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
70,000
Square feet of shared space
For work, critiques, and exhibitions
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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Alumni News
Syracuse University Libraries Hosts Cartooning Workshop with Robb Armstrong ’85
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is hosting a cartooning workshop with Robb Armstrong ’85 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 9, for University students who are interested in the creative process of cartooning. Armstrong is a graduate of the College of Visual and Performing...
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Featured News
Art Exhibition at Syracuse University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration to Feature Two VPA Artists
College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Professor Emeritus David R. MacDonald and Jessica McGhee '19, who is currently enrolled in VPA's graduate art therapy program, were among the four artists selected to express the celebration theme of “Civil Rights and the City of Syracuse” as part of the Jan....
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Featured News
School of Art Students Gain Unique Opportunity to Draw Modern and Ancient Lifeforms
Through a collaboration with Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, students in School of Art Professor Susan D'Amato's "Drawing Nature" class visit Professor Linda Ivany and the Paleontology Lab to work with actual fossils, study and draw their forms, and learn about them in the process.
