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Art & Design

Enjoy the exploration of many types of art in WOU’s Art & Design program. Not only will you master key principles and skills in art and visual communications design, but you’ll also learn creative problem-solving processes along the way. The program combines art theory and studio practice as well as art history, graphic design, interactive media and much more! Get practical skills that are in demand in a wide range of industries and settings.

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Four-year degree plan

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Meet your professors

credits required for the Art & Design major

students enrolled in the Art & Design program

students per class on average in the Art & Design program

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of master's degree can be completed as an undergrad at WOU

Sample four-year degree plan

Learning outcomes

Cultivate lifelong strategies for creative thinking, skill-building, and active practice of art and design.
Engage in the world through critical inquiry and design process and analyze art and design in context.
Integrate vision, language, form, and materials for communication and self-expression.

Career opportunities

Graphic designer
Art teacher
Sculptor
Painter
Ceramist
Printmaker
Photographer
Illustrator/animator

Art & Design minor

You’ll work with your adviser to choose your ideal combination of upper- and lower-division classes for this minor. You might explore drawing, design, art history, exhibition design or non-Western art — this minor is what you make it!

credits required for the Art & Design minor

Faculty

DONNA BEVERLY

NTT Instructor, Art
beverlyd@wou.edu

PAULA BOOTH

NTT Assistant Professor, Art
boothp@wou.edu

JEN BRACY

Professor, Art
bracyj@wou.edu

ANNA DAVIS

NTT Asst. Professor, Art/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art
davisa@wou.edu

MICHAEL FREEMAN

Professor of Art History, Art
freemanm@wou.edu

ERIC FREY

Art Department Production Specialist, Art
freye@wou.edu

JODIE GARRISON

Professor, Art
garrisonj@wou.edu

MARY HARDEN

Associate Professor, Art
hardenm@wou.edu

PETE HOFFECKER MEJIA

Assistant Professor, Art
hoffeckermejiap@wou.edu

LAURA KILLIP

Office Coordinator, Art
killipl@wou.edu

REBECCA MCCANNELL

Professor, Art
mccannr@wou.edu

GREGORY POULIN

NTT Assistant Professor, Art
pouling@wou.edu

KATHLEEN RICE

NTT Instructor, Art, Art
ricek@wou.edu

NAOMI SMITH

Art Model, Art

DANIEL TANKERSLEY

Creative Arts Division Chair, Art
tankersley@wou.edu

KATARINA TSCHANTRE

Art Model, Art

JENNIFER VAUGHN

NTT Assistant Professor, Art
vaughnj@wou.edu

DIANE WILSON

Hourly Life Model, Art

ERIC FREY

Art Department Production Specialist, Art
freye@wou.edu

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Email: killipl@wou.edu

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