Studio Arts

Studio arts students expand their creative potential while developing a skill set that prepares them for careers in a variety of rewarding artistic professions.

Studio arts students develop a wide array of skills, from working with their hands to create drawings, paintings, book art, and printmaking projects, to digital creative skill sets like animation, video, and interactive projects. In addition, studio arts students gain the ability to solve problems by thinking critically, researching, and developing creative solutions.

The Studio Arts Program offers a range of degree options, which allows students to create a path of study that best aligns with their interests and aspirations. Students can obtain a Bachelor of Arts while majoring in visual arts with a concentration in studio arts or InterArts. Students can also pursue an interdisciplinary major combining studio arts with another area of study. Minors in studio arts and InterArts are also available.

Students may take courses in drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking, photography, digital media, 3-D art, art history, and public art. The Studio Arts Program also offers a senior capstone course, which challenges visual arts majors to develop a body of work from their own ideas using their choice of media, culminating in an exhibit at the end of the semester.

Loyola provides a close community within the classroom and students benefit from one-on-one work with award-winning faculty in small classes. Situated in Baltimore, a city well-regarded for its artists, world-class museums, and a vibrant mural and public art program, Loyola students absorb the creative life of this unique city while developing their artistic practice. 

The Studio Arts Program features many art-making spaces, including a 3-D studio, a drawing/painting studio, a design studio, a printmaking studio, digital labs, and personal studio spaces for senior majors.

The university also has its own gallery space, the Julio Fine Arts Gallery. The Julio Gallery features exhibitions from regionally and nationally renowned artists, as well as talented Loyola faculty. Studio arts students also have opportunities to present their work in the Julio Gallery in capstone exhibitions, the annual student showcase, and solo exhibitions.

Loyola’s Evergreen campus is situated in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore has a thriving arts community with multiple internationally acclaimed art museums, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the American Visionary Art Museum, and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Home to numerous art galleries, collectives, artist studios, and maker spaces, the region provides opportunities for students to interact with local artists. With an immense amount of public art and murals, artist collectives, and renowned museums, art students can find inspiration around every corner.

Additionally, the world-renowned museums and galleries of Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia are less than an hour away by car or train.

Loyola maintains a robust study abroad program, with over 60% of undergraduates participating in the program by graduation. While there is not a specific study abroad location for the Studio Arts Program, all study abroad locations provide an opportunity for students to learn about another culture, immerse themselves in a foreign language, and assimilate into a new environment. Many study abroad locations offer students the ability to see influential art pieces in-person in their home country or in one of many world-class museums.

Students have secured internships with Art with a Heart, galleries in the Baltimore area, and graphic design companies.

A degree in studio arts provides valuable skill sets that can be applied in a variety of ways, including as an independent artist, gallery work, museum work, teaching, graphics, web design, and entrepreneurship. Students in the Studio Arts Program also develop the ability to solve problems in a creative manner, which is attractive to a wide range of employers. Our alumni have gone on to develop thriving careers as working artists, apply their skills in advertising and public relations positions, work in fine arts auction houses, and work in the fashion industry.

With a degree in studio arts, students are prepared to pursue a wide range of post-secondary education options including Master of Arts in art education, Master of Fine Arts programs, and Ph.D. programs in adjacent disciplines with a visual focus. In addition, alumni have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in community arts, architecture, and digital media.