Express your creativity.
Overview
Our major in art & design offers emphases in graphic design, graphic design marketing, photography, pre-art therapy and studio art, as well as an art teaching licensure and minors in studio arts or graphic design to fit your specialized interests.
Whether you want to make art with a computer, a camera or your own hands, McPherson’s art & design program will allow you to hone your skills and find a career that takes those passions to the next level.
Program Emphases
Graphic Design
Graphic Design Marketing
Photography
Pre-Art Therapy
Studio Art
Additional Programs
Digital Media Major
With an emphasis in Communication or Visual Design this major will be prepare you for a career in the growing digital media industry.
Teaching Licensure
Teaching Art in the Public Schools (PK-12)
Minors
Minors are available in Graphic Design, Photography, and Studio Art.
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Faculty & Staff
Abigail Briscoe B.S.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Dee Erway-Sherwood M.F.A.
- Professor of Graphic Design
- Department Chair & Executive Director of Art & Design
- “In my teaching, it is my goal to develop students’ interest in design and broaden their artistic skills. I am preparing them for the workforce – therefore, every project and skill that we focus on is centered around preparing them for what they will need to acquire industry-leading careers."
Kelsy Gossett Dennis M.F.A.
- Assistant Professor of Photography, Art, and Design
- "The study of art can connect us in ways other mediums cannot. You don’t need to have the same background, or even speak the same language, to communicate through art."
Killian Alvin Millner B.A.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Media
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