Why classes are you going to take? Plan Your Fall 2026 Semester in Visual Arts!
Get ready to create, design, and explore the history of art with an exciting lineup of Fall 2026 Visual Arts courses. Whether you’re just beginning your creative journey or advancing toward your B.F.A., our courses offer opportunities to build technical skills, expand your ideas, and develop your professional practice.
📚 Art History (ARTH) Explore global visual culture through courses like History of Western Art I & II, World Art, Islamic Art & Architecture, History of Photography, and Art & Modernism. This semester also features a special topics course on Baroque to Rococo & Revolution.
💻 Graphic Design (ARTD) Develop contemporary design skills through courses in Graphic Design, Typography, Interaction Design, UX Design, Identity Systems, and Design Systems. Professional courses like The Designer as a Professional help prepare students for creative careers.
🖌 Studio Art (ARTS) Build your creative voice through hands-on courses in Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Silkscreen, Sculpture, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, and Photography. Advanced classes like Color Theory, Studio Lighting, and Advanced Painting support deeper studio practice.
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Art in every facet of contemporary life 💫
BFA & BA | Studio • Design • Art History
From classroom to community to professional practice—create, connect, and thrive.
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Thinking about a Visual Arts major or minor?
Explore your options—from a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Art Studio, or Graphic Design to a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts or Visual Communication Design.
You can also add a minor in exciting areas like Photography and more!
Discover where your creativity can take you.
And that’s a wrap on another semester—and the 2025–2026 school year.
This year, CCU Visual Arts students continued to show why the arts and art history matter: building visual literacy, creative problem solving, cultural awareness, and critical thinking through meaningful, human-centered work.
From the studio to design and art history classrooms, our students are learning to create, analyze, and connect ideas in ways that shape culture and community every day.
Here’s to another year of creativity, curiosity, and growth. 🎨📚
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More images from our fist ever Art Education Intern, Hannah Bailey at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum. Thank you Hannah for a great semester, and Myrtle Beach Art Museum for giving our students this wonderful opportunity! #ccuarthistory #ccu_visualarts #ccuedwardscollege #myrtlebeachartmuseum
This past Thursday Lauren Pomeroy presented her thesis research at the CCU Honors Symposium!
Her project explores curatorial studies within the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts, focusing on improving access to and organization of the university’s Art Collection. As part of her research, she bridged her Studio Art and Art History studies to develop systems for digitizing inventories, implementing collections management practices, and cataloging data. This work resulted in the creation of a fully functional digital database using PastPerfect museum software. The project highlights both her process and findings, while emphasizing the importance of a structured collections management system at CCU.
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Visual Art faculty, Ashlyn Pope, Jim Arendt, and Sandrine Schaefer celebrated our LGBTQ+ graduates at Lavender Graduation last week.
Our very own, Assistant Professor Sandrine Schaefer delivered this semester’s keynote.
We are so proud of our students on this milestone! Thanks @ccuprideclub and @ccu.sage for hosting!
Arts faculty were celebrated at the Edwards College Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony today!
A special shoutout to the recipients of the Apple Award for the Visual Arts Professor of the Year (Miranda Elston) and the Award for Distinguished Scholarship or Creative Endeavors (Dave Johnson)!
Together, they build creative, curious, and analytical thinkers who know how to see, and think, more deeply. Why the Visual Arts Matter.
While we had to take the picnic in doors due to the weather, we had a great get together with our majors and minors to conclude the semester. Best wishes to our graduates—we are so proud of you 🎓👏🏻👏🏻 #ccuarthistory #ccu_visualarts #ccuedwardscollege
Getting to celebrate our amazing B.F.A. Studio majors!!! Don’t miss this incredible work while it’s on display at @bryangalleryccu !
Senior Artists: Lauren Pomeroy Theresa Glazer
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts at CCU prepares students for the creative economy through a hands-on, rigorous, and conceptually driven program. Students develop mastery across diverse media, build strong visual communication skills, and engage deeply with contemporary art practices.
Come support these talented artists and experience their work in person!
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Thank you, Professor Rossodivito for stoping by Arts of China and sharing your collection (and your knowledge) of Chinese Communist visual culture with the class!! #ccuarthistory ccu_visualarts #ccuedwardscollege #communistpropaganda
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, is the artist reception for the Studio Art B.F.A Senior Exhibition! Don't miss this amazing art while it's on display at @bryangalleryccu !
Senior Artists:
Lauren Pomeroy
Theresa Glazer
