





UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Connecticut offers intensive degree programs to prepare individuals for the numerous careers in the arts. Our goal is to provide the finest professional training through classroom and studio instruction.
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS CONCENTRATIONS
8:1
Student to Faculty
Ratio
4
Degree
Programs
6
Concentrations
ART SPACES & COMMUNITY
The arts are everywhere at UConn! With multiple exhibition and performance venues, the arts are happening every day on campus. The UConn Arts community extends around the globe, with our alumni working in the arts and related professions in New York City, Boston, London, and more.
Contemporary Art Galleries makes art available to the university community and extending to the regional community by providing an ongoing and internationally recognized series of changing exhibitions.
The William Benton Museum of Art draws largely from its collection of over 6,500 works of art, the Museum presents exhibitions of art dating from the 15th through the 21st centuries. The museum also holds special exhibitions, gallery talks, campus art walks, academic and non-academic discussions, musical performances, and family programs.


LATEST ART NEWS
The Annual MFA Sale is now live and can be viewed at http://bit.ly/GAAMFA
This sale supports the MFA Studio Art Program’s thesis exhibition in New York City. This annual sale offers a range of work by current and past faculty, graduate students, and alumni, all offered at affordable prices. The work reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the program, and spans a breadth of media, including photography, painting, screenprinting, intaglio, drawing, and zines. The sale consists of artworks donated by artists within the UConn community, and the sale will run until the end of January. ...
Do you have questions about our degree programs, concentrations, or the admissions portfolio review process?
Join us Monday, 11/9, 7-8 PM, to have your questions answered by program faculty. Register today at art.uconn.edu! ...
Bradley Airport Installation, titled Visualizing the Future, featuring the work of current students and alumni.
The exhibition was curated and assembled by faculty from the Dept. of Art and Art History
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LIVE EVENT: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 7-8pm
Imagine yourselves here!
Join us for a virtual information session and Q&A with faculty. See our facilities and learn about our undergraduate degree programs and concentrations.
Please register for this event at art.uconn.edu to receive the login information. ...
Paintings by students from Professor Kathryn Myers’s Intermediate Painting course!
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Sign up for Professor Kathryn Myers’ Aquamedia 1 class over winter break. The class is distance learning, open to all major, and does not require any prerequisites! ...
On Friday, November 6th, at 4 PM artist Laura Splan will be giving an artist talk through zoom. The event is open for all to attend, Splan will be speaking about her practice followed by a Q & A.
Register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-talk-laura-splan-tickets-123015676199
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Articles
- Annual MFA Sale – Live Now
- UConn Art & Art History Virtual Info Session
- Artist Talk 11/6 – Laura Splan
- 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
- Assistant Professor Elizabeth Athens named 2020-2021 UCHI Fellow
- Pneuhaus Interdisciplinary Workshop & Lecture 2/25
- 11/19 How the Anthropocene is Changing Our Minds
- Prof. Betsy Athens presenting at Homer at the Beach exhibition
- “Being Without Being” Multimedia Exhibition
- Build a house, dig a hole
- Society of Illustrators Show
- Making Welcome Opening Reception