The Department of Art is located on the Westside Campus in the Visual & Performing Arts Center. This modern facility houses three of the School of Visual, Performing, and Communication Arts departments: Visual Art, Music, and Theatre Arts. The Visual Art wing includes studios for Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Photography, as well as the MFA program, Art Gallery and computer lab. These professional quality spaces add tremendous value to an already quality arts education. It is a diverse and invigorating environment that inspires, motivates and fosters a vibrant culture of creative problem-solvers.

Western Connecticut State University is an accredited institutional member
of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design

DEPARTMENT OF ART PROGRAM PATHS