Expressing the Vision Inside Art is a vital and fascinating record of collective and individual creativity that both transcends and reflects time and culture. The art department offers courses in art history and studio art to familiarize students with that record. The major and minor enhance students' ability to make critical judgments about it, develop artistic talent, and heighten visual perception.
Students work closely with departmental faculty as well as visiting artists.
The major prepares students for work in art-related fields as well as graduate study. A third site, the Williams Visual Arts Building, opens spring 2001. The Visual Resources Room contains the department's collection of more than 100,000 slides as well as CD-ROMs, videos, and architectural models. Studio art is taught in interconnected classrooms. Student work is displayed throughout the public spaces as well as in studios.