Department of Visual Arts
Visual innovation alongside critical thinking.
Equipping students with essential 21st century visual literacy and interpretive skills.
Students emerge positioned to lead in a future that will prize the ability to adapt, question the status quo and rethink themselves in relationship to the world.
We offer a variety of degrees, including opportunities to combine the visual arts with other art forms and other subjects in our interdisciplinary degrees.
- Art and Visual Culture Studies, BA
- Design, BA
- Photography, BFA
- Interdisciplinary Arts, Visual Art, BA
- Interdisciplinary Arts, Photography, BA
Students can also meld visual art with performing arts and more with Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Leadership, BA.
Current Students
You will find information specific to your experience on Redhawk Hub.
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Our Alumni
Upon graduation, our students join an impressive roster of artists, curators, educators and more.
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Innovative Programs
From partnerships with the Frye Museum, and Photo Center Northwest, to the Seattle University Artist in Residence program, Pigott Family Endowment for the Arts, we offer engaging opportunities beyond the classroom.
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Galleries and Classrooms
Seattle University has four galleries on campus. Our students have 24 hour access to printmaking, ceramics, painting, sculpture and drawing studios.
Contact Us
Our faculty and staff are widely renowned in their fields.
Aly Bedford, BFA
Academic Program Coordinator, Performing Arts & Arts Leadership
Academic Program Coordinator, Art, Art History & Design
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Trung Pham, SJ, MFA
Chair, Art, Art History and Design
Associate Professor, Fine Arts
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