The ENMU-Portales campus will be closed tomorrow (Friday, January 10, 2025) in an abundance of caution due to winter weather and hazardous road conditions. Essential personnel from the Department of Public Safety and the Physical Plant will be required to show up to work at regularly scheduled times unless otherwise directed by a supervisor. Please feel free to contact the Department of Public Safety at 575.562.2393 or 575.760.2945 with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.

Department of Art Mission Statement

The Department of Art at Eastern supports student excellence through education, discovery and practice. Traditional techniques and twenty-first century technologies motivate and enrich our aspiring learners. The department's outstanding faculty engages its students through:

  • Probing the relentlessly shifting scope of art
  • Developing core skills
  • Creating new works of art
  • Discovering rich histories from a variety of cultures
  • Experiencing strong educational understandings
  • Guiding future generations of artists

In each of our art degrees, Eastern students enjoy a curriculum which stresses learning and thinking skills leading to personal and educational growth with the belief that art and design are guided as much by the intellect as by the hand.