Program Description

UW-Superior's Visual Arts Department offers many options that enable you to develop your talents and pursue a meaningful career. Students can major in Visual Arts with concentrations in Art Education, Art Therapy or Studio Art.

Mission

The Visual Arts Department of the University of Wisconsin-Superior prepares students to be innovative, reflective, articulate and ethical professionals. Students develop technical and relational competence, informed aesthetic discernment, and a contextual understanding of contemporary practices with a commitment to diversity.

Programs

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Visual Art majors will develop self-awareness and self-expression through artistic inquiry.
2. Visual Art majors will make engaging works of art.
3. Visual Art majors will identify, describe, evaluate, and interpret art forms using the art historical vocabularies, theories, and contexts relevant to the cultures from which they originate.
4. Visual Art majors will demonstrate effective spoken and written communication.
5. Visual Art majors will promote self-awareness and expression in others.

Faculty and Staff

Cleary, Timothy - Professor, Visual Arts
Dugan, Anne - Curator II, Visual Arts
Eslinger, Gloria - Professor, Visual Arts
Famule, Olawole - Professor, Visual Arts
Hickok, Shannon - Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual Arts
Maguire, Michael - Professor, Department Chair of Visual Arts
Maguire, Susan - Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual Arts
Nader, Zachary - Lecturer, Visual Arts
Lueck, Michael - Administrative Assistant II