Art Major

Become a Visual Thinker and Visual Storyteller

The art program stands on the shoulders of trailblazers like Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Hale Woodruff, Jenelsie Walden Holloway and Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell and equips students to become visual thinkers and storytellers. Following in their innovative example the current iteration of the program is designed for interdisciplinary studio artists to work across printmaking, papermaking, installation, digital media and small metals.

Foundational to all of these artistic practices is the rigorous utilization and application of drawing – an essential tool for ideating, communicating, and visualizing. As emerging studio artists, all majors and minors will be required to cultivate a consistent practice of critique, iteration and self-directed artistic research and production.

Students will be immersed in a vernacular of contemporary art that understands art and artists as integral to shaping, transforming, and reflecting our world as students develop the language to critique, write, and present, as professional practicing artists. All courses are contextualized via extensive writing, reading and viewing, of art, artists, and art historical movements, that challenge and expand the Western canon. Majors and minors will be introduced to and expected to utilize resources available in The Spelman College Innovation Lab and collaborate with peers in art history, curatorial studies, photography, documentary film and across the Division of the Arts.

The art program has developed competitive summer scholarship opportunities to further support the development of student’s independent studio practice. Additionally, exceptional students have the opportunity to be recognized through annual departmental awards. Successful students are self-motivated, critical thinkers, intellectually engaged, creative risk takers, collaborative problem solvers and consistently active in their artistic practice.

*Please Note: The program does not provide instruction in graphic design, animation, painting, product design or fashion and students interested in these processes will be directed to cross register at Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University or participating institutions in the ARCHE Program

A Few More Questions is an online journal of exceptional creative and scholarly research by students in the Division of the Arts at Spelman College. A Few More Questions publish work that pushes the boundaries of creativity, technology and innovation in all forms of media, performing arts, and their related practices.