Department of Visual Arts

The Department of Visual Arts offers a program of training and experience in fine art supported by studies in the liberal arts. Students may specialize in one of several areas:

• Drawing/painting
• Sculpture
• Ceramics
• Graphics

Special Opportunities

Students have the opportunity to study abroad, jury local art shows and attend national art conferences and workshops. Internships regularly become available within the community, or a student may elect to intern in the art department as a shop tech in the ceramics, sculpture and printmaking labs, or in the campus art gallery. Art students may also participate in the annual juried exhibition that is held in the Annetta Kraushaar Gallery in the Schuech Fine Arts Center. In addition, there are opportunities to showcase their works in other venues throughout the community.

Career Opportunities

Among the career opportunities available to TLU art majors are teaching (both primary and secondary levels), positions with advertising and graphics firms, and gallery and museum operation, as well as continuing their education in fine arts graduate programs to prepare for university teaching, publishing and exhibiting.