The Department of Art at Bradley offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in studio art and art history. The department also coordinates cultural programs, exhibitions and lectures. Facilities are located in the Heuser Art Center and the Caterpillar Global Communications Center. Heuser Art Center is a 33,000 sq. ft. facility with fully-equipped studios for ceramics, painting, printmaking and photography and sculpture..

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The Caterpillar Global Communications Center houses multiple computer labs, video conference facilities, and the David Horowitz Auditorium, giving students access to the latest technology for creating and learning.

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Take a tour of the Art Department at Bradley University. See what makes Bradley one of the best education bargains in the nation and the Art Department at Bradley one of the best places to develop creatively. Call 309-677-2967 to schedule a tour of our facilities or to talk to someone in our department.

Paul Krainak


Krainak_Paul_0706Paul Krainak is an artist, critic, and Chair of the Art Department at Bradley University. He has exhibited widely in the US including the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC, The Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art and The Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta, the Bemis Center for the Arts in Omaha, Artist Image Resource Center in Pittsburgh, Semaphore Gallery in New York City and NEXUS Gallery in Philadelphia. He has lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czechoslovakia, The Academy of Art in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Academy of Fine Art and Design in Bejing China and the School of Fine Art in Nanjing China. His work is represented by Ingrid Fassbender in Chicago. His writing has been published by Indiana University Press, Afterimage, New Art Examiner, Dialogue, Sculpture Magazine and Artpapers where he is the St. Louis Editor.