Art

The Division of Art educates students within our liberal arts university to become productive in the fields of art. We value artistic excellence in the forms of rigorous inquiry, outstanding production, & professional success. We believe that art made in this way moves freely among disciplines and finds its place in a national and international environment. We recruit the best students and faculty to create a community seeking knowledge, to nurture commitment to the study of art across a wide spectrum, and to provide a guiding force in society.

Undergraduate Majors/Minors	B.A. in Art B.F.A. in Art Minor in Art Minor in Photography
Graduate Majors/Minors	M.F.A. in Art MADI program

Meet Our Faculty

Melanie Clemmons

Assistant Professor
Digital/Hybrid Media

Jer'Lisa Devezin

Visiting Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Art

John Dickinson

Lecturer

Barnaby Fitzgerald

Professor of Art
Painting and Drawing

Ryan Goolsby

Technical Manager

Brian Molanphy

Professor of Art

Sarah Nance

Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Art

Olivia Arratia

Visiting Lecturer, Photography

Tippi Polo

Coordinator, Division of Art, and Center for Creative Computation

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda

Assistant Professor of Art – Painting and Drawing

Tabatha Trolli

Adjunct Lecturer

Philip Van Keuren

Professor of Art
Printmaking and Foundations

Ceramics Studio

The Division of Art ceramics facilities are available to Art majors, minors and other students enrolled in ceramics courses. They are located on the lower level of Owen Arts Center and include a fabrication studio (OAC B640), a glaze room (OAC B660) and a kiln room (OAC B615), plus shared use with sculpture classes of a kiln yard (B613), decal printing and 3D printing studio (B620), and plaster room (B670) for earthenware, stoneware and porcelain production.

Featured Courses

ASAG 3310

Art in the World

Students study the world of art by visiting museums, galleries, notable architecture and installations, attending public lectures and symposia, and more. All student work is written or made in relation to the experiences in these venues.

ASAG 3380

Critical Issues

A seminar for art majors in their third year of studies. This course investigates topics in current critical theory in the arts as well as the historical context of their development. Readings are taken from philosophy, literary criticism, art theory and art criticism.

ASAG 5315

Advanced Studio I

A forum for art majors in the fourth year of studies that facilitates the students' ability to articulate their work as artists and to defend and present it in a peer–group setting. Serves as a culmination of the study of art through the production of a body of work for exhibition.

NicolasGonzalez speaks to patrons in front of his art

Nicolás González ’16 – Evolution of a Young Artist

A Path Less Taken charts that journey while hinting at a growing career.

Read His Story

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Mi Corazon No Esta Lejos Del Tuyo, Photobook, 2021

Olivia Arratia, MFA '22

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Herbs & Spice, Mixed media, 2020

Niva Parajuli, M.F.A. '22

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Tolerance for Ambiguity, 2020, Cochineal ink, tomatoes, color pencil, cotton paper, 34” x 60”

Analise Minjarez, M.F.A. ’22

SMU-in-Taos

The program at Fort Burgwin, Taos, N.M. offers several approaches to independent and directed study each summer, including the Open Media Workshop, an interdisciplinary studio workshop, as well as sculpture, printmaking and photography.

May 22, 2023

Meadows Museum Unveils Redesigned Student Program for 2023-24

Students

The new Meadows Museum Student Corps program will provide students the opportunity to gain valuable museum career experience.

May 03, 2023

Art History Student Lands New Curatorial Internship with the Dallas Museum of Art

Students

Visual arts and art history student Swarangi Potdar has been selected for a new curatorial internship with the Dallas Museum of Art this summer, which will focus on object research for their permanent collection of American art.

Patrons view "KuroKuroShiro – The Four Seasons," a piece by art professor Nishiki Sugawara-Beda. — Patrons view "KuroKuroShiro – The Four Seasons," a collection of four works by art professor Nishiki Sugawara-Beda.

April 27, 2023

Dallas Museum of Art Acquires Four Works by Professor Sugawara-Beda

Faculty

Four artworks by Professor Nishiki Sugawara-Beda were acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art at the Dallas Art Fair and will be added to the museum’s permanent collection.

Thumb wrestling still from short film Bird Brains — A thumb-wrestling still from Kaleta Doolin's recent short comedic art film Bird Brains.

April 03, 2023

Artist and Alum Kaleta Doolin Opens New Exhibition, Hosts Artist Screening

Alumni

Meadows alum and artist Kaleta Doolin opens a new solo exhibition, Crazier than Crazy Quilts, and hosts an on-campus Q&A and screening of her short films.

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