Art
The Art Department at Molloy University is home to two academic programs: B.F.A. in Studio Art with concentrations in Digital Art, Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture and Art History or a B.S. in Visual Arts Education. The faculty foster a sense of intellectual and creative exchange between the two programs. The Art Department offers a minor in Art History, Art Therapy, Digital Art, Gallery/Museum Studies, Graphic Art, Photography and Studio Art.
The faculty are committed to combining the pursuit of serious scholarship and studio practice and providing a caring and rigorous education in the visual arts for Molloy’s students.
Faculty, staff and students are a diverse and vibrant community bound together by the shared purposes of understanding the history, theory and practice of the visual arts. The Art Department welcomes students who want to pursue majors and minors in Studio Arts, Visual Arts Education and Art History at Molloy University.
The course offerings reflect a diversity of faculty expertise, attention to student needs and the spirit of exploration with new concepts and technologies in art. Molloy's proximity to New York City provides students with opportunities to experience current art exhibitions in museums and galleries and be actively engaged in the “Art Capital of the World”.
The Art Department enjoys a close working relationship with the Molloy Art Gallery located in Kellenberg Hall. Students benefit from historical and contemporary art exhibitions and lectures by visiting artists and art historians, as well as Molloy's faculty exhibitions in the gallery. Each year, the B.F.A./B.S. Education senior art majors participate in an exhibition of their work in the Kellenberg Gallery. Students also display artworks in the Wilbur Arts Center lobby and around the campus throughout the year.