Besides the North Dakota Museum of Art, a second UND gallery is open free of charge to the public: the Col. Eugene E. Myers Gallery in the Edmond Hughes Fine Arts Center.

The Myers Gallery, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, is tied closely to UND’s academic programs in the visual arts, although it too occasionally hosts juried competitions, shows by visiting artists, and works from its permanent collection. The majority of its schedule features exhibitions created by UND students as part of their degree requirements.

Nearby is a display of pottery produced during the “Cable Years” at UND. Margaret Kelly Cable, North Dakota’s “poet of the potter’s wheel,” taught at UND from 1910 to 1949. Over her lengthy career, she established an international reputation not only for the design of her pieces but also for her investigations into clay and glaze combinations and the properties of North Dakota clay. “Maggie Mud,” as she called it, was the unique foundation for vases, bowls, and other pieces featuring the flora, fauna, and historical symbols of the state.

The halls of the Art Department are an informal gallery displaying finished works and class projects.

UND’s Master of Fine Arts degree program in visual arts is a strongly studio-oriented, professional preparation in the media areas of ceramics, drawing, metalwork, painting, printmaking, and sculpture.

At the undergraduate level, the Department of Art offers the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in visual arts, as well as the Bachelor of Science in Education with a combined major of visual art and elementary education. More than 35,000 square feet of space in the Hughes Fine Arts Center is devoted to specialized studios in the various visual arts areas.

The department, a component of the College of Arts and Sciences, is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.