Are You Ready to Make What Matters?

Develop a deep understanding of creativity as a cultural and social force and place art and design in a cross-cultural, global framework.

Become an invaluable change agent who can leverage the power of design to meet the evolving needs of businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Create cutting-edge experiences with animation, video, 3D art, interaction design, visual development, and sound design delivered through web, VR, and AR as well as digital and physical games.

Sharpen your critical thinking and creative problem solving skills and develop a heightened awareness of the union of technical, formal, and conceptual components

Pursue a career in the fashion industry through immersive experiences that cultivate critical thinking and design skills while broadening your understanding of fashion retailing, sustainability, and presentation.

Join an integrative learning environment where traditional design fundamentals evolve into powerful tools for communication, problem-solving, and creative strategizing.

Become an aesthetically grounded and professionally versatile illustrator who is proficient in both traditional and emerging media.  

Be empowered to use design thinking and creative problem solving to explore the function, aesthetic appeal, sustainability, and user experience of interior environments.

Get started on a unique pathway toward a high-demand career with the potential to change lives, improve health, and enhance medical education and health care.

Immerse yourself in the medium’s rich history and vast expressive possibilities to move beyond mastery of basic techniques and traditional genres into a style and voice that is uniquely yours.

Blend fine art and commerical approaches to pursue expressive possibilities through a thoughtful balance of concept and technique, and emerge positioned to succeed in a wide variety of photography careers.   

Create objects that respond to human need, challenge convention, and elevate the lived experience.

Work with metal, wood, clay, plastic, and mixed and multi-media forms to investigate and express original ideas, becoming a versatile maker who discovers new ways of shaping space and engaging senses.

Discover where your creativity can take you. 

Our unique curriculum blends studio and immersion, research, and praxis to engage you in a deep exploration of the discipline that considers innovation, sustainability, and context as equally as aesthetics.

Broaden your understanding of design's impact on culture and community through collaborative experiences and research-driven coursework.

The MFA Painting program fosters emergent research, innovation, civic awareness, and intellectual growth to encourage the pursuit of individual or collaborative creative goals and outcomes.

For business and creative professionals who want to get an edge in the marketplace.

Advance your research, your practice, and your career and help meet the growing need for critical analysis and cultural synthesis in today's highly visual world. 

Take your creativity to the next level.