Daemen University: Visual & Performing Arts

Daemen University: Visual & Performing Arts Immerse yourself in practical training, learning, creating, and growing in meaningful ways while preparing for your creative industry career.

The Visual & Performing Arts department offers degrees in Animation, Applied Theater, Arts Administration, Graphic Design, Art Education, Drawing & Illustration, Painting, Sculpture, and certification in Visual Effects.

What a night! Congrats to all our Animation seniors on your premiere 🎉
05/05/2026

What a night! Congrats to all our Animation seniors on your premiere 🎉

What a senior show! Congratulations to all our Art Education, Illustration and Graphic Design students on their impressi...
05/01/2026

What a senior show! Congratulations to all our Art Education, Illustration and Graphic Design students on their impressive senior exhibitions 🎉

Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold and Dinosaur Train stopped by on Zoom to talk with our .animation club last Th...
04/28/2026

Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold and Dinosaur Train stopped by on Zoom to talk with our .animation club last Thursday. Thanks for the great talk

Craig Bartlett is joining us on Zoom from 12PM - 1PM this Thursday! Come over to RIC120 to learn from the creator of Hey...
04/21/2026

Craig Bartlett is joining us on Zoom from 12PM - 1PM this Thursday! Come over to RIC120 to learn from the creator of Hey Arnold and Dinosaur Train.

Animation junior Jordan is in the lab sculpting in ZBrush. Any guesses which character he’s remaking?
03/30/2026

Animation junior Jordan is in the lab sculpting in ZBrush. Any guesses which character he’s remaking?

Third-year animation student, Jordan, in the lab sculpting a familiar face on ZBrush. Any guess on the character he rema...
03/30/2026

Third-year animation student, Jordan, in the lab sculpting a familiar face on ZBrush. Any guess on the character he remade here?

03/23/2026

It’s Monday, but we’re still feeling the vibe animation senior Sam Redden felt when he made this animation in Harmony!

We had a lot of fun at the annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition! Congratulations to all who submitted and those who recei...
03/20/2026

We had a lot of fun at the annual Undergraduate Art Exhibition! Congratulations to all who submitted and those who received honors from the faculty.

Emily, thank you for now, being the guardian of our Nutcracker, the Floydy Award. Carly, we enjoy your enthusiasm.

We’re celebrating Carly and Faith! They took home Silver at this year’s American Advertising Awards hosted by for their...
03/19/2026

We’re celebrating Carly and Faith! They took home Silver at this year’s American Advertising Awards hosted by for their graphic design and illustration work. Congrats to you both and all Daemen students that submitted work to this year’s competition.

Slide 2: Carly, All High Poster Design
Slide 3-4: Faith, All High Poster Illustration

Illustration senior Colin Dunham broke our studio (unofficial) record for largest serigraph this year. Colin printed his...
03/17/2026

Illustration senior Colin Dunham broke our studio (unofficial) record for largest serigraph this year. Colin printed his photography on an acrylic wash background. This piece is approximately 5.5’x7.5’

We’re highlighting student work leading up to the Undergrad Art Exhibit on 3/19 at 4:30PM, keep posted for more work!

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