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.

Visual Voices Lecture Series

Sept. 13, 2007
Marlene Miller (ceramic artist)
Retrospective: stoneware figurative sculpture
6:30 - 7:30pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


September 27, 2007
Lance Rutter and Yann Legendre
(graphic designers)
The city that works

6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


November 8, 2007
Jack Troy (ceramic artist)
The alchemy of wood, fire and clay

6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


November 15, 2007
Francisco Souto

Cradle Oak visiting printmaker

6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


February 7, 2008
Susan Viola Jacobson (painter)
Of two minds: imaging and seeing
6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


 

March 6, 2008
Dan Burkholder (photographer)
Beyond Digital: creativity eclipses technology
6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


March 27, 2008
Skip Dampier (graphic designer)
Life if Design—can you see it?
6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 


April 3, 2008
Terry Karpowicz (sculptor)
Materials, history, and craftsmanship
6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center

 

 


April 17, 2008
Eleanor Heartney (art critic)
Art Today: at tale of plastic surgery and genetically altered rabbits
6:30 - 7:30 pm Room 126 Caterpillar Global Communications Center