Art + Design

Looking for a career where you can use your creativity? Art and design students graduating with an associate's degree leave Delta prepared to pursue gainful employment at regional art galleries, design firms, photography studios or printing businesses.

They are also primed to successfully transfer to four-year colleges and universities to obtain a bachelor's degree in art, art history, design or graphic design. 

Delta College art department faculty members are practicing professional artists or designers, as well as professional art and design academics. They each bring their own wealth of creative and professional experiences into the classroom. The faculty members in the art and design program prepare students to achieve proficiency in traditional, new and emerging visual arts and technologies. Instructors are active professionally in their fields of study throughout the community.
 

Opportunities to learn and participate

Delta College Gallery

• Year-round exhibitions by contemporary artists
• Artist lectures and informal gallery talks
• Annual Visiting Artist exhibition and lecture/workshop
• Annual student exhibition

Local and national art & design awards and scholarships

• League of Innovations Annual Art Competition
• LAND Fine Arts & Illustration Competitions
• Gary Laatsch Art Scholarship Competition
• Peter and Suzanne Frantz Art Award Endowment

Program details

The art history courses and art and design studio courses at Delta build a solid foundation and develop a student’s academic, conceptual, creative, critical, formal, historical, technical and theoretical skills. Delta’s art faculty have a legacy of engaging the Delta College centers and main campus, surrounding communities and regional businesses with accomplished art and design excellence.

Courses include drawing, painting, 2d, 3d, sculpture, ceramics, photography, graphic design, art history, art and design portfolio, art and design internships and approved individual instructions.
 

Transfer

One of the best things about Delta College is the opportunity to start here and go anywhere. And, in the process, save thousands of dollars. It's a smart choice to get your associate's and then transfer on.

Delta works with many colleges and universities to provide associate-to-bachelor’s degree transfer pathways. Check out what's available in this career field.

Find transfer options  

Job outlook

Interested in a career in art and design? Learn more about our region’s employment outlook and career opportunities you can pursue in this field of study by reviewing the sampling below. Visit Career Coach to search all careers.

 

"I think it's really important that the arts are accessible to everybody. Because that's what art is. It's meant for everyone."

Lindsey Welch
Art & Design graduate