Art

Jeff Dintaman (department head)

The study of art is to engage and practice a language that is visual. The mission of the art department is to advance students in their development of the visual language within a liberal arts community. Introductory courses are designed to provide a solid foundation and to engage students of all disciplines in visual discourse. Advanced courses emphasize creativity and individual expression and enable students to develop a higher level of technical, conceptual, and aesthetic expression and understanding.

Our goal is to encourage students to a lifelong artistic pursuit of creative problem solving and individual expression. Our efforts are supported by the Luther College Fine Arts Collection, exhibitions in the college's galleries, visiting artists to Luther, off-campus art tours, and internships in a variety of settings.

Required for a major: ART 103, 104, 108, 111, 251, 252, 491; two additional 4-credit courses at the 300 level or above; eight additional hours selected from the offerings in Art.

Exhibition requirement: Every senior art major is required to exhibit artwork in a group exhibition in the spring of their senior year [ART 491]. Opportunities to exhibit works in other years will be announced to art majors during the academic year.

Required for a minor: ART 103, 104, 108; one of ART 251 or 252; two additional 4-credit courses selected from offerings in Art, one of which must be at the 200 level or above.

Required for certification to teach Art K–12: Completion of the art major, completion of the K–12 minor, ART/EDUC 228 and student teaching at elementary and secondary levels. See education department for K–12 minor requirements.

Art Management Concentration: To complete the art management concentration a student is required to complete a major in art and a minor in management, or a major in management and a minor in art.

Students planning to pursue graduate work in management studies are advised to consult faculty members in each department to identify coursework that will strengthen their graduate application.

Students majoring in this area are urged to consider the following courses as electives: COMS 132 and COMS 252, ENG 210, PHIL 100 and PHIL 120, SOC 101, POLS 130, PSYC 130. Students planning on graduate study should consider MATH 240, 321, and 322.