Loyola University Chicago

Fine Arts

Department of Fine and Performing Arts

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The Department of Fine and Performing Arts offers facility tours for each program area - Dance, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre. These specialized tours are not available on the general campus tour provided by Undergraduate Admissions.

DFPA Programs

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Enabling students to develop and express themselves in varied forms

Enabling students to develop and express themselves in varied forms. The Fine Arts Program offers majors in: Art History, Sculpture & Ceramics; Drawing, Painting, & Printmaking; Photography, and Visual Communications.

News

Alumni

Alexis O'Connor moves between commercial and project-based photography
Alexis O'Connor reflects on their time at Loyola, on commercial considerations, and on their current photography project currently on view in the Alumni Show at the Ralph Arnold Gallery
From the Director of Fine Arts at Loyola University Chicago
New Director of Fine Arts Rafael E. Vera outlines exciting changes in the Fine Arts Program.
Faculty

Through the Photographer's Lens
Photography Professor Nori Minami reflects on his most recent project "California City (Real Estate)" and the challenge of embracing technology in and out of the classroom.
Alumni

In Conversation with Cole Fellow Amanda Malmstrom
Art History alum Amanda Malmstrom shares her experience as a Cole Fellow at the Thomas Cole Historic Site in Catskill, NY and on curating the first exhibition of Emily Cole’s botanical artworks.

Exhibitions

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The Ralph Arnold Gallery is part of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Loyola University Chicago. It offers free curated and student art exhibitions throughout the academic year.