Art Department

Cory Knedler, Chairperson
Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, Room 179
(605) 677-5636
Cory.Knedler@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/art

FACULTY

Professors:

John Banasiak, Photography
Johntimothy Pizzuto, Printmaking

Associate Professors:

Michael Hook, Foundations Coordinator
Young Ae Kim, Graphic Design
Cory Knedler, Art Education
Christopher Meyer, Sculpture

Assistant Professors:

Qiuwen Li, Graphic Design
Amber Hansen, Painting
Lauren Freese, Art History

Instructor:

Carol Geu, Art History

Artist-in-Residence:

Michael Hill, Ceramics

MAJORS:

Art
Art Education

ASSOCIATE DEGREE:

Graphic and Web Design

MINORS:

Art
Art History

CERTIFICATES:

Arts in Health
Ceramics
Drawing
Graphic Design
Painting
Printmaking
Photography
Sculpture
Web Design

The Department of Art seeks to encourage personal and creative growth and to prepare the student for a career in the visual arts. The programs of study offer aesthetic, scholarly, historical and technical instruction. Visual art processes, application, and methods are practiced in studio courses, leading to professional preparedness in the visual arts or design. Exploration of interdisciplinary possibilities and new technologies is encouraged. It is the goal of each program of study and specialization to guide students toward understanding of the creation and analysis of visual art and design. A degree in art can prepare students for a graduate program in art and for careers in art education, in graphic design, as a practicing artist, and in related fields including arts management, art therapy and museumology.

DOUBLE MAJOR

Students may double major between visual art and other degree programs, but must meet all the requirements of both programs.

STUDIO SPECIALIZATIONS

BFA/Ceramics
BFA/Graphic Design
BFA/Painting
BFA/Photography
BFA/Printmaking
BFA/Sculpture

SCHOLARSHIPS

Please contact the department for additional information about available scholarships and awards. Also see College of Fine Arts for school level scholarships.

Art Scholarship Fund
Betty Clark Evans Art Scholarship
Beverly Behrens Achievement Scholarship for Art Education
College of Fine Arts STARS Fund - Art
Donald Dendinger Art Scholarship
Harvey & Alwayne Gunderson Art Scholarship
John & Dorothy Freed Art Scholarship
Judith Marie Mast Scholarship Art Education
Koch Hazard Architects Scholarship- Art
Lance Owen Hyde Memorial Scholarship
Oscar Howe Art Scholarship