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Within this impossible context, a new College of Art + Design (KyCAD) with a mission to “promote a creative and productive life through an undergraduate education in the contemporary arts” must build a framework of learning that brings the student the ability to assimilate, understand, examine, evaluate – and above all, achieve – the resilience and knowledge needed to succeed, transform, and thrive.

Art students today think of themselves as leaders, problem solvers and change makers. These roles demand an education that builds on the traditions of the cannon while also moving beyond the confines of established models of arts education that focus solely on skill-based and material learning.

The legacy of the Bauhaus and Black Mountain college centered the arts in cross-disciplinary experimentation and a conversation that led to a democratic collaboration of discipline and idea. This was the foundation for a new arts pedagogy that has allowed the artist to engage with society in new ways.

A small, dedicated faculty and staff team have come together in Louisville, Kentucky, to design a student experience that promotes an understanding of the potential of the artist/designer in an uncertain and changing world.