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Department of Art
The Study and Practice of Art
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GALLERY RENOVATIONS
Exciting changes are underway in the Fine Arts Center! All of our galleries are being renovated, which means extra care must be taken when entering and navigating our 5th floor space. We are very excited for these much-needed upgrades, and look forward to unveiling the final product later this Fall.
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Featured Class:
Sketchbook: Creative Ideation (ART 398)
This online class will provide you the tools to foster a robust creative practice based in daily observation, routine reflection, and idea generation. Offered Winter Session 2024 with Professor Squeak Meisel!
Department of Art in the News
‘Memoirs’: Master of fine arts candidate exhibit on campus
Abigail Nnaji presents painting series inspired by experiences, changes throughout career “Memoirs” is a curated collection of ten paintings inspired by artist Abigail Nnaji’s memories, experiences and changes throughout her career and on display in the SEB gallery. The Student Entertainment Board hosted a gallery reception Feb. 15 featuring the master of fine arts candidate […]
Watering ‘Seeds’ through painting, community engagement
Visual artist Jiemei Lin may be based in Pullman, but she’s left her mark – literally – on Spokane. As you admire the Black Lives Matter mural, you’ll see Lin’s vibrant orange, red, yellow and blue flowers in the first ‘T’ in “Matter.” If you take a peek between Howard and Wall streets, you’ll see […]
Art exhibit honors late faculty member
An art exhibit currently on display at Washington State University Tri-Cities honors the memory of a former staff member. Four current WSU Tri-Cities faculty contributed their own art creations in various mediums for the exhibit titled “NO PROGRAM”, which honors the life and artistic legacy of Doug Gast, who died in 2020. In addition to artwork […]
Meet the WSU student designing gameday posters hidden around campus
Collin Scott had to look twice. Scott had just hopped on his bike, riding away from Gesa Field, the site of Washington State’s home matchup with Northern Colorado, when he noticed something: two girls, laughing as they held up a 13×9 poster, which showed an illustration of a Cougar and a Bear, the two mascots […]