Visual Arts at USD offers students a comprehensive perspective of the arts, including traditional and emerging practices and the environment to develop advanced skills in at least one sub-discipline: drawing, painting, photography, film/video, sculpture/3D studio art, visual communications or film + media art studies. Combined with close faculty mentorship and opportunities for funded research, Visual Arts at USD is uniquely attentive to individual student development.
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Faculty and Staff
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Visual arts professor, Matt Rich, was awarded a Howard Fellowship from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Foundation to support research and production on his proposed project Expanded Painting. From his starting point as an abstract painter who pushed beyond the typical rectangular stretched canvas, Rich looks across disciplines, combining a range of two- and three-dimensional materials to extend the experiential impact of painting.
Careers
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Enriched by the resources of the art history and architecture areas of the department, the liberal arts context and USD's geographic location, students of the visual arts pursue diverse investigations that prepare them for equally diverse futures.
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Study Abroad
At Home, Around the Globe
Participation in a study-abroad program is a special opportunity to have a deeply meaningful learning experience that complements the liberal arts education at USD. See the options that USD offers around the world.