Strong portfolios and good grades can be confidently offered as qualification in many contexts. Graduates of this program have found careers in arts administration, gallery and museum positions, design studios, and as professional artists. Pleasure Studying art is not only for those on an art career path. Art can be an ongoing adventure of discovery whether you make it a livelihood or not. There are many students from other disciplines who discover the lasting satisfaction of creating art or understanding their cultural inheritance.
People are welcome to enter studies in studio practice or art history with no background in art.
They will leave with skills and insight that will inform whatever path they find themselves on, from their vocation to leisure and travel. There is an extensive financial aid program at Augustana that is open to all students regardless of their discipline. There are also some scholarships that are specific to disciplines. In studio art there are Performance Grants for new students and returning students. Performance Grants in Studio Art Performance in studio art is based on artistic achievement but it also requires exposure of the work to the public.