With over a 70-year history, the Department of Art Education believes in the intrinsic value of art as a catalyst for social change. As a comprehensive education and research program, our students are at the center of understanding and applying art and museum education theory into practice. We support our students in successfully innovating and making significant contributions to the field. 

Florida State University, distinguished as a pre-eminent university in the state of Florida, is identified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as engaged in very high research activity, the highest status accorded to a doctoral-granting university. The wide-ranging scholarship of FSU faculty and graduate students is nationally and internationally recognized for its contributions to science, business, government, culture, and society. FSU faculty members are also recognized for their exceptional level of instruction.