The Department of Art and Design offers a Bachelor of Fine Art in Graphic Design, Digital Art, or Studio Art and a Bachelor of Art in Art Studio or Art History.
Welcome to the Department of Art and Design at the University of West Florida. For more than fifty years, we have fostered independent and critical thinking in our students through the production and study of the visual arts.
The department offers two Baccalaureate programs: a Bachelor Degree (B.A.) in Art Studio which allows students to concentrate in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Photography, Ceramics, and Art History; and a Bachelor of Fine Art (B.F.A.) in Graphic Design, Digital Art, and Studio Art (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Photography). Our B.A. is streamlined to accommodate double majoring and we offer minors in Studio Art, Art History, and Graphic Design. Read more from Dr. David Earle, interim chair, Department of Art and Design.
Additionally, the department offers scholarship opportunities, student clubs and exhibition opportunities.
The Art Gallery at UWF (TAG) features an annual series of revolving exhibitions that highlight student work as well as regional, national, and international artists. Visit TAG online.
The Art Gallery at UWF
UWF's Art Museum, the Pensacola Museum of Art, features regional and international exhibitions. Students have the opportunity to do internships on museum education, curation, and exhibition installation as well as give gallery talks and work as docents. On occasion the museum features student art exhibitions. For more information, please visit the Pensacola Museum of Art.
While the notion of “home” can invoke feelings of security, it may also be complicated by notions of belonging, safety, and physical and geographical boundaries. This exhibition will examine “home” through the lens of this complex moment, and include varied conceptions of “home” as we confront the physical or psychological space in which we live, learn, work, grieve, and ultimately grow within or without “home.” What, where, or who is HOME?
October 1-15, 2020
November 1-15, 2020
(October 19-30th, closed for early voting in the CFPA)
The Makerspace is dedicated to creative, entrepreneurial and artistic activities.
The Makerspace is part of a joint venture between the UWF Department of Art & Design, the Department of Engineering's CNC lab and the Haas Center's Sea3D lab. It integrates elements of design, engineering, and art to support a creative and innovative multidisciplinary community.
The technologies support interdisciplinary collaborations to invent, construct and design using a variety of processes spanning handcraft to digital fabrication.
Housed in Downtown Pensacola's Museum of Commerce, 201 Zaragoza St., the Makerspace works synergistically with the other labs in the building to provide a wide-range of production possibilities.
Available resources include a laser cutter and engraver, woodworking tools, a vinyl printer, industrial sewing machine and embroidery sewing machine.
Congratulations to Rebecca Riggs, the 2019 winner of the Blue Morning Gallery Scholarship. Her installation will be viewable at Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox Place, until November 14th.
Now alumnae, two UWF students recently received international recognition from Kappa Pi, the oldest and largest international college and university honorary art fraternity. Stacey Martin, who graduated in May 2019 with a BA, was awarded the first-place scholarship for Kappa Pi’s Graduating Senior category. Sonia Soto, who graduated this past December with a BFA, was named third-place scholarship winner for the New Initiatives category.
TAG presents its annual "Points of Departure" exhibition to showcase foundation-level student works.
is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Design. See how he's "making his mark."
Looking for information on the application process, financial aid or campus life? Visit the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities student resource links.
Bldg. 82, Rm. 253
11000 University Pkwy.
Pensacola, FL 32514
850.474.2045
art@uwf.edu
We are located in Building 82, Center for Fine & Performing Arts. Please check the Campus Map to find us.
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