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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SPRING 2024

Mon, Feb 3 – Crystal Miller
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ Black History Month Lecture ]

Wed, Feb 5 – Julia Betts
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Series ]
[ Department of Art Lecture Series ]

Mon, Feb 10 – Stefanie Posavec
virtual, 2pm
event link:
https://ysu.webex.com/ysu/j.php?MTID=md291e65e5eb62ce140908ebf6529abc0
password: stefanieposavec

[ Beecher Art and Technology Lecture Series ]

Wed, Feb 12 – Abby Cipar
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Series ]

Wed, Feb 19 – Blise Orr
virtual, 2pm
event link: https://ysu.webex.com/ysu/j.php?MTID=ma65663a96bbf62abb6b49e8f347afaf6
password: bliseorr
[ Beecher Art and Technology lecture series]

Thurs, Feb 20 – Sidney Mullis
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Series ]
[ Department of Art Lecture Series ]

Mon, Feb 19 – Shirley Wu
virtual, 6pm
event link: https://ysu.webex.com/ysu/j.php?MTID=mf774c57e89d5187148961663786ea2aa
password: shirleywu
[ Beecher Art and Technology lecture series]

Thur, Feb 27 – Will Hutnick
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Series ]
[ Department of Art Lecture Series ]

Wed, March 12 – Lost and Unmade: the films of Bruce Checefsky
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:30pm
[ McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Series ]

Tue, March 18 – Daniel Echeverri: Best of Both Worlds: A Chat on Design Research and Design Practice
virtual, 11am
event link: https://ysu.webex.com/ysu/j.php?MTID=m3c98dddbfff6a9967011a18657e833aa
[ Department of Art Lecture Series ]

Wed, Apr 2 – JusAjar (Sara & Bobby)
McDonough Museum of Art, lecture hall, 5:00pm
[ Department of Art Lecture Series ]

 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.