About

Mission

The mission of Studio Angelico, a community of designers, artists, and educators, is to stimulate, challenge, and support students to become: 

  • educated viewers with visual literacy and critical thinking

  • professional artists with technical and creative direction

  • thoughtful and responsible citizens in a global community

We seek through dialogue and practice to work together within a liberal arts context to appreciate, understand and communicate the diversity and complexity of the human experience as expressed through design and the visual arts. 

Goals

The Department of Design and Art’s primary goal is to develop competent, purposeful, and ethical visual designers and artists. You will be encouraged to explore, research, create and pursue works of high quality. You will be expected to deal in materials and ideas, to explore past perceptions of the world of design and art and your interior and exterior worlds of imagination and values. In your junior year you will learn about careers and advanced degrees in design and in the arts, explore the ethical implications of the copyright law of the United States, and produce a professional portfolio. In your senior year, you will work with a faculty member to mount a solo exhibition of your work. 

Accreditation

HLC Accredited

History

Studio Angelico, the Department of Design and Art at Siena Heights University, features first rate art professors who will engage your creativity and challenge you to create cutting-edge, innovative work reflecting your personal interests as well as the needs of the world. 

Named for 15th-century Dominican painter Fra Angelico, the Studio has been a center for art and art education in Adrian, Michigan, since the 1930's. Today, the Studio continues a long tradition of valuing:

  • a high level of productivity and creative experimentation

  • the development of each student's individual direction

  • purposeful design and artwork relevant to the world

  • ethical behavior 

  • technical skill

  • mastery of design

  • familiarity with a wide variety of media

  • critical thinking skills, and

  • knowledge of the history of design, art, and visual culture. 

Opportunities are available to combine majors, minors and certifications in areas such as business, psychology, biology, sociology, engineering, and computer information systems, providing a solid foundation for careers in fields such as Advertising, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Design Production and Design Engineering. The studio also supports and encourages students to become professional artists.