School of Art and Design
The School of Art and Design is a creative learning community in which students develop their practice as artists, designers, and art historians who work in and across media while enhancing their technical skills, historical and theoretical knowledge, and visual, material, and conceptual thinking within the context of the School’s commitments to social and environmental justice and innovative entrepreneurship, as well as its location near the U.S.-Mexico Border and on the Pacific Rim.
Explore Our Degree Programs
The School of Art and Design offers undergraduate degree programs that reflect the diversity of contemporary practice in visual art and design. Through both discipline-specific and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning, we support students to innovate solutions, express ideas, imagine possibilities, and interpret the world through historical, cultural, and global contexts.
The graduate degree programs offered by the School of Art and Design include the Master of Fine Arts in Art and the Master of Arts in Art with a concentration in Art History. Both programs offer a robust learning experience, led by dedicated faculty members renowned in their respective fields. Intimate class sizes create a supportive environment that provides a strong foundation for creative and scholarly careers.
Visit Our Galleries
The Gallery Program bridges a diverse Southern California university community and public audience through scholarly, experimental, and socially conscious presentations of contemporary art and design. Comprising the University Art Gallery, the Richard Anthony Marks Gallery, the Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, and the Experimental Gallery, the Gallery Program creates opportunities for students, faculty, and contemporary artists and designers at all levels of their careers.
Events & Exhibitions Calendar
Stay up to date on School of Art and Design events, including Gallery Exhibitions, Open Studios, Visiting Artists and Scholars, Amplify Lecture Series, and more.
Innovate. Create. Inspire.
