PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Longing to be an artist, art historian or art educator? Wishing you had a chance to study with gifted working artists and scholars? Dreaming about life in a dynamic urban environment?
BE HERE. GET THERE. With our expert faculty and respected guest instructors, you can design the path to your future. Your new knowledge and skills will give you opportunities to experiment and explore. As part of an active cultural community, our students and faculty present art and performance on campus, in galleries and in alternative and public spaces. Our downtown campus connects you to one of the most international cities in the U.S.
So follow your artistic impulse to the Welch School of Art and Design. Prepare for success in the creative life you are meant to lead.
START HERE
Art Education • Art History • Ceramics • Drawing, Painting, Printmaking • Graphic Design • Interior Design • Photography • Sculpture • Textiles
GET INVOLVED
Art Student Union and Student Organizations for Every Discipline: AIGA/GSU Student Chapter, ASID/GSU Student Chapter, Art History Student League, DUPA, Edgewood Sculpture Forum, ExLucis Photography Group, NAEA/GSU Student Chapter, Printmakers Collective, SLIPS, The Textiles Group.
INTERNSHIPS
Welch School Gallery, High Museum of Art, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, CNN, Cartoon Network, Seven Stages, Art Papers and more.
STUDY ABROAD
Issues of the Landscape in Northeast Scotland, Egypt In the Age of the Pharoahs, Contemporary Art in Germany, Monuments and Museums of Modern Paris, Russian Art and Art Education, Studies Abroad in Visual Arts in Italy and over 40 other university-wide international programs.
VISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS
The Welch School hosts distinguished visiting speakers through it's annual Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series. Workshops and speakers are also supported by student groups and individual disciplines. Past speakers include Janine Antoni • Susanna Coffey • Ann Hamilton • Chris Drury • Benjamin Edwards • Kojo Griffin • Douglas Kahn • Karen Finley Lawrence Rinder • Buzz Spector • Reiko Sudo • Marcia Vetrocq Janine Antoni • Susanna Coffey • Ann Hamilton • Chris Drury • Benjamin Edwards • Kojo Griffin • Douglas Kahn • Karen Finley • Lawrence Rinder • Buzz Spector • Reiko Sudo • Marcia Vetrocq
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & FILM SCREENINGS
Explore contemporary art and culture through innovative exhibitions of traditional and experimental media, performance, talks and film screenings and be part of a public dialogue about art today.
GET FUNDED: SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
HOPE, Presidential, Presidential Assistant, Chandler, Welch Photography Scholarships and many other student awards.
GET THERE
Bachelor of Fine Art
Bachelor of Art
Bachelor of Art Education
Master of Art
Master of Fine Art
Master of Art Education, Phd, EdS