WKU Department of Art & Design

07/29/2026

TOMORROW! July 30 @ 5:30 PM
Artist Talk!
Join Alice Gatewood Waddell and artists at the Kentucky Museum!

06/03/2026

We’re proud of student Chloe Drugeot and excited to share this spotlight from her Senior Painting course, which she completed this summer under the mentorship of Professor Yvonne Petkus. It’s been great watching Chloe grow as both an artist and future art educator. WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters WKU Department of Art & Design Yvonne Petkus

06/03/2026

Our Summer Figure Drawing and Anatomy students wrapped up last week with a pop-up exhibit in the Cube Gallery! It was great to see the range of work they created while studying the human figure and learning more about anatomy. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to take a look and support our student artists. WKU Department of Art & Design WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters

04/26/2026

Frist Art Museum trip on Friday! WKU Art & Design students joined professors Anders Johnson and Yvonne Petkus for this PCaD (Painter’s Critique and Discussion) group trip to see three exhibits at the Frist – ‘The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse’, ‘In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century’, and ‘Sistah Griot: The Iconoclastic Art of Barbara Bullock’. We then visited contemporary galleries across Nashville including the Red Arrow Gallery, David Lusk Gallery (pictured here), and Radar Projects (formerly Zeitgeist). WKU Department of Art & Design WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters Yvonne Petkus

04/22/2026

WKU PCAL is creating a new school that brings together Art & Design, Music, Theatre & Dance, Interior Design, and Fashion Merchandising. We’re currently gathering feedback on potential school names and would love to hear from our community.

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Western Kentucky University and PCAL is in the process of bringing together several creative disciplines including Art & Design, Music, Theatre & Dance, Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising into a new united school. As part of this process, we are working to identify a name for the school that....