100% of Student Passage of State-Required Tests!
Friends University art education students have an exceptionally high rate of passage on state-required content tests. To the tune of 100 percent! By sharing your passion for and knowledge of the visual arts, you can empower others to find their creative voices and tell their stories.
Art Education
Start your future in art education.
Program Highlights
Teaching exceptional skill & unique creative thought.
An art education degree at Friends University prepares students to become successful art teachers of exceptional skill and unique creative thought. It encourages the exploration of values through visual images.
Student Exhibitions
Regular student exhibitions help to generate community awareness of the art and art education program at Friends University, helping it generate a stellar reputation over the last several decades.
Devotion to creative and critical skills
Art education courses provide an environment and curriculum devoted to developing skills, stimulating critical thinking, and expressing creativity within the framework of a Christian liberal arts program.
Partnerships with art galleries
The art education program is visible in the community through partnerships with art galleries that provide students places to display their artwork created in the required courses, such as paintings, drawings, sculptures, printmaking and ceramics.
Interactive Classrooms
Collaborative instruction in interactive classroom environments
Passionate Faculty
Accessible educators with real-world experience and expertise
Career Services
Helpful career guidance
Program Outcomes
The art education program prepares students to teach in grades PreK-12. This four-year program includes an internship in both the elementary and secondary schools during the fall semester of the senior year. Graduates are licensed to teach by the state of Kansas after successfully completing the degree and passing the Principles of Learning and Teaching Exam (PLT). Other requirements (not for licensure) include a cumulative 2.75 grade point average with no “D” grades in the major. This degree is designed by art educators to fully instruct students in the latest and best techniques of teaching art. Computerized equipment is available for student use in the newly remodeled facilities.
Featured Faculty
Doug Billings
- Printmaking
- Fine Arts
- BFA Mankato State University; MFA Wichita State University
Natalie Brown
- Art Education
- Fine Arts
- M.F.A., Wichita State University; B.F.A., Kansas State University
Sara Harmon
- Web Design
- Fine Arts
Aaron Krone
- Associate Professor of Art
- Fine Arts
- B.A., Friends University; M.F.A., Fort Hays State University
Charlotte Martin
- Ceramics
- Fine Arts
Lauren Miller
- Computer Print Technologies
- Fine Arts
- B.A., Friends University
Steve Monsen
- Assistant Professor Graphic Arts
- Fine Arts
- Bachelor of Science in Instructional Design, Walden University; Certificate in Design Thinking, Interaction Design Foundation
Lori Moshier
- Assistant Professor of Education; Lead Faculty Secondary Education
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education, Wichita State University; Master of Education in Teaching and Learning, Friends University; Doctor of Education in Technology and Leadership from William Howard Taft University