The Visual Arts Program prepares students for future careers in the arts with an interdisciplinary spirit and a global perspective
Visual Arts Department Mission
The Visual Arts Department prepares students to express effectively through visual communication, ideas, opinions, and impressions about personal, societal and aesthetic aspects of the lived experience. Diversity, equity and social justice are central to our program which honors all individuals' identities, cultures and communities. Interdisciplinary exploration within and outside the Visual Arts is critical to the art-making process and is an essential aspect of the program. An education in the Arts develops creativity and problem-solving abilities and is a powerful preparation for all professional careers. Study in Visual Arts culminates in the creation of a developed body of work that reflects the expression of each individual student’s personal areas of interest.
We offer major and minor degree programs for Visual Arts. Depending on the student's educational and career goals, Roger Williams University offers a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Our students create work that is original, fresh, and, of course, creative. Whether it's in video, photography, printmaking or any other media, the work students produce is an exploration of their own individual aims and interests.
Visual Arts students work in several specialized spaces across campus.
The Visual Arts faculty consists of active artists who share their experiences with students through lively and challenging discussions and critiques.
Wallpaper as Art: Decoration and Content
Wednesday, February 23 at 6 pm
SAAHP Lecture Hall 132
Andrew Raftery, Professor of Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design, will discuss his research into historic woodblock printed wallpapers and show examples of his own exploration of printed patterns as independent works of art and as walk-in prints installed in his home.
Photographer/muralist
Wednesday, March 30 at 6 pm
GHH G01 lecture hall.
Michael Rich’s abstract painting, ‘La Serenata,’ will be on display at the Venice Biennial Art Exhibition, April 23-Nov. 27. His participation in the exhibition is sponsored in part by RWU and the Foundation to Promote Scholarship and Teaching.
RWU professors are finding new opportunities for experiential, student-centered approaches to teaching and learning across the grounds of the Bristol campus
Two alumni, one a scientist and one a designer, find opportunities to thrive in their fields at Twelve Guns Brewing, which opened in Bristol last month.
