About the UWF Department of Art

The Department of Art offered its first classes on the same day that the University of West Florida opened its doors, September 25, 1967.  Dr. John Carey, Chair of the Art Department, recruited faculty from best art programs across the country.  Classes included only juniors, seniors, and graduate students until the Fall of 1983, when the University first admitted its freshmen.

Today, the Department of Art is housed in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts (Building 82), along with the Departments of Music and Theatre.  Dr. Suzette J. Doyon currently serves as Chair of the Art Department, which is administratively part of the Division of Fine and Performing Arts.  Dr. Kyle Marrero holds the post of Division Director, as well as the Chairmanship of Music.  

The Department of Art is but one of 20 programs and/or departments within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).  Relative to those other programs, the Art Department ranks eighth in the College in the number of full-time students it educates.  In all, over 200 art majors are enrolled in the Department’s various degree programs.  (Undergraduate Programs).