The Department of Art at YSU prepares students to become artists, designers, art educators or art historians. As part of a cultural milieu, students will witness a wide variety of styles, philosophies and histories. They will be exposed to various techniques, processes and experiences in the development of a commitment to their work, their community and to the outside world. Expanded visual horizons as well as exposure to various histories will enable students to look both within themselves and outside in a broader cultural context.

Education in the arts is paradoxical. Art making and the study of art require skills training as well as perceptual awareness. Participation in the process is the primary means of education. Students and faculty alike are immersed in the quest for knowledge and creative self-realization, whether it is in the form of computer graphics, printmaking or the study of art from the past.

The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredit Youngstown State University, in an accreditation that includes all undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), an organization whose membership includes 250 schools out of approximately 2,000 art departments nationally, accredit the Department of Art.

Take a journey through our department, select from the choices on the left and see what we have to offer! For more information call 330.941.3627.

EVENTS + ANNOUNCEMENTS

04.27.12
BFA Exhibition Opening Reception
McDonough Museum of Art, 6-8pm

05.02.12
New Maternalisms
Video Screening
Introduction by Curator Natalie Loveless McDonough Museum Lecture Hall, 6pm

Department of Art
Bliss Hall 4001
1 University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555

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