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Creative Arts
LVC’s bachelor’s degree in Creative Arts is designed to help you build creative skills that translate into a wide range of career paths. While you’ll develop strong foundations in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, you’ll also gain the creative thinking and technical abilities that apply to modern creative fields like website design, UX/UI, digital media, marketing, and content creation. This flexible approach allows you to shape your path while developing skills that evolve alongside today’s creative industries.
Through hands-on studio work, art history, and interdisciplinary learning, creative arts majors strengthen their ability to communicate ideas visually and creatively. Whether designing digital experiences, producing multimedia content, or supporting marketing and branding efforts, the skills you develop in LVC’s Creative Arts program prepare you for both traditional and emerging creative careers. Opportunities like exhibiting your work through the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery and gaining practical experience further support your development as a well-rounded creative professional.
With options to specialize in Art Therapy or Museum & Gallery Professions, LVC’s Creative Arts degree also provides focused pathways for students interested in more traditional arts careers. At the same time, the program’s flexibility allows you to explore careers in digital media, content creation, and creative communication—giving you the freedom to pursue your interests while preparing for a dynamic and evolving creative landscape.
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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)
6%
projected employment growth of archivists, curators, and museum workers 2024–34 (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)
$56,260
median annual pay for Craft and Fine Artists, 2024 (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
Creativity is in demand, and an LVC Creative Arts degree prepares you for careers across a wide range of industries, from traditional arts roles to emerging creative professions.
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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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Creative Director
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Content Creator
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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
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Brand Designer
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Digital Media Specialist
In Their Words
As a student that has multiple academic interests, the Creative Arts program helped me curate a schedule where I can interact with different disciplines easily. Even in strictly art courses, I’m able to make references in my artwork to my other majors—History and Political Science—and use the skills I gathered from my Gallery internship for my Museum and Gallery Specialization.
Taylor Stone
’25,
Triple major in Creative Arts, Political Science, & History with Specialization in Museum & Gallery Professions
LVC’s Creative Arts program was a wonderful creative outlet during my academic career as well as a meaningful supplement to my Digital Communications major. I truly enjoyed and learned so much from my Creative Arts dual major, from working with different mediums to receiving honest feedback, which has fueled my growth as an artist and designer.
Adrian Glasmyre
’22,
Associate Lead Web Designer, WebFX
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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Take a look at a sample of artwork by our creative arts students.
