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 artistsâthose 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
Alumni News
Blackstone LaunchPad to Host Arts Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Creatives This Summer
Creative business coach and School of Art alumnus Peter DePasquale â12 (dual B.F.A. in arts education and printmaking as well as an M.F.A. in printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) will be leading a four-week intensive boot camp accelerator to help students and recent alumni learn...
Featured News
M.F.A. Exhibition ‘Steady/Retcon’ to be Exhibited on New York City’s Governors Island
Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are presenting the thesis exhibition âSteady/Retconâ two weekends in May at the Syracuse University Governors Island House, 407A Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York City. Read More...
Featured News
College of Visual and Performing Arts Presents M.F.A. Exhibition âSteady/ Retconâ
Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are presenting the thesis exhibition âSteady/Retconâ through May 15 across three venues on the Syracuse University campus.