Art & Art History

Student Opportunities

Art and art history students at Carthage have many opportunities for enriched study, from J-Term trips around the world, to gallery exhibits closer to home.

J-Term

J-Term is a month-long period of study in January in which all academic departments at Carthage offer innovative courses on campus, as well as study tours in other countries. The Art Department offers interesting courses for majors and non-majors every J-Term. Recent on-campus courses include Ceramic Wheel Throwing, which introduced students to ceramic techniques; and Paper Pleasures: Aesthetics & Techniques of Handmade Paper, in which students experienced paper-making, design and printmaking.

Inspiration

From the beautiful campus to the nearby world-renowned art museums, Carthage offers art students many resources to explore their vision, perfect their skills, and learn from the masters.

Study Abroad

Not all J-Term courses are offered on campus. Students also have the opportunity to study art abroad, wandering the Louvre in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain. In 2009, students traveled to Greece for the course Greece: Theatre, Art and Architecture. Students attended plays, visited historic sites, and participated in workshops of mask-making, costume design and Greek folk dancing.

Student Exhibit Opportunities

Student artists at Carthage have many opportunities to show their work. Carthage has a student art gallery, Gallery B, and a student sculpture garden. The renowned H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art also houses student exhibits during the year, including the annual Senior Art Exhibit in which all studio majors can participate.

Competitions

Carthage Art Department faculty notify students of upcoming art competitions. Click here for current opportunities.

Scholarships

Carthage offers a number of competitive scholarships to prospective art majors, and smaller scholarships to art minors. These scholarships are awarded based upon a cumulative review of a candidate’s application for admission to Carthage, in addition to a review of the applicant’s Studio Art Portfolio by members of the art faculty. Faculty members conduct portfolio reviews in February. For more information, prospective students can download a scholarship information sheet or contact Karen Peters, Administrative Assistant to the Division of Fine Arts, at kpeters@carthage.edu.

Academic Resources

Prospective Students

Student Work

See a slideshow of student work from the J-Term course "Paper Pleasures: Aesthetics and Techniques of Handmade Paper."

Focusing on Nature

Student Work. See photographs taken by Carthage students during a J-Term trip to Tucson, Ariz.