About the School of Art
Become a socially aware artist making culture paramount to your practice in a range of media.
Why Study Art at SFSU?
Join our inclusive learning environment where we promote creativity and scholarship, mirroring the wide range of cultural, artistic and scholarly interests in the San Francisco Bay Area. You’ll become a socially aware, collaborative artist making culture paramount to your practice. You’ll graduate with valuable and transferrable skills in creative problem solving and conceptual thinking. You’ll be astute at conducting research on art history, as well as technical skills in diverse media:
- Painting
- Photography
- Video
- Sound
- Ceramics
- Textiles
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Digital technologies
Our school is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Robust Facilities
Our facilities include a 3,000 square-foot professional gallery and the Martin Wong Undergraduate Gallery, well-equipped
studio facilities, computer laboratories and graduate studio spaces.
Student Exhibitions
Showcase your student work and curate exhibitions with your peers, professors and guest artists.
Engaged Faculty
Our faculty are renowned professional artists in ceramics, digital media, fiber and materials, painting, drawing, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
From Our Community
"Attending San Francisco State, as a whole, changed my life. I met a bunch of people from different backgrounds and different cultures, talking with them and learning more about them — and seeing something outside from my very small town.”