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Explore how you can study your craft from a dedicated Christian perspective.
Through rigorous study and high-level performance opportunities, your skills will be refined and your mind sharpened. You'll graduate as a versatile creator, ready for a lifetime of artistic excellence. You'll be well-prepared to share beauty, challenge injustice, and engage God’s world through your creativity.
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Graphic Design Minor
Use visual imagery, color, and typography to solve design problems in the world. Graphic design could take you into fields as diverse as print publishing, branding, web design, and beyond. -
Music
Gain technical skills, a creative mindset, and the confidence to apply them in a career and everyday life. At Calvin, you'll find extensive music opportunities paired with a community that celebrates your achievements. -
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Build on a studio art or graphic design major with more high-level classes, a focus on your portfolio, and additional experience. -
Studio Art
Explore art by making it. Learn to see more critically, communicate through your craft, and solve design problems. -
Composition
Learn to challenge and inspire by creating music that speaks to the world around you. Draw on musical insights and instruments from around the world as you compose in music labs, classrooms, and live performances. -
Performance
Take the stage and become a confident performer in a community that knows and supports you. You'll hone your performance skills and gain real experience on stage in many different environments. -
Studio Art Minor
Explore art by making it. Learn to see more critically, communicate through your craft, and solve design problems. -
Music Minor
Gain technical skills, a creative mindset, and the confidence to apply them in a career and everyday life. At Calvin, you'll find extensive music opportunities paired with a community that celebrates your achievements. -
Graphic Design
Use visual imagery, color, and typography to solve design problems in the world. Graphic design could take you into fields as diverse as print publishing, branding, web design, and beyond. -
Art Education K-12 Major
Learn how to share your passion for art to students while encouraging them to explore and grow in their creativity. -
Fine Arts Elementary Education Group Minor
Add a minor in fine arts to your elementary education program to learn about teaching music, art or dance.
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