The study of art and art history significantly enriches a liberal-arts education, especially in a world that is increasingly shaped by images and the exchange of visual information through a variety of media. The Department's two majors, one in art history and the other in studio art, prepare individuals for a lifelong engagement with visual culture by providing a grounding in the methodological, technical, expressive and analytical skills employed by artists and art historians.
From the Chattanooga Chamber web site: "(from Wednesday, April 18 to April 21) The Walnut Street Bridge Amphitheater will feature a musical installation by (sculpture, video and electronic media professor) Greg Pond in which strings are strung from the bridge into a giant harp-like instrument that will be played remotely with a controller."
Newly appointed professor of drawing and painting, Jessica Wohl, has her class featured in a recent US News and Word Report article.
Watkins College of Art, Nashville, 2012 student show juror is Jessica Wohl, Brown Foundation Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Sewanee. Originally trained as an illustrator, her current studio practice includes drawing, painting, collage, installation and performance. Wohl holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the University of Georgia, and has studied at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy.
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