The Department of Art

Learn To Shape The World Around You

Within the scope of the university’s land-grant mission, the Department of Art utilizes our unique geographic location to serve and reflect distinctive border communities. The program supports innovative and hybrid practices, investigation of materials through both studio practice and a museum conservation program, as well as exhibition and curatorial opportunities. Establishing a foundation in critical and cultural discourse, our program includes in-depth examination of theory, methodology, and historiography of art and art history.

Department of Art
Interdisciplinary & Intercultural

 

Capitalizing on the expertise and research agendas of the department’s faculty, as well as a state-of-the-art facility, students are provided with multiple platforms for artistic and critical engagement, as well as professional advancement. The curriculum fosters learning through collaborative and cross-disciplinary approaches and encourages exploration through a variety of research and curatorial practices. Critique and discourse are contextualized within historical and contemporary frameworks, with the possibility of developing new strategies of inquiry into culture and knowledge production. A faculty of nationally and internationally recognized practicing artists, historians, and conservators, in conjunction with a vibrant roster of visiting artists and researchers, create opportunities for active engagement across varied disciplines.

Devasthali Hall

The facilities in Devasthali Hall offer students  nearly 60,000 sq. ft. of classroom, studio, and exhibition space. Devasthali Hall was designed with the emerging generation of art and culture professionals in mind with features that accommodate the robust research and creative activity happening in our community.

 

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PASSAGE: MFA Exhibition Opening

Friday, October 3rd

5:00pm MST

Devasthali Hall: Serafino Collaboration Space/Gallery

The NMSU Department of Art is pleased to announce the group exhibition: PASSAGE, in conjunction with 2025 IA National Conference. This exhibition is responding to the conference theme “providing passage – practicing the world we wants” by eleven MFA students.

The exhibition will run from October 2, 2025 through October 5, 2025

Participating artist includes: Gracie Beauregard, Sinnae Choi, Ivan Esperanza, Jacob Gyamfi, Allie Hale, Julieanna Lerma, Celeste Leuschel, Ezekiel Martey, Yvette Muchalak, Danny Joe Rose III, Andrew Williams.

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