It's Inauguration Day!
Congratulations, Matt vandenBerg, OWU's 17th President!
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Congratulations, Matt vandenBerg, OWU's 17th President!
View details for Inauguration Day and stream the event live.
The Fine Arts Department at Ohio Wesleyan, created in 1864, was one of America's first college art departments. Today, the department honors its distinguished tradition by focusing on the art and world of today. We value exploration and innovation across artistic media, while stressing a solid foundation in the liberal arts.
The pairing of the focused arts education with a robust liberal arts education helps student-artists develop a more confident, personal, informed, and insightful artistic vision.
Fine Arts faculty make sure students learn solid fundamental skills, a historical base, and theoretical framework, but they also encourage all students to discover and develop their unique expression.
Our alumni include successful artists working and exhibiting around the world, as well designers, educators, and entrepreneurs.
This major can be pursued as a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Majors focus on concentration(s) of their choice, including ceramics, computer imaging, drawing, graphic design, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is for students preparing to become professional artists, art teachers, graphic designers, or to enter any of the related professions. Students can elect to combine various media concentrations when creating their desired programs.
Art History majors study the art of the past in the context of its historical and cultural setting. We offer courses that cover many different periods and cultures.
The Art Education program is designed for students pursuing K-12 certification. This program prepares students for primary and secondary art, as well as art supervisory positions. Students enroll as BFA majors with additional coursework in the Education Department and supervision for student teaching coordinated with both art and education professors.
A minimum of six courses consisting of ART 110 and ART 111, two two-dimensional studio courses including ART 112 or ART 351 or both, ART 113, and one additional three-dimensional studio course. The declaration of minor form will be submitted upon completion of two required courses. Courses taken credit/no entry may not be applied toward the minor.
Six courses consisting of ART 110, ART 111, two additional art history courses, and any two studio courses. The declaration of minor form will be submitted upon completion of two required courses. Courses taken credit/no entry may not be applied toward the minor.
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"My ultimate goal is to enable each student to locate their own voice and then to effectively communicate that voice using the visual language."
Professor Hobbs says, “I enjoy sharing my experiences and perspectives as a practicing artist with students in the classroom, setting up learning situations for them that challenge them to see for themselves, to think visually, and to find ways of giving shape and form to their own experience and intentions."
"In this atmosphere, capable artists armed with versatility, open-mindedness, and a genuine sense of concern can provide the cooperative, disciplined environment in which a student can flourish."
A medievalist, Professor Neuman deVegvar also teaches Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, and Islamic art. She has lectured and published internationally on early western medieval art, and she serves as consultant for several museums and collections in England.
Professor Bogdanov says, "Love the art within yourself, don't love yourself within art." She teaches ceramics, drawing, figure drawing, and 3D design.