Crowder College offers an accredited A.A. Degree in Art & Design to interested students.
 

On the edge of the colorful Missouri Ozarks, a formally trained art faculty concentrates on artists’ needs and solid art foundations with friendly guidance and personal attention. Accredited college art and design studios develop unique talents which propel our students toward art careers and successful college transfer programs.

 “Art should exhilarate, and throw down the walls of circumstance on every side, awakening in the beholder the same sense of universal relation and power which the work evinced in the artist, and its highest effect is to make new artists.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Student Exhibits & Presentations

In the spring, you can apply for Art & Design Departmental Scholarships and/or Performance Scholarships . An annual student art exhibition at the Longwell Museum in Crowder College's Elsie Plaster Community Center offers students an opportunity to set-up and break-down a professional presentation every spring.

•  Art Degree Offered at Crowder College
•  Art Courses Offered at Crowder College

Quality Art Education

“A Community Experience”

Visit theArt and Design complex on Crowder College's main campus in Newton Hall and experience our enriching environment. Our complex offers friendships and a comfortable study environment which encourages creativity and strong artists’ portfolios.

Clubs & Organizations

The Art Club, Weaving Guild, guest artists and field trips provide fresh, exciting opportunities for all Crowder students. Our Art and Design students are active in community and college events.

"It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence."

–Oscar Wilde



Faculty:

• Jeff Garrett
  
• Allen Bishop

Art & Design Degree

The Associate of Arts Degree in Art & Design provides the career student with the basic and comprehensive tools of art and design foundations. With a solid academic structure from Crowder College, students can transfer to four-year institutions where bachelor degrees are offered in graphic design, painting, sculpture, fibers, ceramics, drawing, jewelry, art history, art education, and media arts. Elective courses should be determined by contacting the college and department to which students wish to transfer. The program listed here is suggested if students have not yet chosen the institution to which they plan to transfer following graduation.