Art Opportunities
Get involved
Opportunities to help support your artistic practice.
College isn’t just about going to class – it is about finding your community. Inquire about internships, join an on-campus club, go on field trips, enter your work into juried exhibitions on campus and in the community, become a work-study student and work directly with your instructors in their studio. Your peers, your faculty, your university all want you to succeed, and are waiting for you.
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On-Campus Art Opportunities
You don't have to go far to get hands-on experience at UW-Green Bay.
Lawton Gallery Internship
Get experience through an internship in our Green Bay campus gallery and learn about collection care, gallery practices, artwork conservation and more!
407 Gallery
Mount solo shows or group shows with other students in the 407 Gallery, located on the fourth floor of the Studio Arts building. This space is organized by one of the Advanced Gallery and Museum Studies students.
Senior Art Exhibit
Participating in the Senior Art Exhibit is an honor open to all majors who have the interest, skills and support of at least one member of the art faculty who becomes their Senior Exhibit Advisor.
Juried Student Art Exhibit
No matter your major or year in school, you can submit your art to this exhibit. An artist or curator from outside of UW-Green Bay acts as the juror and selects the winners. Other awards may be presented by the Chancellor, art faculty, area businesses and more.
Art Agency
Join the Art Agency, the Green Bay campus art club, and you’re guaranteed to hear about our art exhibition opportunities and connect with off-campus exhibitions, like Creative Coffee and the Annual Infusion Juried Exhibit.
Sheepshead Review
Get practical experience and a publication opportunity by submitting to The Sheepshead Review, our art and literary journal. You can also sign up to take the Sheepshead class, where you get to be a part of the staff that publishes the journal.
Student Assistantships
Work directly with an instructor in one of our nine studio areas to learn more about building and maintaining a studio space. Plus, an assistantship means you can earn credit through work study.
Faculty Mentorship
Because of our small class sizes, you can build relationships with your professors. Faculty are active in their field, you can collaborate on projects, attend state and national conferences and learn from professional artists.
Study Abroad
Do a semester abroad or join one our faculty-led summer programs to places like Florence, Italy and New York City. You'll immerse yourself in major centers of the art world, experience a new culture and make artwork on location.
Creativity in the
Community
Art is alive in our region.
Venture out into the community to find more chances to build experience in art. Opportunities include:
- internships with galleries and museums like The Neville Museum, The New Artspace, Sage and the Art Garage
- volunteer positions with regional events like Green Bay Art Fest, De Pere Art Nights and Art in the Park in Appleton
- museum and gallery receptions on campus and in the region to experience more art
- yearly field trips to regional museums; past trips include the MOWA in West Bend, the Milwaukee Art Center and the Hamilton Woodtype Printing Museum
- opportunities to get acclaim for your creativity through Wisconsin Visual Artists
Guest Artists
Learn from our visiting artists and artist in residence.
Learn from the experts! In addition to nationally recognized faculty, visiting artists give lectures and critiques and conduct workshops. Our artist-in-residence helps you develop your creative techniques.
Visiting Artists
The Art Discipline and Art Agency, our student art organization, brings in visiting artists and scholars during the school year to interact with students, give lectures and critiques and conduct workshops. Artists include:
- Julie Morrisroe
- David Wischer
- Virginia Derryberry
- Reni Gower
- Wendy Steiner
- Fred Stonehouse
- Gina Litherland
- Rae Senarighi
- Vito Acconci
- Randall Berndt
- Nancy Mladenoff
- Richard Notkin
- Adreena Cook
- Richard Hirsch
- Myung-jin Kim
- Jason Rohlf
- Norbert Cox
- Teresa Lind
- Frank Juarez
- Lynda Barry
- Tom Jones
- Mary Hood
- Ben Rinehart
- Sandra Martinez
- David Harper
- Ken Sager
- Dallas Clayton
- Wondermakers Collective: Jenna Freimuth & Mindy Meyers
Artists in Residence (AIR)
Our Artist in Residence (AIR) program was established through the generosity of Dr. David and Mary Ann Cofrin, and supported by the UW-Green Bay 1923 Fund. Mary Ann Cofrin, the former Mary Ann Harn, fostered a relationship between the Harn Museum of Art on the University of Florida, Gainesville campus and the UW-Green Bay Art Program that became our AIR program.
Our art faculty choose the AIR from a pool of applicants who are recent MFA graduates from the University of Florida School of Art and Art History. Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining their studio practice in the art building.
- Teaching two classes each semester.
- Mounting an exhibition of their artwork in the Lawton Gallery.
- Giving a presentation on their artwork.
- Keeping open studio hours to interact with students.
Jaime (Des) Bassil, 2025 AIR
Des Bassil is the current Artist in Resident Spring 2025-Fall 2025. During her time at UW-Green Bay, she has taught Intro Drawing, 3-D Design and Figure Drawing. Spring 2025, Bassil had a solo exhibition, Shit Bug, at the 407 Gallery on campus where she featured recent sculptures and drawings. This fall she has co-curated, Uncensored, an invitational exhibition responding to attempts to silence voices and erase identities in the arts at the Art Garage in Green Bay. Her work can be seen at http://www.desbassil.com/.
Past AIR include:
- Natalie Novak, 2023-2024
- Kobe Elixson, 2022-2023
- Andrew Norris, 2021-2022
- Jefreid Lotti, 2019-20
- Lydia Dildilian, 2018-19
- Ashley Fuchs, 2017-18
- Paden DeVita, 2016-17
- Brittanie Bondie, 2015-16
- Jason Mitcham, 2014-15
Ask Us
If you want to know more about ways to stoke your creative passions and broaden your resume, we can help answer any questions you have. Contact Professor Sarah Detweiler.