Interior photo of Bryant Arts Center lobby and sign

A woman hangs a painting on a gallery wall.

Visual Arts

Gain technical skills in multiple art forms as you engage with and respond to the constantly changing world. Prepare for careers as professional artists, architects, designers, arts administrators, art therapists, and more.

Pending approval by the Higher Learning Commission

Keith Allyn Spencer , Associate Professor, Chair of Visual Arts

Highlights

Visual Arts Alumni Updates

Discover all the arts at Denison

Reflect on the world with curiosity and a critical eye.

400 The approximate number of students, from all areas of the college, who take Visual Arts classes every year.

Our graduates are high achievers.

Vail Visiting Artists

Bringing a diversity of artists, methods, backgrounds

Denison Studio Art Vail Visiting Artist series is an endowed fund that allows for inviting working artists at all stages in their careers to come and speak to Denison students.

Photo: Artist Karen Tam

Spotlights

Making the most of a summer at Denison

Thinking of working on campus or taking part in the Summer Scholars program? Students say there’s plenty to occupy their free time.

Duc Le ’26 with Associate Professor Keith Spencer, chair of the Department of Visual Arts.

Applied practice drives student innovation

From posters to brochures, Duc Le ’26 merges inventive flair, tactical thinking, and hands-on techniques with bold design.

Micaela Vivero in front of large mountains

Visual arts chair named 2024-25 U.S. Fulbright Scholar

Micaela Vivero is heading to Spain, where she will be teaching at Universidad de Murcia.

An art student finds her footing in 981 square feet

A mural — and the Denison Summer Scholar painting it — spring to life in a Newark community-service project.

Christian Faur displays a photo-realistic portrait of American mathematician Julia Robinson that is made from crayons

Crayon artist, tech wizard, Renaissance man

From humble beginnings, Christian Faur has become an acclaimed artist who’s found a home at Denison by carving his own niche.

Members of the Denison community borrowed nearly 100 student works of art for the semester during the first-ever Studio Art Lending Library in the Bryant Arts Center, held on Jan. 27, 2023.

At the Studio Art Lending Library, ‘you choose what speaks to you’

Inaugural program brings student works out of Bryant Arts Center and into buildings across campus

Students learning from a professional photographer

Picture-perfect paid internships

Denison’s Career Center funds internships that add valuable experiences to an arts education.

Tejido de Voces rehearsal (photo by Ron Abram)

Building Bridges: Ron Abram, Collaboration and Tejido de Voces

The importance of art - especially in a world divided by COVID, politics, and distance - is a tangible thing.

Columbus Creative in Residence

Denison’s Studio Art department introduces Columbus Creative in Residence program.

An art installation by Micaela Vivero, artist and professor

A Fragile Balance

Artist and professor Micaela Vivero explores space and balance in a recent exhibition in Rota, Spain.

“Hold Hold Spill”

Artist and professor Sheilah ReStack describes her work as something recognizable, but changed.

Daniel Roumain playing in concert with Titus Kaphar's A Disturbing Silence

Black Art 2020: Active interaction with Art

Two art exhibitions that focused on Black artists and their work became a springboard for learning in Prof. JSTN CLMN’s Black Art 2020 class.

The camera’s eye: On teaching photography

Professor Sheilah ReStack writes on what it means to provide a context for photography when teaching students.

Students interacting with the About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves exhibit

How We Learn

A Look Inside Ourselves

A Denison Museum art exhibit titled About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves explores queer history and identity.

Where We Go

Painting Virtual Reality

Studio Art alum Al DiLorenzo ‘19 learned virtual reality & painting skills - now they combine them for a career in the arts.

What's Happening

Students, Workshops & Info Sessions

Water polo to become Denison’s 27th varsity sport

Coming to Denison ‘one of the best decisions I’ve ever made’

From the diamond to forever: Alums mark 20 years since storybook proposal

Visual Arts

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Bringing a diversity of artists, methods, backgrounds

Spotlights

Making the most of a summer at Denison

Applied practice drives student innovation

Visual arts chair named 2024-25 U.S. Fulbright Scholar

An art student finds her footing in 981 square feet

Crayon artist, tech wizard, Renaissance man

At the Studio Art Lending Library, ‘you choose what speaks to you’

Picture-perfect paid internships

Building Bridges: Ron Abram, Collaboration and Tejido de Voces

Columbus Creative in Residence

A Fragile Balance

“Hold Hold Spill”

Black Art 2020: Active interaction with Art

The camera’s eye: On teaching photography

A Look Inside Ourselves

Painting Virtual Reality

What's Happening

Plein-air painting at Ebaugh Pond

Public art amplifies community voice

Student exhibition explores memory and impermanence