About

Making a difference in Indy and beyond

Herron School of Art and Design is the premier accredited professional art and design school in the state of Indiana.

We challenge our students to collaborate and engage with businesses, nonprofits, schools and museums across Indianapolis — a diverse city that embraces Herron student work and ideas. Herron faculty and students also work and partner with nearly every school on campus.

Herron is part of the IUPUI campus and the thriving Indianapolis art community.

Accreditation

Herron follows the requirements for curriculum distribution of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

650+art and design students

35full-time faculty members

120years of art and design history

21 major, minor and certificate options

70+studio spaces

10,000+square feet of exhibition space

Mission

Herron School of Art and Design's mission is to provide professional education in the visual arts for degree-seeking students and offer opportunities for creative exploration for the broader community. Herron's programs add value to our culture and economy, enhance quality of life, and contribute to the development of society at all levels.

Vision

Herron School of Art and Design's vision is to prepare its graduates to become leaders in a world that requires a unique combination of creativity, conceptual skills, and technical abilities. Through its distinctive academic programs, unique community collaborations, and faculty research and creative activity, Herron will expand its role as a leader in the visual arts for the state of Indiana, across the country, and throughout the world.

Herron has prepared generations of students for meaningful careers as fine artists, designers, illustrators, teachers, historians, art therapists, and endless other professions that require the critical thinking skills built into a Herron degree.

Community engagement

Herron students have unique professional opportunities through the Basile Center, a transformational learning initiative that allows students to lead, concept, and plan art and design projects for 120+ clients and community partners.

Learn more about the Basile Center

Two students wearing medical latex gloves collaborate on a 3D printing project in the Think It Make It Lab.

Collaborative culture

Collaboration is a hallmark of Herron’s culture—on campus and beyond. Herron faculty and students are driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, leading the way in their fields while working across disciplines.

Explore our collaborative projects

Studios, galleries, and labs

Spacious, well-equipped studios. Galleries that attract patrons from all over the state. A 3-D printing lab open to collaborators from every department. Herron’s facilities are some of the best in the nation.

See our facilities

A Herron faculty member talks through a project with her student.

Faculty who inspire

Herron faculty are nationally and internationally recognized artists and scholars. They give their time generously in the studio and the classroom, and they connect students with opportunities from their own professional networks.

Meet our faculty

Join Indiana’s premier school of art and design

Degree programs

Art Education (B.A.E.)
Art History (B.A.)
Art Therapy (M.A.)
Ceramics (B.F.A.)
Communication Design (M.Des.)

Printmaking (B.F.A.)
Sculpture (B.F.A.)
Visual Art (M.F.A.)
Visual Communication Design (B.F.A.)

Herron School of Art + Design

About

Making a difference in Indy and beyond

Accreditation

Mission

Vision

Community engagement

Collaborative culture

Studios, galleries, and labs

Faculty who inspire

Join Indiana’s premier school of art and design

Degree programs

Eskenazi Hall, 735 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202