Create Your Space for Fostering Creativity, Inclusivity and Art-Making
At Webster University’s Department of Art, Design and Art History (DADAH), we offer our students an art academy-like education within a liberal arts institution. The program encourages students to confront challenging ideas and technologies while understanding and synthesizing tradition.
Explore below to learn more about our department, which emphasizes personal expression, alternative approaches and experimentation.
Upload your portfolio through Webster's Application Portal to apply to the Department of Art, Design and Art History, or find information about DADAH's art exhibitions, public lectures and Webster University’s public art collection — we have endless options for engaging with us and with art.
Portfolio Review
Upload your portfolio to Webster's Application Portal and your artwork will be reviewed by two DADAH faculty. Portfolios will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
DADAH Student Exhibitions
Our BA and BFA art and design students exhibit in professional venues with work that stimulates thought and dialogue.
First Friday Departmental Meeting - DADAH is a family and we come together various times over the year starting with our First Friday Departmental Meeting, where you get to meet all the faculty and win prizes.
Art Summer Camp Registration is Open!
Webster offers two art summer camps in photographic darkroom and art illustration for 14- to 18-year olds!
- Photographic Darkroom Camp (rising 9th grade to 12th grade): June 2-6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Illustration Camp (rising 9th grade to 12th grade): June 23-27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
REGISTER NOW FOR Darkroom Camp REGISTER NOW FOR Illustration Camp
“The faculty and peers here guide your way as an artist to reach your full potential and help you discover yourself through all mediums of art.”
BFA in Art with an Emphasis in Photography, ’27
Majors, Minors and Certificates
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DADAH Facilities
Located in the historic Arcade Building in the heart of downtown St. Louis with floor to ceiling windows that overlook Olive and 8th Streets, Arcade Gallery may be used for student shows or events.
- 812 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101
- Tuesday and Thursday, 12–5 p.m.
- Friday, 4:30–8:30 p.m.
Arcade Contemporary Art Projects Gallery
The Hunt Gallery is an integral part of our educational mission as well as our community outreach. As a non-commercial, alternative venue, the gallery provides professionally curated exhibitions of contemporary art for the academic community and broader St. Louis area public.
8342 Big Bend Blvd.
Webster Groves, MO 63119
Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Hunt Gallery
- Three Mac Pro computer labs
- Printing computer lab (color-managed print studio) with large format printers
- Printmaking studio
- Illustration studio
- Sculpture studio
- Ceramics studio
- Papermaking studio
- Photography darkroom
- Drawing studio
- Painting studio
- Two open studios
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Work by DADAH Students
A Manifesto of Making: Creative Resilience Amidst Pandemic
Through the exploration of recent work by DADAH students, we recognize that together we can thoughtfully create art through a difficult time.
Highlights from the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
Faculty and Staff Highlights: Bruce, Cables, Chakaryan, George, LaCubbert, Martin, McAllister, Musangali, Rockwell, Smith
May 12, 2025
In the News –Keane, Rhiney, Hall, Curtis, Brown-Kennerly, Johnson, Hunt Gallery, Chess, Assner-Alvey, Roberts, Guffey and Bruce
April 22, 2025
Faculty and Staff Highlights: Assner-Alvey, Belo, Chase, Chaudhuri, Christeson, Corrigan, Hayes, Martin, Pichaske, Turaeva
April 14, 2025
