We celebrate being a dynamic art school at a major research university.
The School of Art offers unique and exciting opportunities for students who are passionate about art in all of its diverse possibilities. We teach the next generation of artists–those who are adventurous, complex, precocious, innovative, noisy, reflective, curious, socially conscious, and dedicated to a life in the visual arts.
1875
First Alumnus Graduates
With a degree in painting
30+
Guest artists each year
Via our Visiting Artist Lecture Series
7
Programs to choose from
Undergraduate and graduate
Our faculty offers rigorous and multi-faceted learning experiences that prepare student-artists for professional and entrepreneurial careers.
We offer state-of-the-art facilities and studios, from the handmade to the digital. Our professionally active faculty fosters internships as well as international and national opportunities and brings the creative industries to the studio. Through guided mentorship, our student-artists craft their own course of study.
Undergraduate Majors
Undergraduate Visit Opportunities
Graduate Degree Programs
Mission
As a dynamic art school within a major research university, we enable unique intersections of diverse interests within creative communities.
Vision
Through social and studio practices, research, and teaching, we promote mastery, interdisciplinarity, student autonomy, and critical global citizenship.
Recent School of Art News
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Featured News
VPA Appoints Founding College Program Director of Syracuse University Los Angeles Semester
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Anna Proulx as the college’s founding program director for the Syracuse University Los Angeles Semester (SULA), the University’s immersive professional development program that provides students with the opportunity to work as interns while taking entertainment industry-related academic courses taught by Los Angeles-based artists and media professionals. Read More...
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Faculty News
James Haywood Rolling Jr., professor of arts education in the School of Art and School of Education, was interviewed for the NPR story "For kids grappling with the pandemic's traumas, art classes can be an oasis."
Faculty News
VPA Remembers Hope Irvine, Professor Emerita of Art Education
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is remembering Hope Irvine, professor emerita of art education in VPA’s School of Art and Syracuse University's School of Education, who died on Oct. 28 in East Syracuse, New York, at age 84. Read More...
