Department of Art & Design at Fort Lewis College

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Art & Design students Alicia Hansen, Nasira Lambert, and Colter Niendorf presented projects at yesterday’s Undergraduate...
04/24/2026

Art & Design students Alicia Hansen, Nasira Lambert, and Colter Niendorf presented projects at yesterday’s Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium. 📝 All three shared posters on their scholarly work, and Colter and Alicia also gave oral presentations. Pictured is Nasira with her poster on Design Thinking.

Congratulations, y’all! We are so proud of you!

Do you ever look at visual art and think it feels almost musical 🎶 🖼️? You’re not wrong! Take these pieces from Professo...
04/23/2026

Do you ever look at visual art and think it feels almost musical 🎶 🖼️? You’re not wrong! Take these pieces from Professor Amy Wendland’s 2D Design classes. Amy played songs she knew were likely to be unfamiliar, and students doodled while listening. Afterward, they selected one of their doodles to refine, tessellate, and repeat 16 times to form a pattern. The use of color harmonies augmented the feeling of visual rhythm. The result? Beautiful music!

Artists in order pictured are Mason Kaskela, Ruby Romero, Nathan Martin, Imi Gross, Jo Vallecorsa-Campo, Alan Villalobos, Aria Reyes, Sammie Shapiro, Tristan Dickey, and Achilles Silas.

Student social media assistant Tyler Suazo recently shared images of Professor Tony Holmquist’s Printmaking class, where...
04/19/2026

Student social media assistant Tyler Suazo recently shared images of Professor Tony Holmquist’s Printmaking class, where they’ve been making reductive relief prints. Reductive reliefs involve successively removing parts of a wood or linoleum block in order to print different colors. Getting it right requires careful planning!

Pictured in order are Amelia showing off a design, Henry performing an image transfer, Ginger measuring artwork, and Tony himself explaining how to use fixative on a successful transfer. We can’t wait to see the final results, everyone! 🤩

Things got wonderfully weird in Professor Jay Dougan’s 3D Design class when students made thumb tacks… literally. Each s...
04/14/2026

Things got wonderfully weird in Professor Jay Dougan’s 3D Design class when students made thumb tacks… literally. Each student dipped their thumb in wax, carefully wiggled off the hardened shell, and poured rubber into the cavity. Once the rubber cured, they glued in points so the “thumbs” function like pushpins. It’s one part kitsch, one part serial killer, and 100% awesome! Talk about the perfect way to refresh some playful energy at the end of the semester!

Of course… there’s only one proper emoji for this... 👍👍👍

We’re just a few hours away! Join us for the opening of our senior capstone exhibition featuring 22 soon-to-be-graduates...
04/09/2026

We’re just a few hours away! Join us for the opening of our senior capstone exhibition featuring 22 soon-to-be-graduates in Communication Design and Studio Art. A reception will be held tonight, Thursday, April 9 from 4:30 to 6 pm in both the Main Gallery and the Exit Gallery in Art & Design Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there! 🎨🎓

Professor Julia Klema’s Gallery Management class was busy putting the final touches on our graduating seniors’ capstone ...
04/09/2026

Professor Julia Klema’s Gallery Management class was busy putting the final touches on our graduating seniors’ capstone show this afternoon. Join us tomorrow, Thursday, April 9, from 4:30-6 pm for the big reveal! 🖼️✨

04/02/2026

👽?!? Or are we just getting punchy from lots of hours at the 3D printer?

This 3D modeled UFO does double duty as the shade for a sculptural lamp by 3D Design student Kal Kerr. 🛸

Sometimes our hallways look like art within art. 🖼️
03/27/2026

Sometimes our hallways look like art within art. 🖼️

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