The entire University is devoted to offering students a challenging yet personal academic experience. The art and art history department affords students a very supportive environment in the arts. Art majors generally have small classes, which offer close interaction between faculty and students. Students are encouraged to use the studios during the evenings and weekends for their own personal growth and development. There is also ample opportunity for part-time student employment in the department.
Positions are available as museum, visual resource or studio assistants.
These opportunities increase the interaction between faculty and students, as well as offer students valuable experience in their area of interest in the department. The department also sponsors lectures in art and art history which bring to campus diverse scholars, critics and artists who address major issues that confront the discipline of art today in both Western and non-Western art. The Marsh Art Gallery presents both historical and contemporary works of art in its galleries, with related lectures, symposia, workshops, concerts and other events. Through exhibitions, collections and the print study room, the museum provides a greater understanding and appreciation of the visual arts through direct access to original works of art and the current research of outstanding scholars and artists in the field. The Art and Art History Technology Fellow Program will provide coordination of multimedia presentations, maintenance and creation of departmental web pages, location of web resources for art, technological research and instruction and hardware and software maintenance.