Art has been part of human culture throughout history. Today, art influences almost every aspect of our lives, from clothing fashions, culinary presentation, and advertising to building and landscape architecture, leisure pursuits, and much more. Artists constantly create art in countless mediums, and art historians study, interpret and document those works and their influence across time.

At Iowa, students will find themselves surrounded by art. Students will encounter sculptures everywhere on campus, and they may study in university buildings designed by well-known architects, present and past. Students are sure to visit the Iowa Memorial Union, where they will see UI Stanley Museum of Art exhibits and countless works by university artists, including their professors.

If students are a studio artist, they will choose from disciplines in ceramics, graphic design, 3-D design, drawing, intermedia, jewelry and metal arts, painting, photography, sculpture,  printmaking, and animation. U.S.News & World Report ranks Iowa’s printmaking program 5th in the nation.