University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Visual Arts

The Department of Visual Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is Louisiana’s premier Bachelor of Fine Arts program focused on preparing students for careers as professional artists and art educators.

The Department of Visual Arts offers a Bachelor of Fine Art in Studio Art (BFA) with concentrations in ceramics, computer art and animation, graphic design, metalwork and jewelry, media art, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. The department also, in alliance with the College of Education also offers a Bachelor of Arts in Art or Music Education K through12, with a concentration in arts education.

The faculty embraces holistic teaching that integrates art history and critical theory with traditional studio practice and emerging new media. The low faculty to student ratio provides exceptional opportunities for attention to individual students in the development of a student’s unique artistic voice through a rigorous curriculum. The curriculum, accredited by National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), reinforces core art fundamentals in drawing and design with art history and critical theory courses. The capstone course for all concentrations — ceramics, computer art and animation, graphic design, metalwork and jewelry, modern media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture — concludes with the development and exhibition of a coherent body of work. In addition, the department sponsors visiting artists, lectures, and student workshops. Graduates of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program go on to have successful careers as professional artists, graphic designers, art educators, and community leaders.