Painting & Drawing

Painting and Drawing is one of the largest areas in the Department of Art, with four resident faculty members and an outstanding roster of lecturers and emeritus faculty.

In addition to seminars and individual studies with faculty and visiting artists, the graduate students in the Painting and Drawing area traditionally meet twice a month with faculty and peers for lively group critiques. Undergraduate students engage in a wide range of drawing and painting coursework with opportunities to encounter many visiting artists and lectures.

Artists and scholars invited through OSU, extensive programming at the Wexner Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus College of Art and Design and many other arts organizations invigorate and challenge the intensive studio work of the undergraduate and graduate community of painters in the Department of Art. Visiting artists over the past five years especially invited by the area include: Mary Lum, Chris Martin. Mara Scrupe, Tom Burkhardt, Ahmed Alsoudani, Gianna Commito, Richard Aldrich, Jared Sprecher, Hilary Harnischfeger, Amy Yoes. and Nikhil Chopra. Wexner Center artists who have had interactions with our students over the past five years include: Mark Bradford, Mary Heilman, and Kerry James Marshall.

The fourth floor of Hopkins Hall houses a community of artists—from painterly painters to those who are extending the limits of painting.