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Faith on View is not offering full endorsements for any of the links, books, articles, colleges, galleries or museums listed below. It is our belief that everything listed here contributes well to the discussion of the Fine Arts, the Church and the Culture. But, we encourage discernment and reliance upon the Holy Spirit when examining the material below.


 Links





 Suggested Readings

  
Art & The Bible by Francis Schaeffer
This is a great little booklet which discusses art from a Christian perspective. Especially helpful is the beginning of the booklet when Schaeffer details art as used in the Bible. This is an excellent introduction to thinking about visual arts as they relate to the Bible.


Gutenberg College's McKenzie Study Center
The McKenzie Study Center and Art Project are associated with Gutenberg College a small Christian Great Books college in Oregon. McKenzie Study Center has several interesting articles about the intersection of art and Christianity. The link above is linked directly with these articles.


 Christian Colleges with Fine Art Programs
This section is still underconstruction and at this point does not constitute a thorough list or programs.

Undergraduate
 - BFA Studio Art (2-D & 3-D)
 - BFA Graphic Design
 - BA Art
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Art Marketing
 - BA Graphic Design/ Advertising
 - BS Interior Design
 - AA Pre-Architecture
Anderson University, Anderson, IN
 - BA Fine Arts (Studio & Glass)
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Visual Communication Design
Anderson University, Anderson, SC
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Graphic Design, Painting & Drawing, Art Education and Ceramics)
Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
 - BA Art
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Art (Studio & Teaching Concentrations)
 - BA Graphic Design

 - BA Art
 - BA Art History
 - BA Architecture
Belhaven College, Jackson, MS
 - BA Art
Belmont University, Nashville, TN
 - BFA Art Education
 - BFA Design Communications (Concentrations in Studio, Illustration, Design Administration and Web Development)
 - BFA Studio Art
 - BA Studio Art
Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN
 - BA Art (Studio or Art History Emphasis)
 - BA Visual Arts Education
Biola University, La Mirada, CA
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Design, Interdisciplinary, Painting, Photography, Sculpture & Transmedia)
Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA
 - BA Visual Art (Teacher Licensure is available in Pre-K-12 art)
Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH
 - BA Art
 - BA Art Education
Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
 - BFA Studio Art (2-D & 3-D Consentrations)
 - BS Graphic Design
 - BS Art Education

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
 - BFA Studio Art
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Art History
 - Pre-Architecture (no degree)
Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Graphic Design
Campbellsville University, Campbellville, KY
 - BA Art (with or without Teacher Certification)
Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN
 - BA Art
 - BA Photography
College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
 - BA Studio Art (Emphases in Ceramics, Computer Art, Fiber, Graphic Design and Painting)
 - BS Art Education
Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
 - BA Visual Arts
Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC
 - BS Studio Art
 - BA Studio Art
 - BS Graphic Design
 - BA Fine Art Studies

 - BA Art
Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
 - BA Art (Emphases in Fine Art Studio, Graphic Design, Art History, Teaching Art or Pre-Architecture)

 - BA Art
Erskine College, Due West, SC
 - BA Art
Evangel University, Springfield, MO
 - BFA Art
 - BA Art
 - BA Art Education

Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
 - BFA Art
 - BA Art
George Fox, Newberg, OR
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Studio Art & Graphic Design)
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
 - BA Art (Specializations in Traditional Media, Digital Media and Art History)
Gordon College, Wenham, MA
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Painting, Drawing/Printmaking & Sculpture)
Goshen College, Goshen, IN
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Visual Arts Education, Graphic Design, Production Crafts, Studio Art, Pre-Architecture, Art Therapy & Cultural Studies)
Grace College, Winona Lake, IL
 - BS Art Education
 - BA or BS Drawing and Painting
 - BA or BS Graphic Design
 - BA or BS Illustration
Greenville College, Greenville, IL
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Applied Art
 - BS Art Education
 - BS Digital Media

 - BA Art
 - BS Art Education
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Graphic Design
 - BS Art Education
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Art History
Houghton College, Houghton, NY
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Ceramics, Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking & Sculpture)
 - BA Art
 - BS Art Education
 - BS Art Communication
 - BS Art Education
Huntington University, Huntington, IN
 - BA Fine Arts
 - BA Graphic Design
 - BS Art Education
 - Digital Media Arts

 - BA Art (Majors in Ceramics, Computer Graphics, Illustration, Painting, Photography & Printmaking)
 - BS Art Education
 - BA Pre-Art Therapy

John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR
 - BS Digital Media Arts (Concentrations in Animation, Cinema and Web)
 - BS Graphic Design
 - BS Illustration
 - BS Photography
Judson College, Marion, AL
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Color and Design, Photography, Printmaking & Art History)
Judson College, Elgin, IL
 - BA Visual Communications
 - BA Art/Design Pre-Master's
 - BA General Art
 - BA Architecture

Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Studio and Graphics)
 - BA Art Teaching
Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
 - BA Studio Art (Concentrations in Painting/ Drawing and Ceramics)
 - BA Visual Communications (Concentrations in Web Design and Graphic Design)
 - BS Art Education

Malone Callege, Canton, OH
 - BA Art
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Studio Art and Visual Communications Design)
Mercer University, Macon, GA
 - BA Art (Emphases in Studio Art and Art History)
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Art History
 - BS Art Education
Milligan College, Milligan College, TN
 - BA Fine Arts (Emphases in Art and Photography)
Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
 - BA General Art
 - BA or BS Graphic Design
 - BA or BS Interior Design
 - BS Ed. Art Education
 - BA Studio Art (Concentrations in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Photography & Multimedia)
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Graphic Design

 - BA Art
 - BA Art (Concentrations in 2-D, 3-D & Graphic Design)
Northwestern College, Orange City, IA
 - BA Art
 - BS Art Education
Northwestern College, Saint Paul, MN
 - BA or BS Art
 - BA or BS Digital Media Art
 - BA or BS Graphic Design
 - BA or BS Visual Education
 - BFA Studio Art
 - BA Art
 - BS Art Education
 - BFA Art
 - BA New Media Design
 - BFA Graphic Design
 - BFA Interior Design
Ouachita Baptist College, Arkadelphia, AR
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Graphic Design
 - BA Art with emphasis in Education

Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
 - BA Art (Emphases in Studio, Art Education & Graphic Design emphasis)
 - BA Visual Arts (Emphases in Drawing/ Painting/ Printmaking, Sculpture & Photography)
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Graphic Design (Art & Design, Editorial & Advertising)

 - BS Studio Art (Concentrations in Art and Graphic Design)
 - BS Time Based Media
 - BS Visual Art Education

Samford University, Birmingham, AL
 - BA Fine Art
 - BA Graphic Design
 - BA Studio Art
 - BA Visual Communications
Shorter College, Rome, GA
 - BFA Art
 - BS General Art
 - BS Commercial Art
 - BS General Art
 - BS Commercial Art (Concentrations is Graphic Design and Digital Imaging)
 - BS Art Education
Spring Arbor University, SpringArbor, MI
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture & Teacher Certification)
 - BA Visual Art Education
Sterling College, Sterling, KS
 - BA Art
 - BA Art Education

Taylor University, Upland, IN
 - BA Visual Art
 - BA Visual Art- New Media
 - BS Art Education
 - BS Visual Art/ Systems
 - BS Visual Art- New Media/ Systems
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
 - BA Art Studio- Fine Art
 - BA Art Studio- Graphic Design
 - BA Art Education
 - BA Art
 - BA Fine Arts (Interdisciplinary major)

Union University, Jackson, TN
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture & Graphic Design)
 - BA Digital Media Studies
 - BA Art
 - BS Art
 - BS Art Education
 - BFA Art (Concentrations in Studio Art and Computer Imaging & Advertising or with teacher certification)
 - BA Art (available concentration in Web Design)
University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, ID
 - BA Art (Emphases in Fine Art & Graphic Design)
 - BA Art Education

 - BA Art (Concentrations in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Ceramics and Art Education)

 - BA Visual Art
Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA
 - BA Art
 - BA Arts Administration
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
 - BA Art
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
 - BA Art (Concentrations is Studio Art, Community Art and Missions & Art History)
Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
 - BA Art (Tracks in Painting/ Drawing, Printmaking/ Digital Art, Applied Art [Ceramics, Stained Glass, Mixed Media] & Art Education)
 - BA Arts Administration
 - BA Art (Concentrations in Art and Art Education
 - BFA Art (Concentrations in Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Combined Studio)
Williams Baptist College, Walnut Ridge, AR
 - BFA Studio Art (Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking)
 - BS Art Education

Graduate
 - MFA Studio Art

 - MA Studio Art
 - MA Graphic Design
 - MA Illustration

 - M. Arch Architecture

Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
 - MA Art
 - MEd Art Education
 - MFA Art


 Museums
Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery
This Museum is recognized as the “finest collection of religious art in the Western Hemisphere,” is praised for its thorough presentation of the development of Western culture through paintings of the Old Masters. Museum & Gallery displays Italian, Spanish, French, English, Flemish, Dutch, and German sacred art from the 14th through the 19th centuries in over 25 galleries. Works by major artists such as Rubens, van Dyck, Reni, Tintoretto, Le Brun, Cranach, Ribera, and Murillo are aesthetically exhibited with period furniture, sculpture, tapestries, and porcelains to lend a period ambience to the galleries and to give patrons a panoramic view of ages past.

The Museum of Biblical Art
The Museum of Biblical Art fosters understanding and appreciation of art inspired by the Bible and its legacy through the centuries by highlighting the connection between art and religion in the Jewish and Christian traditions.

The Museum of Biblical Art is ideally positioned to bridge the worlds of art, scholarship, and religion. MOBIA envisions itself as a friendly place to learn about art and the Bible which is run in accordance with the highest museum standards and open to all. The Museum seeks to create a unique environment of dialogue between the Christian and Jewish faiths, a place where visitors can learn about the original context, meaning, and function of religious art. Unlike many art museums, the Museum of Biblical Art will address the history of art from a perspective—the tenets and stories of the Judeo-Christian tradition—that will be familiar to many Americans.