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Set the stage for the best four years of your life where you’ll dive into creative exploration, connect with faculty and peers, and discover new ways of seeing and making. This is a place to uncover who you are—both as an artist and as an individual—while building the foundation for your future.
Learn MoreContinue your education in a place designed to build on what you’ve already learned. Connect your experiences to new opportunities and take the next steps toward reaching your academic, creative, and professional goals.
The portfolio reviews for the three degree programs that require one ensure that admitted students are ready to thrive. By carefully selecting for talent, creativity, and potential, we build a creative, motivated community whose members inspire one another.
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The Semester at Penland program provides an immersive study-away experience at the internationally recognized Penland School of Craft in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Students spend nine weeks in world-class studios with master instructors, travel to artists, museums, and galleries across the region, and engage in a cross-disciplinary seminar. The program carries up to 15 credits applicable to Studio Art, Art Education, Graphic Design, or the Art minor, and fosters a transformative period of artistic growth within a vibrant creative community.
Our scholarships and awards honor achievement while providing meaningful support to help offset the cost of college, fund transformative workshop and residency experiences, or make travel and advanced study possible. Students whose outstanding accomplishments are celebrated have additional resources to continue their creative and academic growth.
Appalachian State has an identity like no other. It’s small but big. It’s rural but modern. It’s connected but private. It’s in the middle of so many spectrums that students can find meaning anywhere. They just have to look one way or another to make the most which direction they take.
Friendships grow naturally here—through shared studios, late-night projects, and a creative community that brings people together.
Through classes, studio time, exhibitions and trips off the mountain, this is a place where unforgettable memories take shape alongside meaningful creative work.
Build connections that will last a lifetime. Our students form close bonds with each other, faculty mentors, and professionals who who open doors to opportunities beyond campus.
