By its nature, the visual arts attract creative people who strive to carve out their own niche. That’s why the Goshen College art major offers you a variety of concentrations to choose from, including art entrepreneurship, studio art, visual arts education (K-12), pre-architecture and art administration.
In addition to comprehensive classes, you will a find number of extra-curricular opportunities to spark your creativity, like the three-week Arts in London class. You’ll create and display your work, study the artistic achievements of cultures old and new, sell your work at student art sales, or apply your skills to set designs or costumes for a theater production. You can also enroll in the distinctive art entrepreneurship program that combines developing your artistic skills and learning how to open a small business.
Today, GC art major graduates pursue careers as graphic designers, teachers, architects, ceramists, professors, jewelers and business owners across the globe. But before you can find your creative niche in the art industry, the years you spend studying at Goshen College art program in Indiana will take you behind the potter’s wheel, behind the welding mask, teaching in a classroom and mounting your own senior art exhibit. Upon graduation, you’ll have the creative and practical skills to seek an imaginative, rewarding career.
Eight Goshen College senior art majors will show their work during two exhibits in the Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery, the first from March 12 through April 9, and the second from April 11 through May 1, 2021.
Trevor '11 and Breanna '12 Daugherty are the new owners and publishers of Edible Michiana, a magazine that celebrates the abundance and flavor of local foods across Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan.
Heather Gabel, a sustainable food systems and art double major, worked to bring her fields of study together through the Hickory Scholars program, an eight-week experience where students work with professors to conduct research related to Merry Lea Environmental Center’s mission of sustainability.
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of art alumni are employed within one year of graduation
of art alumni agreed that art professors are genuinely interested in their students
Art concentrations to choose from
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As a 2016 history graduate with an art minor and volleyball player, Natalie Hubby kept busy on campus since the day she arrived at Goshen College.
Natalie's storyCaitlin Lanctot is a jeweler who teaches people how to make art and runs a shop called She Dreams In Colors.
Caitlin's storyDona Park was an art and interdisciplinary double major from Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Dona's storyAnna Mast, owner of Anna's Bread, a local cafe and bakery nestled cozily in the Goshen Farmers Market, shares about her journey with baking and entrepreneurship in Goshen.
Anna's storyArdys Woodward, a 2017 art and social work graduate from Kansas, came to Goshen for its strong academics, but quickly felt at home in a place where critical thinking is common even outside the classroom.
Ardy's storyTasha Friesen was a Spanish and art student from Goshen. She participated in choir and art club and designed layout for the campus newspaper, The Record, for four semesters.
Tasha's storyVeronica Berkey
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