Studio Art
The Studio Art curriculum prepare students to develop independent creative work, research new concepts, and gain in-depth skills in a particular medium.
A focused, rigorous curriculum in the visual arts built on an interdisciplinary, interactive and international broad-based liberal arts experience.
The Muhlenberg Department of Art was founded in 1953 by internationally famous sculptor George Rickey. In the decades since, art at Muhlenberg has expanded with an interdisciplinary, interactive and international focus. Our rigorous visual arts curriculum is built on a foundation made strong by Muhlenberg’s broad-based liberal arts programming.
Students may pursue majors and minors in both studio art and art history, and diverse course offerings offer preparation for not only M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs around the nation and world, but for success in fields as varied as art education, publication editing and design, medical illustration, medicine and law.
The Studio Art curriculum prepare students to develop independent creative work, research new concepts, and gain in-depth skills in a particular medium.
The art history curriculum prepares students to analyze and interpret visual art and to understand the fundamental methodological issues of the field.
The College received a grant to explore the founding of the original Allentown Public Library, which opened in 1912. Sophia Framm ’24 and Yuyang (Hector) Chen ’23 worked as research assistants on the project.
On campus, Yngve helped build the very first Muhlenberg.edu as a student worker, which helped her launch a freelance business that she has continued and grown since.
The Center for Ethics will continue its theme of "The Ethics of Image" for the 2024 Spring semester, bringing academics to Muhlenberg to discuss the ethics of AI in art, the legacy of selfies in social media and ultraist rhetoric and visuality among extremist groups.
Grasso, who was an art major at Muhlenberg, carves wooden sea creatures and sells them from his Asbury Park, New Jersey, storefront.