Upcoming Events
Mon April 29 4:30-6:00pm, Boyden Gallery
Opening Reception for SMP in Studio Art Exhibition 2
Tues April 30 10:00-12:00pm and 2:00- 4:30pm, Boyden Gallery
SMP Presentations in Art History and SMP Studio Art Exhibition 2
Tues April 30 7:30-8:00pm, Baltimore Hall
Introduction to InDesign Workshop with Art and Art History Studio Assistant Tara Hutton
Thurs May 2 12:00-1:00pm, Baltimore Hall
Introduction to InDesign Workshop with Art and Art History Studio Assistant Tara Hutton
Contact Us
Carrie Patterson, Chair
Associate Professor of Art
Phone: 240-895-4252
Email: ccpatterson@smcm.edu
Office Staff: 240-895-4225
Alumni Where are they now?
Matthew Fishel (studio art, 2001) completed an MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. Originally interested in painting, Matthew has expanded his practice to include animation, video, installation, and digital imaging. He is a frequent contributor to RedStarKGB, an ongoing collaboration of filmmakers in Baltimore. His own film, "A Short Film Regarding Possibilities", was selected by the Maryland Film Festival in 2006. See his work at http://www.matthewfishel.com
Welcome to the Department of Art and Art History
Our Mission:
The Art and Art History Department provides a diverse, collaborative, and integrated curriculum in studio art, art history, and art theory. Our program forcefully models an interdisciplinary liberal arts mission, and department members share a common philosophy that studying the making, analysis, and history of art are inseparable endeavors.
In an increasingly visually complex world, we need to understand how the visual aspects of our world affect our actions, our interactions, and our understanding.
The department’s central goal is to expose students to creative and intellectual activities that will help them become thoughtful producers and consumers of visual media. In our department, students and faculty work through visual problems, study past and present visual cultures, and join in art production in order to connect concepts and ideas to analysis and practice. Our offerings appeal equally to the intellect and the senses, and our curriculum is designed to be accessible to students of all interest levels.
One goal of the art major is to produce professionals in both studio practice and art scholarship. In a broader context, we also prepare students for other careers in the arts, as well as a wide range of professional and personal activities for which visual literacy is a central component of both production and interpretation. Finally, we instill appreciation in those for whom art is simply a pleasurable and meaningful component of a full life. By exploring the visual world at St. Mary's College of Maryland, students can shape that world throughout their lives.
Be sure to check out our Current Opportunities page for information on internships, exhibition opportunities, workshops, grad school programs, and more!
