Prospective Students

Welcome to the CSU Chico Department of Art & Art History!

• Welcome, and thanks for your interest in our Department.  We hope this page will connect you more easily with links to the information you may be interested in. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Department Office if you have further questions.

Why choose CSU Chico's Department of Art & Art history?

• We provide high-quality instruction in Art Education, Art History, Studio Art, and Interior Architecture. In all areas, we endeavor to create an environment that supports professional artistic activities and research in both traditional and new media and methodologies. We offer Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts Degrees.

What will you find when you get here?

• As an Art & Art History student here at Chico State, you will have access to comprehensive facilities and equipment for a wide variety of art-making endeavors.
  • Interested in learning more about what we offer? Click the following links to learn more about each of our amazing areas of study!
    • Art Education(opens in new window)
    • Art History(opens in new window)
    • Art Studio(opens in new window)
    • Interior Architecture(opens in new window)

Who will you be working with?

• Our faculty and staff take pride in being easily accessible, eager to explore ideas with students, and happy to help them realize their creative goals. Members of the faculty are both nationally and internationally recognized. Our artists, scholars, and designers have won significant public commissions and grants, shown with well-established galleries, received awards for distinguished teaching, written for key journals and presses, and been invited speakers throughout the world.
  • CLICK HERE to meet our amazing faculty and staff!(opens in new window)

What are our students doing?

• Our students are busy exploring a variety of activities directly related to their course of study, as well as broadening their overall artistic worldviews.
  
  • Here are some examples of recent BFA students' culminating exhibitions(opens in new window)
• CSU Chico Art students are also involved in plenty of extra-curricular activities!
  • CLICK HERE for more information about our Student Organizations(opens in new window)

What can you do with an Arts Degree?

• Professional degrees in art, emphasizing problem-solving and creativity, lead to a variety of career opportunities.
• CSU, Chico alumni teach at all levels, own galleries, work as studio artists, museum curators, arts administrators, muralists, illustrators, and fashion designers.
• Some become interior designers for commercial and residential design in design and architectural firms.
• Others work as renderers, set, or kitchen designers, wholesale market representatives, lighting designers, and historic preservation design specialists.
• Still more are involved with computer graphics, film and video production, art publishing, art restoration, and the design and production of high-quality crafts.
• CLICK HERE to learn about some of the different career options for Art & Art History graduates(opens in new window)

Does the Department offer any Scholarships and Awards?

• We absolutely do! The Department of Art and Art History, California State University, Chico, scholarship competition takes place during the spring semester each academic year. Scholarships are awarded during the spring for implementation the following academic year.
• CLICK HERE to learn more about our Art & Art History Scholarships(opens in new window)