Department of Art and Digital Media

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Faculty

The Art majors are designed to provide both breadth (foundational study) and depth (specialization) within a Christian liberal arts program. The curriculum is structured to allow students flexibility in the search for concepts and art media most compatible with their needs and interests.

Olivet’s Art program includes a balance of studio work, techniques, lab skills, and theory. The department provides advising and career preparation courses to help students prepare for the future.

Career opportunities for Art and Digital Media graduates include illustrating for companies, package design, interactive CDs and promotion, graphic advertising, graphic design, digital photography, and photojournalism. Olivet graduates in Art are employed as educators or by advertising companies, corporations designing and marketing new products, and government agencies.

The studio facilities in the Larsen Fine Arts Center provide excellent resources for painting, illustration, and ceramics. The center also houses the newly renovated dark room and the Brandenburg Art Gallery, where works of students, as well as regional artists, are exhibited. The Digital Media Center in Benner Library provides facilities for digital photography, digital graphics, and digital production and includes state-of-the-art computer graphics labs

The Department of Art and Digital Media prepares students to become professionals who demonstrate in-depth knowledge with well-rounded general education to meet the needs of a demanding work force. The focus of the program is on the preparation of artists who are uniquely expressive with concern for the spiritual elevation of global society.

Programs

• Art Major, B.A.
• Art Major, B.S.
• Art Teaching Major, B.S.

• Art Studio Minor
• Art Teaching Minor

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