Web Page: http://www.umsl.edu/~art

Degrees and Areas of Concentration
The department offers course work leading toward the B.A in art history and the B.F.A. in studio art.

Courses included in the B.A. in art history cover the arts of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, including Native American arts, from ancient times to the present. Courses examine the entire range of human visual expression from painting, sculpture, architecture and photography to performance and festival arts in the tribal world. In each case the arts are examined within their historical, aesthetic and cultural contexts.

The B.F.A. in studio art is offered in partnership with the Saint Louis Community College. The degree consists of a Foundation Art Program and an Emphasis Area in one of the following: Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and General Fine Arts. Students will generally complete the Associate of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art (A.F.A.) at one of the Saint Louis Community Colleges before transferring to UM-St. Louis to complete the upper division courses leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art (B.F.A.).

To support its teaching and research objectives, the department maintains a slide collection of over 80,000 slides. The collection, which includes examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography and decorative arts, is under the supervision of a professional slide curator, who is available for special assistance to staff and students.

Gallery 210
Gallery 210 offers visual arts programming of regional, national and international importance that would otherwise not be shown in St. Louis. The gallery's exhibitions and related arts programming have enjoyed a long and distinguished history of service to the University and to the St. Louis community. Gallery activities are supervised by a professional Gallery Director.

Scholarships/Internships
Two scholarships are available on a competitive basis within the department: the Art Department/Barbara St. Cyr Scholarship and the William T. Isbell, Jr., Scholarship. The department also sponsors a variety of internships with local arts institutions, including the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri Historical Society, Laumeier Sculpture Park and various private art galleries.