement
The Department of Art engages and empowers students to recognize their individual and collective agency in shaping culture and society. Our community of students, artist-teachers, scholars, and professional staff embraces a dynamic curriculum that values critical thinking and gives attention to process and work. We foster curiosity and creativity as a life-long practice.
Student Learning Outcomes
By the time they graduate, Art Majors will:
- Expand knowledge of diverse histories and contemporary practices in studio art, design, and art education
- Demonstrate—in written, visual, and oral forms—an understanding of a work of art or design, in terms of its social, political, cultural, aesthetic and historical context
- Develop and articulate self-reflective practices as artists, designers, teachers, and citizens
- Create collaboration and engagement with local and global art, design, and learning communities
- Build professional networks to support lifelong learning and sustainable practices
