Senior Art Show 2025
The Class of 2025 Senior Art Show will be on display in the Hershberger Art Gallery from March 19 to April 8. An opening reception will be held in the evening of March 23.
Art Major & Minor
About
By its nature, the visual and fine arts attract creative people and practicing artists who strive to carve out their own niche. That’s why the Goshen College art major offers you a variety of concentrations to choose from, including art entrepreneurship, studio art, visual arts education (K-12), pre-architecture, and art administration.
The Art Department at Goshen College has a long tradition of preparing higher education students for successful careers in visual and graphic design, or for top art schools. One of the great things about our art program courses is that you can pursue both majors and minors in art studies. This allows you to explore your creative interests while also preparing for a career in another area of expertise. With our well-rounded curriculum, you too can make your mark in the visual arts.
Choose your path to a career in the visual arts
In addition to comprehensive classes, art majors will a find number of extra-curricular opportunities to spark their creativity, like the three-week Arts in London class. Create and display created works, study the artistic achievements of cultures and institutions old and new, sell compositions at student art sales, or apply new ideas and skills to set designs and costumes for a theater production. Students can also enroll in the distinctive art entrepreneurship program that combines developing one’s artistic focus and learning how to open a small business.
Graduate with the skills you need for your dream career
Today, Goshen College art graduates pursue careers as graphic designers, teachers, architects, ceramists, professors, jewelers, and business owners across the globe. But before they can find their creative niche in the art industry, the years students spend studying in Goshen College’s art program will take them behind the potter’s wheel, behind the welding mask, teaching in a classroom, and mounting their own senior art exhibitions. Upon graduation, students will have the creative and practical skills to seek an imaginative, rewarding career.
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News & Events
‘Aspects of the Feminine’ by Laurie S. Rousseau
The Hershberger Art Gallery in the Goshen College Music Center will present its latest exhibit, Aspects of the Feminine by Laurie Rousseau, at an opening reception on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. The exhibit will run through March 16.
Marvin Bartel, professor emeritus of art, dies at 87
Marvin Bartel, professor emeritus of art at Goshen College, who became a regional and national leader in ceramics, creativity and art education, died on Monday, November 18. He was 87 and taught from 1970 to 2002.
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Stats
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Art concentrations to choose from
100%
of art alumni agreed that art professors are genuinely interested in their students
93%
of art alumni are employed within one year of graduation
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Students & Alumni
Spanish and Art Double Major
Tasha Friesen '15
Tasha Friesen was a Spanish and art student from Goshen. She participated in choir and art club and designed layout for the campus newspaper, The Record, for four semesters.
Tasha's story
Art Major
Tim Landes '13
While Tim Landes was studying art at GC, he was already making a name for himself in the local community. His environmentally friendly sculpture design was seen in galleries both on campus and across town.
Tim's story
Art
Caitlin Lanctot '05
Caitlin Lanctot is a jeweler who teaches people how to make art and runs a shop called She Dreams In Colors.
Caitlin's story
Sociology, Art
Annika Fisher '24
Annika Fisher '23 is studying sociology and art for a career in architecture, finding solutions to environmental and housing crises.
Annika's story
Art
Matt Thomas '12
Matt Thomas studied sculpture, and used this experience to start his own business, Elko Hardwoods, which makes high-end furniture from locally-sourced trees.
Matt's story
Art Major
Abi Tsigie '12
Abi Tsigie came from Ethiopia to Goshen College in 2008. As a student, he opened his own photography business, built strong friendships in the community and on campus and pursued his ultimate passion: creating art.
Abi's storyPhoto Albums
Faculty & Staff
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Veronica Berkey
Administrative Assistant for Social Work & Art
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(574) 535-7400
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Administration Building 26B
