Art stirs the inner being, as images and sound tap into our deepest fears and joys. The unique capacity of the arts to map uncharted cultural and moral values makes them an essential tool for many human ecologists.

COA's arts and design program emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to art and design issues. The program promotes a multidisciplinary approach to art and design as part of a general education in human ecology, while allowing students to specialize in a variety of unique concentrations.

Arts and design courses at COA - in music, painting, drawing, photography, video and film, graphic arts, landscape architecture and design, sculpture, museum studies and ceramics - enable students to explore the realms of self-expression and cultural dialogue and to learn to communicate through multiple media.

A gallery of student artwork can be found here