Fuel Your Creativity

Studio Art

As a studio art student, you will develop a visual and technical vocabulary, which prepares you to pursue a number of career paths.

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Art Education

As an art education student, you will be prepared to competently teach art and its value to children in grades K-12.

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Art History

As an art history student, you will learn in the world-class museums of Fort Worth and Dallas and gain the skills to be successful in today’s job market.

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Admissions and Scholarships

The School of Art requires a portfolio for admission to degree programs in Studio Art and for scholarship opportunities in Art Education. The portfolio for incoming first-year students will be uploaded as a part of your TCU application. The Nordan Young Artist/Studio Art & Art Education Award is open to entering first-year students of superior talent in art with 12 or fewer semester hours of college level credit upon entry to the university. Our faculty review portfolios on a regular basis and decisions will be made at a number of different points during the admissions cycle. For early considerations please upload your portfolio no later than November 1st. We will also consider portfolios again early February 1, 2025.  Your portfolio should consist of 15-20 items. Images (up to 5MB each), Video (up to 250MB each) and PDFs (up to 10MB each) The portfolio should also include drawings from life (not copied from a photograph)

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Application Deadline: February 1, 2025

Merit scholarships are for students who are currently enrolled at TCU or students who have transferred to TCU and are majoring in the Art Education and Studio Art (Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Printmaking or Sculpture) BFA programs.

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Graduate students in the art history and studio art programs benefit from numerous funding opportunities.

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The Art Galleries at TCU

TCU has two art galleries featuring student, alumni and faculty works as well as national and international artist exhibitions. These galleries provide a unique opportunity for the TCU and Fort Worth community to experience the arts.

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Museum Experience

As a student you will attend classes in museums in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. TCU is immersed in a variety of cultural opportunities.

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School of Art News

TCU students guide Everman students in creating art history-inspired paintings and teach them to use their skills to make items for sale in their campus enterprise.
Inclusive Art Education: TCU’s Therapeutic Arts Class Partners with High School Students
For over a decade, TCU students have partnered with Joe C. Bean High School to provide art experiences. In the TCU Art Education program’s thera...
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Page from the Codex Tepetlaoztoc owned today by the British Museum. The page shows tribute of feather banners with an accounting of deaths of Indigenous people in the lower left corner.
Retracing the Past: Lori Diel Explores the Significance of the Codex Tepetlaoztoc in Spain  
A page from the Codex Tepetlaoztoc, now held by the British Museum, depicts tribute in feather banners and records Indigenous deaths in the lower left...
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White and purple banner for TCU's 2024 Homecoming and FrogFest designed by Caya Crum.
From the Wild West to FrogFest: Meet Caya Crum ’27, the Artist Behind TCU’s Homecoming
Crum designed the artwork for TCU’s Homecoming Wild West School of Art student Caya Crum ’27 is making waves in Fort Worth and on the TCU campus w...
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Bringing Stories to Life: Amanda Pretico ’25 Illustrates Children’s Book 
Amanda Pretico ’25 Art Education student Amanda Pretico ’25 illustrated the Christian children’s book “How I Know He’s Real” by Charlotte ...
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Frances Colpitt with short, curly red hair stands facing a large, blank canvas on a wall. She is seen from behind, wearing a sleeveless black dress, with her arms crossed as she gazes at the artwork.
The Art of Mentorship: Frances Colpitt and Her Legacy 
Join The Art Galleries at TCU for the opening of “Do You Really Believe That?,” a group exhibition in honor of the late Frances Colpitt, Ph.D., pr...
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Christopher Blay ’03 Joins National Juneteenth Museum

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