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  • The department of art+design provides focused study in art and graphic design in the context of a liberal arts education. Students will find a lively and challenging combination of studio courses and historical studies in a cross-disciplinary environment.
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Spotlight

Art + Design Viewbook presents an overview of our programs and student artwork.

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In one past inter­dis­ci­pli­nary col­lab­o­ra­tion, Rupal Patel and Isabel Meirelles teamed up to develop a web-​​based tool that teaches chil­dren how to read with appro­priate expres­sion using visual cues. Their newest project, funded by a Provost’s Tier 1 Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Seed Grant, tar­gets a trickier pop­u­la­tion: teenagers who want to learn Eng­lish as a second language.

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When the cancer drug dis­covery and devel­op­ment teams at Sanofi Aventis wanted an art instal­la­tion for their lobby, they ini­tially envi­sioned a sub­trac­tive design to rep­re­sent the phar­ma­ceu­tical company’s sci­en­tific accomplishments.

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