"Flame in a storm" Oil on Canvas, painting by Sarah Avery Schoenberger
Veiled Currents

Students from the 2025 Senior Exhibition Course proudly present Veiled Currents, on display in the University Art Gallery April 4–May 4, 2025

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About Studio Arts

The Department of Studio Arts encourages rich experiences in visual arts and creative expression. We believe that curiosity and hands-on engagement in the making of art prepares all students with skills in problem solving, ideation, and the articulation of abstract concepts that enrich and contribute to the dialogue in visual art and other fields.

Experiences
Student and Instructor discuss artistic prints
Academics
See, think, and make through explorations in diverse media with a curriculum grounded in traditional and contemporary approaches.
Student examines sculpture piece while taking notes
Research
Follow your creative pursuits across and beyond the university with the guidance of committed faculty artists and educators.
Students layout print materials on a grid
Facilities
Produce and share your work and engage with others in the creative community here at Pitt and beyond.

News

Boroburdur Sunrise, pixelated painting of a stoney landscape

Batista featured in three online exhibitions

Kenneth Batista, Professor of Studio Arts, recently had work exhibited in three on

Black and white photo with text: Choose to Exist, March 12-26

Students present photo exhibition in the Vault

Photography Studio 2 is proud to present Choose To Exist, a student-organized exhibition of photographic works by Ash Lee, Carrington Bryan, Edward Xu, Evan Fuccio, Hui Gao, Kaylynn Zhang, and Naomi Ya

"Fever Field" - a large format collage of photographs of wildflowers by Melissa Catanese

Melissa Catanese's "Fever field" included in exhibition at Phoenix Museum of Art.

Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape aims to raise renewed ecological awareness through visual representations of the environment, as seen through the photographic lens.

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