Art

Art

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The Division of Art educates students within our liberal arts university to become productive in the fields of art. We value artistic excellence in the forms of rigorous inquiry, outstanding production and professional success. We believe that art made in this way moves freely among disciplines and finds its place in a national and international environment. We recruit the best students and faculty to create a community seeking knowledge, to nurture commitment to the study of art across a wide spectrum, and to provide a guiding force in society.

Meet Our Faculty

Emily Budd

Assistant Professor of Art
Sculpture

Dana Buzzee

Visiting Professor of Practice

Frederico Câmara

Assistant Professor of Art
Photography

David Challier

Visiting Professor of Practice

Melanie Clemmons

Associate Professor of Art
Digital/Hybrid Media
Claire Morris Spaht Chair
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ryan Goolsby

Technical Manager

Kerry Maguire

Visiting Professor of Practice

Brian Molanphy

Professor of Art
On leave for the 2025-26 school year

Arta Sela

Division of Art Coordinator
Pollock Gallery Business Manager

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda

Associate Professor of Art
Cox Family Professor of Painting and Drawing
Director of Graduate Studies

Philip Van Keuren

Professor of Art
Printmaking and Foundations

Featured Courses

ASAG 1300

Observation

Students experiment with various media while exploring the history, theory, and application of these resources of representation in visual art; they learn the differences among looking, scanning, and seeing; and they encounter a range of resources, from theories of perspective in drawing and painting through 3–D modeling and digital simulations of reality.

ASAG 5310

Professional Practice

Students learn how to negotiate the professional aspects of art and to identify and take advantage of a host of opportunities. Topics include establishing a studio; applying for residencies and grants; exhibiting work; intellectual property law; the contemporary art market; and alternative models of production, distribution, and exchange of art.

ASAG 5315

Advanced Studio II

A forum for art majors in the fourth year of studies that facilitates the students’ ability to articulate their work as artists and to defend and present it in a peer-group setting. Serves as a culmination of the study of art through the production of a body of work for exhibition.