About
Gonzaga’s Jesuit, Catholic, Humanistic education will challenge and inspire you.
Art
Gonzaga's Art Department encourages students to study and create in several media, including ceramics, design, drawing, painting, and printmaking.
The Art of Life
Infusing Creativity into the World
Dance until your heart smiles. Paint or sculpt until your soul expands. Discover whether music or theatre inspires you. If you’re called to express yourself through creativity, Gonzaga encourages you to use your gifts to positively impact the world.
Potential Areas of Study
What You'll Learn
At Gonzaga, you'll explore the role of the arts in human society and how artistic vision can effect positive change.
- Explore composition and design, aesthetic movements, technical skills, portfolio development
- Understand how to confront and respond through your art to the important issues in our lives
- Experience interdisciplinary work in theatre, dance, visual arts, and music expands your problem-solving abilities, critical reflection, and innovative thinking
The Gonzaga Difference
In the Catholic, Jesuit and Humanistic traditions, your learning prepares you to work toward a more just world. You’ll cultivate an understanding of what it means to be human, to experience a well-lived life, to find your role in a more humane global community.
Your educational journey expands year by year with these principals of our Core curriculum:
- Understanding and creating
- Being and becoming
- Caring and doing
- Imagining the possible
You’ll also uncover the richness of interdisciplinary studies, where courses blend biology and dance, faith and science, politics and literature. All to equip you for the next part of your journey, where purpose and potential evolve.
Dance at GU:
Studio is Optional
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What Inspires You?
At Gonzaga, you'll connect your passion with a purpose.
