Graduate Programs

The graduate program in art is comprehensive, leading to specialized areas of study in the fine arts, design, art education, and art history. Graduate faculty and students have distinguished the program with their many awards, honors, and professional accomplishments. The graduate studio faculty, students, and alumni continue to influence the arts regionally, nationally, and internationally. Their work appears regularly in regional and national juried and invitational shows and is exhibited in leading galleries in Chicago, New York, as well as other urban centers both in this country and abroad. Faculty in both art education and art history have published extensively and assumed leadership positions in regional, national, and international professional organizations. In the graduate program, faculty expertise is supplemented by visiting artists and scholars and by Graduate Colloquium speakers who are eminent in their disciplines. Students benefit from study at a major university with extensive library resources, cross-cultural programs, a multi-disciplinary atmosphere, and frequent performances by guest artists and groups in dance, music, and theater. Moreover, the university's proximity to the Chicago metropolitan area facilitates use of its libraries, galleries, museums, theaters, and other cultural resources.