Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design

Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Offering Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in Art History, Art Education, and Studio Art in downtown Atlanta Situated in downtown Atlanta, the Ernest G.

Welch School of Art and Design offers myriad choices for undergraduate art degrees such as BA, BFA, or advanced degrees such as an MA, MFA and MAE. Our NASAD accredited School of Art and Design offers rigorous programs that offer traditional media to the highest technologies in all disciplines. From Foundation to Graduate studies, courses give each student challenging, discipline-specific training

while presenting the opportunity for each to discover and nurture an individual vision and voice. The school is a unit of the College of the Arts of Georgia State University.

🗣️ We’re kicking off this year’s Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series with internationally renowned artist and educa...
09/01/2026

🗣️ We’re kicking off this year’s Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series with internationally renowned artist and educator Rodrigo Valenzuela!

Rodrigo Valenzuela blends documentary and fiction to explore labor, migration, and Latin American sociopolitical history through a postcapitalist lens. A Guggenheim Fellow and Associate Professor at UCLA, his work has been exhibited at the New Museum, Portland Art Museum, and the Frye Art Museum, among others.

🗓️ Monday, September 28, 5:30 - 6:45 pm
đź“Ť Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, 15 Gilmer St SE
🎟️ FREE & open to the public
đźš— Walking distance from Five Points & Georgia State MARTA Stations. Paid parking available at T-Deck.

See you there!

We’re getting back into the swing of things! Scenes from our first Welch School of Art & Design faculty meeting of the y...
08/31/2026

We’re getting back into the swing of things! Scenes from our first Welch School of Art & Design faculty meeting of the year, followed by our annual GSU COTA grad and faculty reception. We’re harvesting inspiration, motivation, and connection for the year ahead!

We’re reflecting on this year’s Maymaster MFA trip to NYC! Students across discipline areas enjoy experiencing work, stu...
08/05/2026

We’re reflecting on this year’s Maymaster MFA trip to NYC! Students across discipline areas enjoy experiencing work, studio visits, and creative community in one of the world’s densest epicenters of art. Students pictured here with wendy white, C.h.r.i.s.t.i.n.e of PENTIMENTI, and Aimee Chan-Lindquist of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art discussing their respective work. Thank you to everyone who opened their spaces to us. Photos provided by ultimate field trip chaperone Craig Drennen.

đź”— Learn more about our MFA programs at artdesign.gsu.edu

Nearly 50 educators. One powerful day of growth.On July 10, GSU’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design partnered with ...
07/20/2026

Nearly 50 educators. One powerful day of growth.

On July 10, GSU’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design partnered with the Georgia Art Education Association to host The First Years Experience, an intensive built for preservice and early-career art teachers.

From visual journaling to Chinese brush painting, EXLAB tours to real talk on surviving your first years in the classroom, participants left with new skills plus a community of support.

Special thanks to keynote speaker Dr. Amy Sery, our incredible facilitators, and GAEA for making it happen.

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Announcing The First Years Experience: Summer 1-Day Art Education Intensive for Educators. Whether you are beginning you...
06/30/2026

Announcing The First Years Experience: Summer 1-Day Art Education Intensive for Educators. Whether you are beginning your teaching career, transitioning into art education, or seeking to strengthen your professional network, this experience offers meaningful opportunities to connect with peers, learn from experienced educators, and develop skills that support longterm success in the classroom and beyond.

We hope you will join us for this inspiring day of learning, creativity, and community. Your participation will contribute to a vibrant exchange of ideas and practices that strengthen the
future of art education.

Presented by Welch School of Art & Design in partnership with the Georgia Art Education Association (Georgia Art Education Association)

🗓️ Friday, July 10, 8 am - 4 pm

đź”— Register at artdesign.gsu.edu

From the Atacama Desert to artist’s book. Congratulations to Ruth A. Stanford of the Welch School of Art & Design on rec...
06/30/2026

From the Atacama Desert to artist’s book. Congratulations to Ruth A. Stanford of the Welch School of Art & Design on receiving an internal research grant for “Landscapes, Portals, and Other Corners of the Universe!”

During and following a two-month artist residency in Chile, Dr. Stanford produced over 250 palm-sized gel pen drawings on black paper, intimate portraits of one of Earth’s most vast and remote landscapes. Through this work, she explores landscapes as living archives, places where cosmic time, cultural memory, and political history converge to reveal our place in a much larger story.

With this grant, she’ll publish and distribute an artist’s book at fairs across the globe, bringing the desert’s deep time, wonder, and mystery to audiences everywhere.

We’re thrilled to share that Grace Harpster, Assistant Professor of Art History at Welch School of Art & Design, has jus...
06/29/2026

We’re thrilled to share that Grace Harpster, Assistant Professor of Art History at Welch School of Art & Design, has just published a new book with Cambridge University Press: “Carlo Borromeo and the Sacred Image in Sixteenth-Century Italy: A Reformer’s Itinerary.”

This milestone work, over a decade in the making, challenges long-held assumptions about the Catholic Reformation and the role of sacred images, arguing that reform increased the authority of the image rather than limiting it.

We are so proud of Grace and this extraordinary contribution to the fields of early modern art history and Renaissance studies! Congratulations!

Read about it on GSU’s News Hub 🟦

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đź“Ł Attention GSU Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design students & recent alumni! The GSU Perimeter Art Department is acc...
06/22/2026

đź“Ł Attention GSU Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design students & recent alumni! The GSU Perimeter Art Department is accepting exhibition proposals for the Clarkston Campus
Library including solo shows, curated group exhibitions, collaborative projects, and more. Free to apply, open to current MFA, MA & BFA students and alumni from the past three years.

🗓️ Priority deadline for Fall 2026 is July 20th

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Thank you to all of the artists, curators, friends, and family who made it out for the opening reception of “Where Being...
06/09/2026

Thank you to all of the artists, curators, friends, and family who made it out for the opening reception of “Where Being Takes Root.” This exhibition is a little more personal, grounded in our shared histories, relationships, and places. We won’t soon forget the energy in the room, and we hope you’ll stay tuned for more activations throughout the summer.

One billion thank you’s to Curator , Chair of Collections Jennifer Siegler, Gallery Director Cynthia Farnell, Mike Jensen, Dan Powell, Alex Urbansky, Rosa Lester, and William Calhoun.

“Where Being Takes Root” is open through October 15

Larry Walker was a mentor, influence, and friend to countless artists. “Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artist...
06/03/2026

Larry Walker was a mentor, influence, and friend to countless artists. “Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection” celebrates his mark on the artistic world through the lens of artists drawing from deep connection to the South.

Opening reception:
🗓️ Thursday, June 4, 6-8 PM
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Atlanta, GA
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Monday 9am - 5:15pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:15pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:15am
Thursday 9am - 5:15am
Friday 9am - 5:15pm

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