Inclement Weather Delay - Monday, Jan. 26, 2026

Due to inclement weather, WSU will be closed Monday, January 26, 2026. A campus parking ban will be in place beginning Saturday, January 24, at 6:00 p.m. See your WSU email for more info.

Art Department Learning Goals

  • Developed capacity for critical, creative, investigative, and conceptual thinking.
  • Ability to identify and solve visual and conceptual problems.
  • Ability to present and communicate effectively, creatively, and critically across a range of form and media
  • Generate a personal focus and contribute an independent voice to the world
  • Be ready to work as professionals in art education; art history; design; fine arts; illustration and animation
  • Refer to the fullest range of historical and contemporary art and design sources from across cultures and time
  • Apply a wide range of research methods and technologies in gathering and analyzing information 
  • Engage effectively in individual and/or collaborative approaches to work
  • Interact proactively and constructively with diverse local, national, and global