Milliken Fine Arts Building

Converse provides exceptional visual arts programs and dynamic educational and artistic experiences and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Learn at the hands of dedicated practicing artists, award-winning educators, and skilled professionals in their fields.

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A student wearing safety goggles is outside welding a metal form as sparks shoot from the welding tool.
Adult students work at three at studio tables. Posters with bright colored squares hang on a wall in the background.
Male and female student work side-by-side at drafting table in art studio space.
A well-lit art gallery is visible behind windows lining an outdoor brick path at night.
A large bronze statue stands in the foreground shadowed by a two-story building fronted with green shrubs.
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🎨 Art Studios

Converse provides everything students need to learn and practice concepts of art and design, including sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, drawing, and painting. From CAD labs to darkrooms to metal fabrication and more, students have access to the studio space they need to create and grow as artists.

⭐ Mary Cassatt Sculpture

Just a few steps from Milliken Art Gallery is a bronze sculpture of American-born Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt by renowned artist Richard McDermott Miller.

⭐ Milliken Art Gallery

Featuring glass walls on two sides, Milliken Art Gallery provides an exhibit space with visual access to exhibitions around the clock. During much of the year, the gallery is filled with the work of a wide variety of professional artists. In addition to exhibiting, visiting artists present workshops and lectures that are often open to the public. In the spring, the gallery displays exhibits by Converse University students.

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