Mission & Vision Statements

School of Art Mission Statement

The School of Art provides a supportive, stimulating, and challenging environment in 
which students develop creative and scholarly potential, faculty members pursue 
excellence in teaching and research, the needs of public and professional 
constituencies are addressed and promotes intercultural understandings through art.

School of Art Vision Statement

The School of Art will achieve national recognition as a preeminent art program in the 
Southwest. In faculty research, teaching, and service, we will strive to advance critical 
discourse, institute innovative interdisciplinary approaches and expand our programs 
with contemporary technologies. We will motivate our students to strive for 
excellence to facilitate their development as critical and creative contributors to 
artistic, scholarly, and societal discourses.

All art and design programs at Texas Tech University are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.