Envision a creative future

Expand your creative capabilities

Engage with creative individuals

Evolve as a creative artist


Discover your potential and prepare for your creative future
at Youngstown State University.

YSU’s Department of Art in the College of Creative Arts and Communication recognizes that each student is unique with individual talents, goals and passions as artists and designers. Our program is designed with a focus on you and your future. Building a strong foundation is key. Faculty work with you personally as you progress through the program to help you translate your goals into reality. This personalized college experience helps you develop your niche and position yourself for the countless opportunities in today’s creative industries after graduation.

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VISUAL ARTS LECTURE SERIES

Department Visual Arts Lecture Series

Elena Herzog – (virtual) – February 8, noon ,
Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler – (virtual) – Feb. 10,
Jacob Hashimoto  – (virtual) – March 3, 2022
Rick Repasky – (McDonough lecture hall) – April 6, 5:10pm         
Ky Anderson – (virtual) – March 22, noon

 

McDonough Museum of Art Lecture series

Matthew Kolodziej – (gallery talk) – January 27, 5:10pm
Black History Month lecture – (McDonough lecture hall) – February 7, 6:00pm
Donald Black Jr – (gallery talk) – February 23, 5:10pm

 

Beecher Art && Technology Lecture Series
(dates and times TBD)

Grayson Cox
Yuehao Jiang
Don Orkoskey
Paolo Pedercini
Scott Turri

 BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON YOU

Education in the arts is paradoxical. Art making and the study of art require skills training as well as perceptual awareness. Participation in the process is the primary means of education. Students and faculty alike are immersed in the quest for knowledge and creative self-realization, whether it is in the form of computer graphics, printmaking or the study of art from the past.

The Higher Learning Commission accredits Youngstown State University in an accreditation that includes all undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), an organization whose membership includes 250 schools out of approximately 2,000 art departments nationally, accredits the Department of Art.

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Youngstown State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, age, religion or veteran/military status in its programs or activities. Please visit www.ysu.edu/ada-accessibility for contact information for persons designated to handle questions about this policy.