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Art, Architecture and Design

These three disciplines share a common focus on design, visual literacy, the creative process and the making of the built environment. The department offers Bachelor of Arts degrees four majors: Art, Architecture, Design, and Art History. Minor programs are also available.

04/21/2025

Join us this Thursday for an exciting conversation with at 4:45pm! 🏗

04/19/2025

On Saturday, April 12, at Gettysburg College, art history seniors Emma Wright and Makena Smith presented their research at the 2025 Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Art History Symposium with professor Florencia San Martín in attendance.

Divided into six panels, the event included 20 presentations from students attending universities in the region, including Penn State, Bucknell University, and, of course, Lehigh University!

Emma's paper, "The Personal is Political: Charlotte Salomon’s 'Life?' or 'Theater?' as a Visual Response to Madness", adopted a feminist approach to reframe Salomon's paintings by relating them to recent studies on madness vis-à-vis German political instability in the 1940s. Makena's paper, "Female Athleticism: Does it Make You Uncomfortable?", departed from theories on feminism and media representation to ask the question of: Is the lack of female athleticism connected to the slow rise of female artists in the art world?

Congratulations, Emma and Makena, for your excellent and timely work!

04/14/2025

Exciting news! Chris LaMont, HGTV host of 'Buy It or Build It' and real estate developer, is coming back to Lehigh University! 🎉 Join us for an exclusive visit with Chris, where he will share insights from his career and engage with students in a series of special events. Stay tuned for more details!

04/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of "Out of Focus", a solo exhibition by Matthew Hinckley at Cafe the Lodge.
It was a great evening filled with conversation, community, and a closer look at Matthew’s thoughtful approach to printmaking. His work invites viewers to slow down and consider the moments and places that tend to slip by unnoticed.

Couldn’t make it? Come and see Matthew's work at Cafe the Lodge until May 28th!

04/04/2025

Join us for the opening reception of "Out of Focus", a solo exhibition by Matthew Hinckley. 🖼✨️
📆April 10th | 🕔 5-7pm
📍Cafe the Lodge
Matthew, a Bryn Mawr native and architecture student with a passion for printmaking, creates work that explores memory, atmosphere, and emotional tone. These prints capture more than photos—they’re memories, feelings, and the way places linger in the mind. Don’t miss this chance to experience the beauty of fleeting moments through printmaking. See you there!

03/19/2025

Please join us tomorrow night for a special celebration of our AAD Faculty and The Lehigh University Art Galleries. Held at Lehigh’s Mountaintop Campus, this vibrant evening features live music, delicious food and drinks, and open studios. Step into our innovative labs and creative spaces where exciting concepts take shape—offering a unique chance for inspiration and connection.

The night kicks off with a reception and "Harmonize", a Future Makers grant-funded performance by Amy Forsyth, followed by studio tours.

We’d be thrilled to have you join us!
Please RSVP here:
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12/06/2024

Happy last day of classes! In honor of this semester coming to a close, we are reminiscing on Professor Deirdre Murphy's Art and Climate Change class trip to the Nurture Nature Center this past October.

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12/04/2024

As the fall semester comes to a close, here’s a highlight from a class trip this past October. Florencia San Martin and her Global Contemporary Art (ART 221) class took a field trip to Philadelphia. They visited PAM and the Barnes Foundation. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, they visited the Duchamp room and two exhibitions: "Begin Again: Repetition in Contemporary Art" and "What Times Are These?" The class also stopped at a few famous paintings from the collection, such as Cézanne's "The Large Bathers." At the Barnes, they visited the "Mickalene Thomas: All About Love."

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12/02/2024

Highlights from this fall semester's critique exchanges, where students presented their work and professors from different disciplines provided valuable feedback to students.

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11/15/2024

Highlights from artist and professor closing reception for her Gradients of Growth exhibit.

Gradients of Growth investigates the question of what do birds see in our anthropocene climate. The abstract portal shapes in Deirdre Murphy's paintings are derived from the tree cavity nests found while walking in the woods of Rolling Hill Park during a residency at Lower Merion Conservancy outside Philadelphia. The print series titled, Contemporary Herbarium is based on Lehigh University’s Tremblay Herbarium collection. These monoprints take a hyperlocal look at East Coast pollinator species that act as hosts to feed the migratory birds, which continue to thrive despite the rising temperatures. The focus of Murphy’s studio practice is grounded in the ecology of hope rather than the grieving of extinction and the belief that through awareness we can work to heal and repair our warming earth. This exhibition was made possible by generous funding from Lehigh University’s CORE grant and Lower Merion Conservancy Artist Residency program.

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05/20/2024

Recently a graduate lunch was held where students could be pinned by a lehigh alumni who had a profound impact on their experience and contributed to the legacy of the university. Thank you to Margaret and Maya for sharing these photos of pinning Prof. Ussler during the graduate lunch recently.

05/06/2024

AAD Senior Dinner 2024 that we hope will be a tradition from year to year.

Two send offs last week both held outside on the green near C1 while the area had plenty of sunshine. First it was the senior dinner under twinkling lights on a beautiful spring evening. Congratulations Seniors!!! Always keep in touch. Thank you to Marcus and Margaret for sharing pictures of the evening.

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