An event at the Hammons Gallery .
The Department of Visual Arts is part of the School of Fine Arts and is located on the second floor of Moses-Provine. The department offers instruction in various studio and commercial art disciplines including ceramics, drawing, graphic design, illustration, painting and sculpture in addition to art education. Students may choose one of three degree paths: art education, graphic design, or studio art. The curriculum is designed to provide all majors with a foundation in design principles leading to advanced instruction in their chosen major.
The Department of Visual arts offers students a number of advantages including regular exhibits in the Hammons Gallery featuring the work of professional, working artists and designers; workshops and demonstrations in a variety of media by visiting artists; studio space, classrooms and a digital media lab where students may pursue their own creative work. Additionally, each major participates in a senior exhibit in the Hammons Gallery prior to graduation.
Current and Upcoming Events
Ouachita Baptist University’s Visual Arts Department will host Veda and Meda Rives in a guest artist exhibit titled “Confluence, Divergence, Concurrence” in the Hammons Gallery of OBU’s Mabee Fine Arts Center March 27-April 13.
The exhibit will be an installation of handmade paper arranged throughout the gallery space. “Confluence, Divergence, Concurrence” is a continuation of a series of installations the artists have produced throughout the U.S. and as far away as South Korea and Japan.
An opening reception and presentation by the artists will be held at 7 p.m. March 29 in the gallery.
View Wayne Bryan’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette article, “Lost In The Story”, about the exhibit.
"Dual Pathway", by Meda and Veda Rives
Contact information: Scott Holsclaw, Dean
holsclaws@obu.edu (870) 245-5129