Why Art?

Art isn’t a discipline you learn by simply reading a textbook. You learn through creative, hands-on experience–a given at Humboldt State.

Get Your Hands Dirty

Studying art at HSU gives you access to our extensive facilities, including a forge, ceramics lab, print studio, photography lab, galleries, and much more. Undergraduates get hands-on experience in graphic design, digital arts, printmaking, painting and drawing, sculpture and metal work, ceramics, photography, and other disciplines of your choosing. Students also get experience in art history, art education, and museum and gallery practices. 

Our curriculum combines strong foundations in fine arts with new digital technologies, and gives you the flexibility to shape your degree according to your interests.

Personal Attention

Our small class sizes mean getting to know your professors and fellow students through your education. That means access to faculty expertise and studio time that you wouldn’t find at larger schools.

Humboldt State Art Professors are working artists in addition to educators, and their experience navigating the art world will help you gain valuable career insights. Your connections will help you grow as an artist and intellectual, and help you throughout your career.

An Artistic community

Humboldt County is well-known as an arts haven. The small-but-thriving arts community is intimate but inclusive, and you’ll be able to interact with professional artists and show art in local galleries, giving you valuable experience and contacts.

Humboldt State students also have the ability to show at campus and local galleries, and participate in community art events, such as monthly exhibitions.

And Humboldt County’s natural beauty and rich cultural resources act as inspiration for young artists.