Drake offers both intensive experiences in art and a solid liberal arts education. Students are immersed in a professional art and design environment where they can develop comprehensive technical skills and achieve formal and conceptual abilities in preparation for rewarding visual arts careers.

As an art or design major at Drake, you will receive individual attention from your faculty adviser and other professors?all professional designers, artists, and scholars?who are passionate about their fields and their teaching. Classes are small, generally ranging in size from 10 to 20 students.

?The Department of Art and Design includes 10 full-time faculty, all of whom hold the highest degrees in their field and are practicing designers, artists, and scholars. All five full-time studio art faculty are engaged in teaching classes from the introductory to advanced levels.