Mission Statement

The Department of Art and Design will strive for the highest possible standards of our diverse disciplines, while fostering critical thinking and creative problem solving in all our students, faculty and staff.

Vision Statement

Art and design is where the pen (intellect) and sword (tools) blend into one. Our goals range from enhancing life and imagination, moving information, creating distinctive functional spaces, provoking creative thought and telling the story of how we come into the now. Eastern Kentucky University's Art and Design Department will emerge as one of the nation's preeminent regional programs in the 21st Century. The faculty is poised for greatness, not simply responding to existing needs but charting a progressive course for our respective medias. The department will be widely recognized for the quality of its educational, research and outreach programs, as well as its broad access to our students, university and community. The department will insure the quality of its programs through the careful development and focusing of partnerships and resources. We look with excitement to a changing tomorrow.


GOALS

• To support high quality programs and support services.
• Increase the Quality of Facilities.
• To support the art and design faculty with resources to enable current and productive research and creative activities.
• To continue to enrich the cultural and intellectual life of the university and the community.
• To promote and support a climate that respects and celebrates diversity.