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![Photograph of Herron School of Art and Design Professor of Music Technology Scott Deal looking down while playing the vibraphone with mallets](images/news-events/stories/2024-scott-deal-thumb.png)
'Cultivate positive relationships': Advice on life, work, and art
from music technology
professor Scott Deal
"There's an interconnectivity in humanity and nobody does anything alone, nobody. You can't survive alone and you certainly can't have a career alone."
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Apply free week
Applications to our graduate
programs waived
Herron School of Art and Design will waive application fees for prospective graduate students from Dec. 2 to Dec. 6. Get your waiver code by emailing hadmit@iu.edu.
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Become a Friend of Herron
Together we can help
our students succeed
People who care about and value the arts play an important role in Herron's story. Become a Friend of Herron today by making a gift that helps continue Herron's important educational and artistic mission.
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National Sculpture Society conference at Herron
Sculpture students
learn the art of pouring iron
Faculty members in Herron’s sculpture department jumped at the chance to collaborate with the National Sculpture Society and the Indianapolis Art Center to provide students with a unique experiential learning opportunity.
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Student health and wellness initiative
Meet Ella Teipen,
student wellness ambassador
"Sometimes it's helpful to have someone to talk to who is not in your friend group... I'm just here to listen and provide resources."
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Mayowa Tomori and Michael Runge on working well together
Co-founders
of AMPL Labs
"[Collaboration is] a common theme in a lot of our projects—we have a concept that we know enough about to get started. But we have to build a different team each time depending on what needs to happen."
Read the Q&A![Color photograph of Herron alum Julian Jamaal Jones seated on a stool in front of one of his colorful quilts on display at his show at the Tube Factory ArtSpace.](images/home/home-feature-jones.jpeg)
Julian Jamaal Jones on the value of art school
Inspiring advice
for new artists
"I would encourage any young artist intimidated by their medium to look at other successful artists working in that medium and imagine yourself doing it."
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'No one will make your work for you'
A closer look at
Jager Palad's work
"It's really about making a bunch of marks first and then trying to fix whatever problem happens...I'm just taking advantage of my mind’s natural ability to want to fix those problems."
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'Try Anything': Advice for recent grads
Our 2024 Distinguished
Alumni Award Winner
Jordan Ryan (B.A. ’10), an administrator of public records for the city of Indianapolis, represents the future of historic preservation in Indianapolis.
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Herron students design eclipse posters
Collaboration with
Visit Indy
The commemorative solar eclipse posters for the LUNACY! festival at White River State Park feature interpretations of iconic Indianapolis landmarks.
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Brenna McCarty Installation at IND
In commemoration of
The International Center
McCarty's is the first permanent sculpture installation since the new IND terminal opened in 2008.
Meet McCartyJoin Indiana’s premier school of art and design
Degree programs
- Art Education (B.A.E.)
- Art History (B.A.)
- Art Therapy (M.A.)
- Ceramics (B.F.A.)
- Communication Design (M.Des.)
- Drawing & Illustration (B.F.A.)
- Furniture Design (B.F.A.)
- Integrative Studio Practice (B.F.A.)
- Music Technology (B.S.)
- Music Technology (M.S.)
- Music Technology (Ph.D.)
- Music Therapy (B.S.)
- Music Therapy (M.S.)
- Music Therapy (Ph.D.)
- Painting (B.F.A.)
- Photography (B.F.A.)
- Printmaking (B.F.A.)
- Sculpture (B.F.A.)
- Visual Art (M.F.A.)
- Visual Communication Design (B.F.A.)