Mission Statement: The department of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Otis College of Art and Design provides diverse students of art and design with an intellectually stimulating environment that cultivates the habits of mind and critical tools for students to be come informed, creative, well-rounded artists and deisgners.

Debra Ballard, Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences: "You will be entering an art and design world that demands good reading, writing and reasoning skills to be successful. Additionally, language competence and communication skills are generally the second skill that employers list as a desirable potential employee characteristic and critical to future success."

Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History: "Don’t think of Art History as the retelling of everything old, outdated, foreign or irrelevant to your life or your work. Instead, think of Art History as the gateway into critically decoding how to understand, manipulate, interpret, and reinvent the image, and that includes everything from magazine ads to paintings, photography and films to the internet. We live in an image saturated world. At Otis, Art History enables students to engage the visual world in which they live more critically and talk about their own work from an informed position."

contact us at las@otis.edu or (310) 665-6920