Art and artists thrive on the campus of Clemson University. Clemson is a comprehensive university with the resources and facilities to offer students excellent educational opportunities in the visual arts. Our Department of Art is housed in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities (AAH). We offer the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) professional degrees. The Department is also contributing to a new Ph. D. program in Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design (RCID).
We have approximately 100 undergraduates and 18 graduate students enrolled in our visual arts programs. Uniquely, our size allows us to frequently conduct team faculty critiques, which maximizes the exchange of ideas and methods that arise within individual studio disciplines — painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, printmaking and photography/digital imaging.
The curricula are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Our students work and learn in well-equipped studio facilities, and we have an ideal average student-to-teacher ratio of 1-to-12 or better.