The Art Department at Radford University is characterized by flexibility of offerings. All studio areas are offered each semester, providing students with opportunities to explore a variety of interests and develop expertise in chosen media. Art majors may concentrate in studio art, graphic design, art history and museum studies, or art education.
Each year, graduating MFA students exhibit their best work. Work made for the MFA show expresses each student’s personal vision, goals, and advances in technique. The 2016 exhibition catalogue you see here opens with some examples of faculty work and then features highlights from the work of four students who completed their degree in the spring semester.
MFA Graduate Student News
Kevin Kwon had a work accepted into First Street Gallery’s 2016 MFA National Competition in NYC. His work was featured prominently in the gallery's PR efforts.
Current Art Events
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Digital Painting »
Tuesday Sep 27 - Thursday Oct 13
All day @ Gallery 205
An exhibition of special projects and work from current Radford University students in digital painting. -
National Poster Retrospecticus Closing Reception »
Friday Oct 7
5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. @ Radford University Art Museum at the Covington Center
This internationally traveling poster show features more than 400 hand-printed posters made by more than 125 of the most prominent poster designers in the USA. -
Closing Reception for the Art Faculty Exhibition »
Saturday Oct 8
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. @ RUAM Gallery Downtown
Have one last look at this Radford University Art Museum Downtown exhibition showcasing recent work by faculty in the Art Department. Artists featured include Richard Bay, Drew Dodson, Feng, John O’Connor, Alison Pack, Eloise Philpot, Andrew Ross, Halide Salam, Ken Smith, and Brent Webb. Mediums include photography, metals, ceramics, painting in various media, and more. -
Gong Haoqin Exhibition »
Thursday Oct 13 - Wednesday Nov 16
All day @ RUAM Gallery Downtown
Dr. Haoqin Gong is a Chinese artist and university art professor of growing repute who is an artist-in-residence in Radford University’s Art Department for the 2016-2017 academic year. Please call the gallery for hours: 540-831-5160. Gallery is closed Sundays. -
16 Hands Exhibition »
Thursday Oct 13 - Wednesday Dec 14
All day @ Radford University Art Museum at the Covington Center
An exhibition of ceramics and woodwork by the artists of 16 Hands, a regional group of eight talented craftspeople. Gallery is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. -
16 Hands Opening Reception »
Thursday Oct 13
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. @ Radford University Art Museum at the Covington Center
Meet the artists. An exhibition of ceramics and woodwork by the artists of 16 Hands, a regional group of eight talented craftspeople.