Graphic design is art in service to ideas and action. It is art that knows that communication is relevant. Grahic Designers bring together the disparate elements of ideas, shapes, textures, colors, images and words. The study of all the fine arts informs the design process. Each year, the Dunlap Gallery in the Battelle Fine Arts Center presents exhibitions by contemporary artists from throughout the United States.
Many artists visit campus, presenting lectues and workshops in conjnction with their exhibitions.
The exhibitions explore a broad range of approaches to art, introducing the college community to the diversity of the art world. Each spring, graduating art students exhibit their work in the Dunlap Gallery. The Fisher Gallery in Roush Hall presents exhibitions of the Otterbein College collection, as well as temporary exhibitions from other cultural institutions and from private collectors. Otterbein students have the opportunity to study quality art work they might otherwise see only in museums. Faculty The Department of Art faculty is composed of practicing artists who are regularly involved in all aspects of the profesion, at the local, regional and national levels.