Art programs

Northwestern’s art programs can prepare you to:

  • Artistically communicate ideas and promote products
  • Create, exhibit and sell your art
  • Teach art to students in preschool through high school
  • Pursue an M.F.A. or other graduate degree
  • Use art to help heal what’s broken

What else? Be creative! Our art professors will help you realize your artistic (and career) vision. And as you work alongside other creative students, you’ll share insights, encourage expression, and develop your art through learning to critically evaluate others’ work—and your own.



RaiderBlogs

  • Paintings from a Small TownJohn Vander Stelt '83
    An artist, John shares images and explanations of his original oil paintings.
  • The Yellow Door PaperieMary (McLeish '06) Arteche
    Mary blogs about her family, her art, and her desire to live a life that is creative and as carbon-free as possible.
  • Ryan StanderRyan Stander '98
    With degrees in theology and art, Ryan explores the dynamic natures of place, landscape and material/physical objects through artistic and liturgical lenses.