Prospective Students
Pursue your
Passion
Available art scholarships
Students majoring in art
Students minoring in art
Facilities
Arts & Communication Center
Art Department offices A/C 325 and 319
Department Chair A/C 328
M–F 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
S–S 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
Some studios are always open while others have special hours
Storage lockers in the A/C basement are available for art students each semester. Lockers must be registered through the art department office in A/C 319.
Ceramics Lab
1165 Rockwell Ave.
The ceramics lab occupies over 4,500 square feet in a bright and sunny building located along the banks of the Fox River, a short distance from the Arts and Communications Center.
Students currently enrolled in ceramics courses have 24-hour access to the ceramics lab.
Galleries at UW Oshkosh
Extracurricular Activities
Student Organizations
There are two art-centered student organizations at UW Oshkosh
- Gallery Board
- ArtsCore Student Organization (ASO)
Field Trips
The art department sponsors a field trip during most semesters—generally to Chicago to see many famous works of art firsthand.
High School Art Day
High School Art Day draws numerous students across the state to UW Oshkosh toparticipate in workshops and critiques. Current students are encouraged to volunteer and support future art majors!
Supplies every art student needs
Portfolio Case
Digital Camera
Sketch Book
Safety glasses and goggles
Dust mask
Earplugs
Utility knife and lots of blades
Xacto knife and lots of blades
Rulers/yardstick/18” metal ruler
Flat nose pliers
Round nose pliers
Compressed charcoal—4-6 sticks, 4B or 6B
Charcoal pencil, 6B
Vine charcoal
White contè or pastel
India ink
Kneaded eraser
White plastic eraser
Tool Kit/Tackle box or container to keep supplies
Drawing board
Drawing pencils 4B (dark), 2B, HB, 2H (light)
Pencil sharpener (metal works best)
Black marker – fine line
Gift Cards to your favorite Art supply store!
Good reads for art students
Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs and Alson W. Puruis
A Short Guide to Writing About Art
Sylvan Barnet
The Critique Handbook: A Sourcebook and Survival Guide
Kendall Buster and Paula Crawford
Art and Fear
David Bayles and Ted Orland,
Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary and Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering, and Responding
Terry Barrett
Art Speak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords
Robert Atkins
Writing Down the Bone: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg
About Looking and Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
Susan Blackmore
The Writing Life
Annie Dillard
The Art Game Book
David Rosenberg
Art History: A Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold
The Shape of Content
Ben Shahn
Principles of Three-Dimensional Design: Objects, Space and Meaning
Stephen Luecking
Shaping Space
Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
Emma Dexter
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
Barry Schwabsky
Color
Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher
Principles of Form and Design
Wucius Wong,
The Shock of the New
Robert Hughes
But is it Art?
Cynthia Freeland
American Art Since 1945
David Joselit
Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art’s Meaning in Contemporary Art Society 1970-1990s
Linda Weintraub
How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist
Caroll Michels
Great Jobs for Art Majors
Blythe Camenson
Department of Art
artdepartment@uwosh.edu
Main: (920) 424-2222 | Gallery Office: (920) 424-2235
Arts and Communication Center S123 and S127
926 Woodland Ave., Oshkosh, WI 54901