Department of Art

Students

The Department of Art serves approximately 67 art majors and minors. Majors can earn a BFA (78 hours, professional studio degree) or BA degree(42 hours) with concentrations in art history , ceramics, drawing, fibers, painting, photo/media studies, printmaking or sculpture. Art majors can also elect to complete K-12 teaching certification through the Education Department. Many BA majors take the opportunity to complete a second major in a wide variety of disciplines.

Student Exhibitions

Student artwork is exhibited in the Moreau Art Galleries during Fall & Spring Portfolio Reviews, and Senior Comprehensive Exhibitions. The public is invited to view . Visit the M.A.G. - Moreau Art Galleries Website for dates & info about these exhibitions.

The Student Summer Show is an annual juried exhibition of student artwork which opens each May and is on display throughout the summer in Moreau Art Galleries. Recent alumnae jurors have included Ellen Hackl Fagan (SMC ’82), Aletha Israels (SMC'03), Maureen Roberts (SMC'03), Mary Zicafoose (SMC ‘73 ) and Deborah Feece (SMC'77).

Art Club

The Art Club, open to all interested students, meets regularly throughout the school year. Recent meetings have provided information on art careers, internships, graduate art programs and documentation of artwork. Art Club sponsored events have included trips to Chicago art museums and area art openings, art week activities, and community service projects.

In conjunction with CWIL, the Art Club sponsored an overnight trip to Pittsburgh, PA. While in Pittsburgh, the group visited The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Warhol Museum of Art, and The Mattress Factory. The club has also traveled to art museums in Chicago, Indianapolis and Toledo in recent semesters.

2007-2008 Art Club officers are:

-President: Ellen Rosselit
-Vice President: Mary Strebinger
-Secretary: Bridget Gulvas
-Treasurer: Sarina Kopacz

For more information contact:

Sandi Ginter, art faculty advisor (sginter@saintmarys.edu).

Photography Club

The Photo Club, open to all interested students, meets regularly throughout the school year. For the fall semester of 2006, meetings will be first Wednesday of each month. Some of the events this year include a presentation by Jill Hobgood about cyanotypes, attending the Vietnam veteran photo exhibition at ND Snite Museum, screen print T-shirts or squirt gun shirts, movie nights, a Chicago bus trip, a hologram presentation by Prof. Tyler, a campus-wide photo competition, various fund raisers, and a community service project.

For more information contact:

Doug Tyler , art faculty advisor (dtyler@saintmarys.edu).