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

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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.

09/17/2026

It’s that time of year! You’re invited to our annual MFA Open Studios event. This is your opportunity to explore five stories of art, meet our grads and enjoy an evening of creative connection with students, faculty, and staff among the greater Atlanta arts community. Music, food, bev, and vibes on us. Come see what’s cooking at Welch School of Art & Design! Stay tuned for more info.

✨ 2026 MFA Open Studios
🗓️ Friday, October 23, 5-9 pm
📍 GSU Art & Humanities Bldg, 10 Peachtree Center Ave SE
🎟️ FREE & Open to the public

Gain special insights into our current exhibition Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. an...
09/14/2026

Gain special insights into our current exhibition Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection with curator Lauren Jackson Harris this Friday at GeorgiaState_Art&DesignGallery. Bring your own questions and history tidbits!

🗓️ Friday, September 18, 12-1:30 pm
📍 Welch School Galleries
🎟️ FREE & Open to the public

New Faculty Spotlight: Grace Sachi TroxellGrace Sachi Troxell comes from a lineage of Japanese and Pennsylvania Dutch ce...
09/09/2026

New Faculty Spotlight: Grace Sachi Troxell

Grace Sachi Troxell comes from a lineage of Japanese and Pennsylvania Dutch ceramicists. She uses clay, steel, and found objects to explore entanglements between organic and inorganic materials, form and deformity, ritual and grief. By combining hand building and casts of her family and vegetables, she is constructing a speculative archaeology.

Troxell received a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College, a post-graduate certificate in painting from the Glasgow School of Art, and an MFA from Cornell University. She has been an artist-in-residence at Skowhegan, Sharpe-Walentas, MacDowell, Yaddo, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Sculpture Space, the Studios at MASS MoCa, Woodstock Byrdcliffe, Willapa Bay AiR, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, Dumfries House, Scotland, and Daugavpils Rothko Center, Latvia. Troxell’s work has been included in exhibitions in New York City at Swivel Gallery, Hesse Flatow, Wave Hill, Bridget Donahue, Jack Hanley, Open Source,125 Maiden Lane, and Alison Bradley Projects. She has also been included in exhibitions at The Johnson Museum of Art, Neighbors, String Gallery, Cohen Gallery, Blunk Space, Haw Contemporary, shedshows, and the Hartnett Gallery, among others.

Welcome to the team, Grace!

We are proud to announce a full slate of public programming accompanying “Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Arti...
09/09/2026

We are proud to announce a full slate of public programming accompanying “Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection,” on view in the Welch School Galleries through Thursday, October 15, 2026.

The season builds toward two signature events: an artist talk on Tuesday, September 29, bringing together artists, friends, and mentees of the late Larry Walker, and a closing reception on Thursday, October 8, featuring remarks from GSU President M. Brian Blake. Along the way, visitors can join guided tours and a look back at Larry Walker’s personal slide collection.

The exhibition celebrates the artistic vision, mentorship, and lasting cultural influence of acclaimed artist, GSU Professor Emeritus, and Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Director Larry M. Walker (1935–2023), whose personal collection of over 300 works was gifted to the university following his passing.

We hope you’ll join us for these opportunities to dig deeper into the impact of Larry Walker’s leadership on the Welch School, the arts world, and countless individuals.

New Faculty Spotlight: Ivan David NgCross‑pollinating drawing and painting with new media, Ivan David Ng’s practice unfo...
09/08/2026

New Faculty Spotlight: Ivan David Ng

Cross‑pollinating drawing and painting with new media, Ivan David Ng’s practice unfolds through abstract paintings, experimental animation and technology‑assisted performance. Engaging the contested origin stories of the Hakka “Guest People,” he remixes source material gathered from sky and body as a means of speculation, interference and recovery.

He received his MFA in Drawing and Painting from The Ohio State University with research at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and was awarded the Gold Award in the UOB Painting of the Year in 2020, one of the most recognized art accolades in Southeast Asia.

His recent exhibition history include Chilli Art Projects in London (2024), Long Story Short in New York City (2024), Oolong Gallery in San Diego (2025), Appetite in Singapore (2025), Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center in Chicago (2026) and the New Media Caucus National Symposium in Mesa (2026). His work has been published in New American Paintings, the Kenyon Review and Art & Market and has also worked on projects with Louis Vuitton, Uber Technologies Inc and Singapore Land Group.

Just announced: Go back in time with a manual slide projector and view the slides Black artists sent Larry Walker to rep...
09/02/2026

Just announced: Go back in time with a manual slide projector and view the slides Black artists sent Larry Walker to represent their art. In connection with the Welch Galleries exhibition, “Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection,” this event features Larry Walker’s slide collection from the early ‘90s, created to increase the number of African American artists in university slide libraries thereby increasing their incorporation within contemporary art history courses. Many artists in the slide collection are also part of the Walker art collection, donated in 2024-25.

🗓️ Thursday, September 10, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
📍 Arts & Humanities Building, Room 300
🎟️ FREE & open to the public
🚗 Walking distance from Five Points & Georgia State MARTA stations. Paid parking available at T-Deck.

Pleased to share another new faculty member and professor of practice, Dawn Trimble!Dawn M Trimble (or Phillips) is a de...
09/02/2026

Pleased to share another new faculty member and professor of practice, Dawn Trimble!

Dawn M Trimble (or Phillips) is a designer, artist and educator living in South Georgia. As a licensed interior designer with over 15 years of professional experience, she has been a team member on large and small design teams and served as lead designer on award winning projects in the south Georgia area.

As an artist, she communicates with gestural movements in non-figurative compositions. Working primarily with water-based media, Dawn allows herself to get lost in the meditative process that exists between water and color with the goal of conveying the nuance of our human experinece. She has completed residental and corporate commissions throughout the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Academically, Dawn is passionate about ideas concerning human scale and intimacy, for it is where we (as designers) establish and construct physical boundaries.

Join us in welcoming Dawn!

🗣️ 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
📍 Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, 15 Gilmer St SE
🎟️ FREE & open to the public
🚗 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.

🔗 Learn more about our MFA programs at artdesign.gsu.edu

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10 Peachtree Center Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA
30303

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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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