UNT College of Visual Arts and Design

The College of Visual Arts and Design at UNT in Denton, Texas, assumes a critical role in building our region into a world-renowned center for culture and education. CVAD fosters creative futures for its diverse student population through rigorous arts-based education, arts- and client-based studio practice, scholarship and research. At CVAD, we help you find your artistic voice through an innovative curriculum that emphasizes art fundamentals, creativity and self-expression. Much of the course work involves creating and producing 2D and 3D artwork, allowing you to get hands-on experience and hone your skills. As one of the nation’s most comprehensive visual arts schools, CVAD offers 16 undergraduate and 13 graduate degree programs, a graduate certificate program and concentrations in areas ranging from Art Education to Communication Design to Photography, including eight programs with minor fields of study. Through effective teaching, CVAD faculty help students achieve excellence in their individual, artistic, and career goals. After a recent building renovation and expansion, CVAD's new 238,000-square-foot complex sets a new standard for state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and scholarship in studio art, design, art education, art history and interdisciplinary art and design studies. CVAD offers you:
• A legacy of achievement, with notable alumni including a National Medal of Honor honoree, acclaimed designers, illustrators, studio artists and educators.
• A wide variety of award-winning programs and concentrations that allow you to choose your own path to success.
• A reputation for excellence: UNT produces more outstanding artists, designers and art educators than any other institution in Texas and has the only Ph.D. program in Art Education.
• An innovative education with unique programs in Art Education, Art History, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Interdisciplinary Arts and Design Studies, Studio Art programs in Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, Metalsmithing and Jewelry, New Media Art, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture
• The designation as a Top Design School by Graphic Design USA
• The Texas Fashion Collection as a research resource

Our mission is to challenge students to complete difficult assignments, take ownership of what they create and give back to their creative communities by producing and sharing their best work. Learning to think and work in these ways has also helped CVAD graduates secure and sustain careers in their respective disciplines for the past half-century and continues through today.