Welcome to the Saint Francis University Department of Fine Arts
The department has been organized to include the areas of visual arts, music, and theater in order to provide via curriculum and event a campus community conscience for the fine arts and the critical role played by these disciplines within the development of the individual. As a department without majors, the department offers a minor as well as a full range of diverse courses, events, and activities. It works closely with the General Education program in performing a critical role in its mission. Philosophically, the department seeks to reinforce the importance of the fine arts in forming self definition, in developing alternative methods of communication and awareness, in undertaking unique personal challenges, and in balancing one’s academic experience to include the hands on and live interactions characteristic of these disciplines. The department recognizes that its critical role is to introduce and develop the arts spirit within all students at Saint Francis University and to incorporate it into their lives not as a luxury but as part of the design of their lives.
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Charles Olson
Department Chairman
814.472.3012
colson@francis.edu
