Contact:
artdept@gvsu.edu

Phone: 616-331-3486
Fax: 616-331-3240

1105 Calder Art Center
Allendale, MI 49401

A sense of place, it’s more than an awareness of one’s geographic location. The phrase also refers to how we situate ourselves within broader personal and professional environments.

At Grand Valley State University, the Department of Art and Design encourages majors to explore and develop their individual sense of place as human beings in relationship to the world around them. The degree programs integrate the values of a liberal education while preparing graduates for intensive engagement with the production and examination of the visual arts.

View the Grand Valley Art and Design Viewbook. pdf

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• Art Courses Open to all Students
• If you would like to take an art course, but aren’t a major, there are many options available to you. These classes count as electives towards graduation. Many of them are also part of the the studio and art history minors.
• List of Art Courses For Non Majors.pdf
• Override/Permit Form .pdf

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• Mission and Strategic Plan
• The Department of Art and Design at Grand Valley State University seeks to uphold the values of a liberal education while providing an intensive engagement with the production and examination of the visual arts.
• Mission Statement
• Strategic Plan .pdf