A degree in Art hones your creative edge & collaborative skills.

The Art Department encourages and promotes independent, original, innovative and critical thinking skills and prepares students for a career in art.
The department endeavors to provide an environment of artistic and academic excellence in the visual arts. By design it provides the student the opportunity to explore, research and master skills needed for many art careers. The department serves a vital community role in enriching the Alaskan humanities through the promotion of all aspects of visual arts, from traditional to contemporary including Alaska Native art and history.
The department designs, develops and implements programs that encourage and foster new ways of seeing as part of the Alaska aesthetic. Department faculty teach the means, modes and history of art to encourage independent, original, critical and creative thinking. Students enrolled in art studio classes are provided technical skills and access to facilities required to create fine art in varied disciplines in diverse media. Students are prepared for careers in art and the department operates a gallery for the presentation of student, faculty and special exhibitions The gallery provides opportunity for academic and career development with an emphasis on professional presentation of works. The department also serves as a resource center for artists and arts groups. Emphasis is placed on Alaska Native Arts, given the university’s location and the diversity of Native cultures represented in the student body and the value placed upon Alaska Native culture and art in the North.
Department of Art Contact Information
Email: uaf-art@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7530
Physical address:
1706 Tanana Loop,
Fine Arts Complex, Room 310
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Mailing address:
UAF Department of Art
PO Box 755640
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Professor of Native Art
Office: Fine Arts Complex, Room 308
Phone: 907-474-6972
Email: dmehner@alaska.edu
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Our CLA Comprehensive Academic Advisors, Dan Darrow and Grace Carroll can assist with registration, petitions, change of major requests, and answer any number of questions related to the college experience. Advising appointments are available in person, via telephone, over zoom or via email.

Dan Darrow
CLA Lead Comprehensive Academic Advisor
College of Liberal Arts
Gruening Building, Room 503 G
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Grace Carroll
CLA Comprehensive Academic Advisor
College of Liberal Arts
Gruening Building, Room 503 F
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