Express your creativity.
Overview
Our major in art & design offers emphases in graphic design, graphic design marketing, graphic design photography and studio, as well as an art teaching licensure and minors in studio arts or graphic design to fit your specialized interests.
Whether you want to make art with a computer, a camera or your own hands, McPherson’s art & design program will allow you to hone your skills and find a career that takes those passions to the next level.
Program Emphases
Graphic Design
Graphic Design Marketing
Graphic Design Photography
Studio Art
Featured Art & Design Student Story
Additional Programs
Digital Media Major
With an emphasis in Communication or Visual Design this major will be prepare you for a career in the growing digital media industry.
Teaching Licensure
Teaching Art in the Public Schools (PK-12)
Minors
Minors are available in Graphic Design, Photography, and Studio Art.
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Experiences
AIGA Competition
Every year AIGA provides an opportunity for students to enter in a portfolio competition where both local and national professionals in art and design come to give advice, guide workshops, and network with students. McPherson College has built a legacy of winning in the local Wichita chapter, winning awards the last 5 years and best overall portfolio in 2016, 2017, and 2018 .
Faculty & Staff
Dee Erway-Sherwood M.F.A.
- Professor of Graphic Design
- Department Chair & Executive Director of Art & Design
- “In my teaching, it is my goal to develop students’ interest in design and broaden their artistic skills. I am preparing them for the workforce – therefore, every project and skill that we focus on is centered around preparing them for what they will need to acquire industry-leading careers."