Creative Arts Students Tour Allentown Art Museum Thanks to Grant
Creative Arts
With LVC’s bachelor's degree in Creative Arts, you'll expand your technical artistic skills and increase your imaginative powers. Our program is flexible and hands-on, designed for you to know the technical, historical, social, and cultural aspects of art.
As a creative arts major, you’ll study subjects like ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, and take comprehensive courses in studio art and art history. Channel your expressive skills into our concentrations in art therapy or museum and gallery professions, and gain résumé-worthy experience through LVC’s art gallery. Become an accomplished, career-ready creator.
Learn More About the Program
We’ve designed the creative arts program to be an ideal double-major for any LVC students interested in the arts. LVC’s Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery provides opportunities for studio art students to exhibit their work, along with intensive experience for students focusing on museum and gallery professions.
#1
creativity is the top soft skill for career success (LinkedIn)
10%
projected employment growth of archivists, curators, and museum workers 2022–32 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
$1.02
trillion is the amount the arts and cultural sector contributed to the nation’s GDP in 2021 (bea.gov)
$53,140
median annual pay for Craft and Fine Artists, 2022 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Art Therapy and Museum Studies
If you’d like to specialize your studies within the bachelor’s degree in Creative Arts, our concentrations in Art Therapy and Museum & Gallery Professions focus on equipping you with professional skills you can take into your career or on to graduate school.
The Art Therapy specialization provides educational opportunities for students to work with licensed art therapists at the Lebanon VA Medical Center and Wellspan. For Museum & Gallery Professions students, the Gallery Internship Program provides you with on-the-job experience of what goes into curating exhibits and running museums and galleries.
Intersections of Academics & Art
Housed in a former church in the gothic-revival style, the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery hosts five to six exhibitions a year, with loans from major national and regional art museums, galleries, and collectors. Exhibitions are made possible by The Friends of the Gallery, the Gallery’s membership group, as well as other generous sponsors.
Career Opportunities
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Art Consultant
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Art Critic
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Cartoonist
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Exhibition Preparator
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Graphic Artist
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Illustrator
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Mural Painter
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Museum Educator
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Portrait Photographer
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Visual Merchandiser
In Their Words
The Creative Arts program at LVC is incredibly flexible and customizable. This allows students like me to approach the curriculum their way, and explore classes that suit their interests directly.
Sophia Bunting
’25,
Creative Arts major
The staff at LVC guided my personal and professional growth, offering invaluable hands-on experiences that helped further my career. Whether it was working on exhibits with Dr. McNulty, hanging student artwork around campus with Professor Pittari, or learning about art history with Dr. Taylor, I jumped at opportunities to learn more about the art world. Along with the continuous support of LVC faculty, these experiences remain with me as I continue to build a museum career!
Sarah Johnson
’18,
Assistant Registrar, Inventory at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Employers and professionals constantly tell us creativity is central to a successful career. They want graduates who think creatively. We made the Creative Arts curriculum highly flexible and deliberately manageable so you can showcase your ‘creative edge’ on your degree transcript.
Dr. Grant Taylor,
Director of Creative Arts, Professor of Art & Art History
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A Curated College Experience
Take a look at a sample of artwork by our creative arts students.
