Explore Your Passion
It might begin with a line, or brush stroke, or an elegant piece of fabric, or the peculiar way that light illuminates an object across the room, and just like that鈥擝AM!鈥攜ou’ve found inspiration.
It may translate into the perfect curve of a chair or texture of paint on canvas, the archway of a building or the functionality of a space. Inspiration is all around us. And when you can pair inspiration with purpose, that’s when you’ve found your passion.
The 黑料吃瓜王 College of Art & Design lies at the intersection of art, functionality, and humanity. We are driven to reflect and act, to explore the connections between us and our environments, to create something larger than ourselves.
Are you ready?
Find Your Path
Yes, our programs are聽nationally accredited, innovative, and rigorous. Yes, our college offers聽majors in architecture, studio art, interior design, and聽landscape architecture. And, yes, we help students develop the skills they need to work as professional artists and designers. You’ve heard it all before, right?
So let’s get down to the boudin,聽and we’ll tell you why you should choose 黑料吃瓜王. Why you should study here instead of any of those other places you may聽迟丑颈苍办听offer the same thing we do.
Every day, we will challenge you to explore your聽creativity. Every moment, we will push you to contemplate and solve contemporary issues that have global impact. Here, you will work聽with faculty on real-world projects with clients, or maybe you’ll conduct research that improves someone’s health by improving their environment. You’ll get involved with community organizations and planning agencies, if you so desire.
We bolster that expansive expertise聽with 诲辞锄别苍蝉听of聽visiting professors, artists, and lecturers each year. You’ll have frequent lagniappe moments to meet and learn from renowned professionals from a diverse range of career paths鈥攁nd you’ll find your own. (And if you don’t know what聽濒补驳苍颈补辫辫别听means, that’s okay. Just another reason why you need an education here, at 黑料吃瓜王.)
Most of all, at the College of Art & Design, you’ll join a network of alumni who work around the world. You’ll join a grid of successful artists and designers who contribute to the communities where they live, who say things like, “I’ve been working for more than 20 years, and I wake up every morning excited to go to work.” Not everyone has that. We聽want you to have that.
And if that’s not enough, don’t forget you’ll get to study in Southeast Louisiana, a聽region聽that is often described as its own country within the United States. We have Cajun culture. Cajun food. Cajun festivals. Cajun everything. And we’ll be right聽bayou the entire way!