Situated in downtown Atlanta, the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design offers myriad choices for undergraduate art degrees such as BA, BFA, or advanced degrees such as an MA, MFA and MAE. Our NASAD accredited School of Art and Design offers rigorous programs that offer traditional media to the highest technologies in all disciplines. From Foundation to Graduate studies, courses give each student challenging, discipline-specific training while presenting the opportunity for each to discover and nurture an individual vision and voice.
Summer Gray, Alzheimer's Disease brain tissue and detail 2012, 8 x 20" Digitally printed on cotton
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design's BFA candidate, Summer Gray was awarded a Residential Scholarship from Arrowmont Arts and Crafts Center in May 2012.
Professor Zhou Xiaoou from HangZhou Normal University is a Visiting Artist in The Welch School of Art and Design
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Read reviews of the Welch School of Art & Design MFA Exhibition pre-emergent at Aqua11, Art Miami in ArtsCriticATL and the GSU Foundation
MFA Candidate James Vanderpool completes commissioned art hitching post. The Atlanta Police Foundation and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District partner together to fund the art work. James Vanderpool, Horse Albert, Horse Shadow and Officer England unveil the art work.
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Arrowmont Arts and Crafts Center Awards a Residential Scholarship to a student from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design.
Yanique Norman, BFA student in the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design is included in the "100 under 100, The New Superstars of Southern Art" as selected by their peers, profile listed in the Oxford American.
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design's Assistant Professor Craig Drennen exhibits work in the "Painters Panting" exhibition, curated by Stuart Horodner at The Contemporary Art Center.
The Welch School of Art & Design's Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting, Craig Drennen exhibits work in a solo show at Saltworks Gallery. Read the review in Art and America.
MFA Interior Design Candidates Mary Horne, Yue Zhao and MFA Graphic Design Candidates Katia Lord and Diane Speight exhibit Invisible Threads at Southface.
Welch School of Art and Design MFA Exhibition pre-emergent at Aqua11 Art Miami
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Masters of Art Education Students, Briana Hargro, Alyssa Myers, Ayana Weekes and Lauren Phillips published their research abstracts in Collage, The Georgia Art Education Association Publication. Their articles can be found on page 2, 14, 15, 20-23.
GSU, MFA Graduate Anya Liftig gives a talk: Re-Performance at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. "Simultaneous" exhibits at IV Soldiers in Brooklyn, NY. Anya Liftig curates her first performance show at the Center for Performance Research and exhibits a video at RAPID PLUSE festival in Chicago in June 2012.
The Welch School of Art and Design's Associate Professor, Melinda Hartwig wins a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for 2012-2013.
The Welch School of Art and Design's Associate Professor Constance Thalken, Assistant Professor Craig Drennen, and Assistant Professor Michael Wsol win GSU RIG Grants for FY 2013.
Welch School of Art and Design's Assistant Professor of Art Education Melanie Davenport exhibits her film "Yumakwaxa/ The Drum Celebration" at the Smithsonian Institution, Animation Celebration and their series
MFA Graduate Micah Stansell receives Artadia Grant
GSU Students earn medals in the 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
