The Graphic Arts concentration is designed for students desiring to pursue work in areas of applied art such as graphic design or illustration. This curriculum allows a deeper focus in 2-D areas that can be customized with electives to provide the kind of skill set and portfolio preparation needed for the student’s individual career goals. We have titled this concentration Graphic Arts deliberately, as it points to the wide range of offerings available—this is not solely a graphic design and typography track, but one that also allows for such image-making courses in Screen Printing, Digital Painting, and Illustration.

There is significant crossover between the curricula of the Studio Arts track and the Graphic Arts track, by design: both Studio Art and Graphic Arts tracks emphasize acquisition of skills, conceptual sophistication, and vocational imagination. They carry the same commitment to the liberal arts and can serve students well in all future career paths. Our art majors experience the same required foundations courses regardless of their chosen track, and they enjoy deep community together in their capstone Senior Seminar courses and eventual final thesis exhibition in the Ridley-Tree Museum of Art each spring.