Visual Arts - Studio Arts and Art History
The visual arts department seeks to provide students with a visual language, to help them refine their powers of critical analysis and creative expression, and to introduce them to the historical richness of the past. Students may elect to major or minor in either art history or studio art, or, in cooperation with CISS, architectural studies. They may also combine a major in one area with a minor in the other.
The department sponsors many programs for the practice and study of the arts today, including lectures and demonstrations by visiting artists and critics, and student research and art presentations. The museums and architectural resources of Worcester, Boston, and Providence form an integral part of the visual arts curriculum at Holy Cross and provide many internship opportunities. Visual arts students also have the opportunity to design courses suited to individual needs through tutorials with individual faculty.