
From professional actors to international musicians to award-winning filmmakers, our visiting artists and scholars offer collaborative, hands-on experiences for our students.
Evolutionary process through fearless exploration
The School of Art + Design is an immersive, welcoming community of visual artists, designers, scholars dedicated to an art that is transformative for our communities, society, and ourselves. Here, you’ll find full access to expansive art and design facilities, resources, and the expertise of faculty mentors invested in your success, from day one. Draw, paint, print, photograph, sculpt, build, break and rebuild. Make your mark, at Ohio University.
Jade’s thesis project, Fragmented Artifacts, figurative work in ceramics, was supported through a PURF Award. She shares some thoughts upon graduating in spring 2022.
Read MoreKelsey Griest's art practice is informed by her experience teaching, by making art with children in both neuro-typical and neuro-diverse classrooms.
Read MoreAthens native and Ohio University alum Matthew Presutti has found a unique way to incorporate sustainability into his printmaking processes by using hemp. He recently provided this insight to Ohio University students as part of the College of Fine Arts’ Visiting Artists and Scholars program.
Read MoreWelcome to the Don E. Adleta TypeShop and Bindery, where printing processes and instruments of the past breathe new life and meaning into “words of art”—and fuel the creative minds of the future.
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