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Some of Hollywood’s most beautiful actors have alumna Ellen Arden to thank for their movie star look. The film and TV makeup artist first dipped her brush at the College of Fine Arts before making it big.
Kinetic Imaging: Animation, Game Art, Video Art
early career alumni award
Our art students have opportunities to explore a variety of media through our foundation art courses.
Develop your understanding of art and culture in Italy, Switzerland and Belgium.
At the Gwen Frostic School of Art you will experience professional-level facilities that offer inventive spaces for the study, creation and exhibition of art. Students choose the Frostic School of Art because it has the qualities of a private art school in a major research university environment. Student's education is supported with a multitude of opportunities from other disciplines, including collaboration with the the other units that together form the College of Fine Arts: the Department of Dance, School of Music, the Department of Theatre, and The Richmond Institute. The school encourages students to pursue their curiosity, become critical thinkers and develop creative problem solving skills.
Western Michigan University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
4 amazing exhibition spaces free and open to the public
89K square feet of creative and learning spaces
$300K in new and renewed endowed annual scholarships
33 practicing artists, designers and scholars
Some of Hollywood’s most beautiful actors have alumna Ellen Arden to thank for their movie star look. The film and TV makeup artist first dipped her brush at the College of Fine Arts before making it big.
The 2021-22 Career Outcomes Report shows Broncos are overwhelmingly finding success after graduation, both on the job and in classrooms across the country.
Postponed from the spring of 2020, Naomi van Niekerk’s solo exhibition in the Kerr Gallery features prints and a series of short films.