School of Art and Creative Media

Mirela Tanta (Director), Eric Hector (Creative Media Coordinator)

School of Art and Creative Media Faculty

Full-Time: Jonathan Haag, Eric Hector, Sam Meister, Johnny Power, Mirela Tanta, Ed Walker, Jessa Wilcoxen

Mission Statement

The School of Art and Creative Media provides students with opportunities for achieving excellence in the visual arts and creative media technology. The School of Art and Creative Media emphasizes learning through individual attention, with a focus on the intellectual, aesthetic, and professional development. Above all, faculty work to prepare students with the skills and performance learning experiences necessary to a meaningful life and a living in the arts.

The School of Art and Creative Media is “The Cornerstone for Creative Careers of the Future.”

Career focused: Arts Entrepreneurship, Digital Media, and Communication are core learning goals in many courses.
Performance Learning oriented: All majors are engaged in student-run arts businesses and organizations.
Flexible: Programs are easy to aft to a variety of interests i.e. fine art, intermedia art, sports media, theatre administration, music media, visual/audio communication etc.

We offer career-driven degrees with interdisciplinary and synergistic approaches to provide the greatest marketability for our students. With a wide range of abilities coupled with a concentrated focus, our students are better prepared for the multi-faceted and multi-discipline job market that they will face beyond graduation. While performance learning is evident in every program at Millikin University, it is truly deeply ingrained in many classes in the School of Art and Creative Media. Students work for clients both in the classroom and in ventures, experiencing true risk and reward in the arts business environment. Students are participating in exhibitions and media organizations and are using an entrepreneurial mindset to create new financially secure events in the arts. They are experimenting with new artistic and technological solutions. Programs in Art and Media target the growing number of potential employers who search for employees with a variety of skills and multiple areas of expertise.

School of Art and Media Learning Goals:

Students will:

Reflect on the impact of art and media in society.
Apply creative skills and technical knowledge to performance learning.
Develop the expertise to adapt in continually evolving creative industries.

General Information

Students in the College of Fine Arts are responsible for meeting all university-wide requirements and the requirements for a major in the College. See the section on Graduation Requirements in the Bulletin for those programs. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree must complete additional requirements in Modern Languages, as described in the College of Fine Arts section of this bulletin. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree must complete additional requirements in math and/or science, as described in the College of Fine Arts Section of this bulletin.

Some programs have flexible degree options. Students can earn a B.F.A. , B.A. or a B.S, degree in Art Therapy. Students can earn either a B.S. degree in the Arts Technology major or the Multimedia Communication major. BA/BS and BFA degree candidates in Art, Graphic Design, Art Education, Art Therapy, and Arts Technology must successfully complete both the sophomore and senior reviews of their work by the School of Art and Creative Media faculty in order to fulfill degree requirements for graduation.

In addition, BFA candidates in Art Therapy must work with the faculty in their respective areas and put together a thesis exhibition of work demonstrating proficiency in at least two areas of concentration. This work must have been completed while a student in the School of Art and Creative Media at Millikin University. For transfer students, work produced at previous institutions will not be accepted as part of the thesis exhibition. Assessment of learning goals occurs constantly throughout the curricula but specifically during Sophomore and Senior reviews for all majors noted above.