Visiting professional artists and critics are regularly scheduled to lecture and critique student work. In addition to traditional black and white and color photography, this program offers a variety of workshops focusing on temporal and cultural issues. The faculty stresses an experimental approach to picture-making, ranging from the handmade camera to production on a Heidelberg press. The sculpture facility houses wood shops, metal fabrication equipment, plaster and model-making facilities, and an extensive foundry for casting bronze and aluminum. The initial emphasis is on the development of basic skills with tools and equipment.
Advanced courses provide intensive studio experience and the dynamics of a critical dialogue.
The School of Art offers additional programs in cooperation with other colleges at the Main Campus and the Ambler Campus. All courses required for the B.A. in Art History may be taken on the Ambler campus. Prerequisite courses in Art and Art Education are offered for students who may transfer in the junior year to Tyler or to a college on the Main Campus.