Art and Communication Building

Located across the bridge at 33 Collegeview Road, the building is the same distance from campus as the walk from Roush to the Rike. The facility offers a printmaking classroom, drawing studios, visual communication and package design studios, a Macintosh computer graphics lab, photography rooms, ceramics studios, painting facilities, and 3D design rooms. The building houses classrooms and faculty offices. This location is also home to the Otterbein Debate team.

Media Gallery

Two people speaking in a ceramics studio

A full classroom working with an instructor at the front assisting students.

A person stands in front of an art display.

A woman is speaking at a podium in a classroom setting amongst a few other colleagues

A gallery that is brightly lit with wooden floors. It reads "Miller Gallery"

A group of people in a radio show setting talking with eachother.

A woman smiles for a video camera in a TV Studio

A person is being recorded in a bright green screen room

Academic Departments in the Art and Communication Building

Art & Communication Building Highlights

🎨 Academic Departments in the Art and Communication Building

Department of Art and Art History

We know what it takes to thrive as creative arts professionals. We do it every day. Through individualized mentoring, real-world experience, and a commitment to local and global engagement, you will discover your purpose and make an impact in the world.

Otterbein's Department of Art and Art History offers undergraduate programs in the following areas:
- Art (BA/BFA or minor)
- Art History and Visual Culture (BA or minor)
- Photography (minor)

The Department of Art and Art History is also affiliated with the following interdisciplinary programs:
- Global Studies (major)
- Race and Ethnic Studies (minor)
- Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies (major and minor)

Department of Communication

If you’re looking for hands-on, professional-level experiences that start on your first semester, look no further than the Department of Communication at Otterbein University. Host your own radio show, run a camera for live coverage of a sports event, write for a campus magazine or news website, plan an event, execute a campaign for a real client, and so much more. Classes, practicum, and internship opportunities, as well as leadership roles in student media and pre-professional organizations prepare you for careers in media and communication.

Otterbein's Department of Communication offers undergraduate programs in the following areas:
- Communication Studies (major and minor)
- Health Communication (major and minor)
- Journalism and Media Communication (major and minor)
- Public Relations (major and minor)
- Leadership Studies (minor)

The Department of Communication is also affiliated with the following interdisciplinary programs:
- Race and Ethnic Studies (minor)
- Sustainability Studies (major and minor)
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (major and minor)

⭐ Art & Communication Building Highlights

WOBN: Otterbein Student Radio

The facility includes the studios and offices of WOBN (97.5 FM “the Wild Card” www.wobn.net) as well as WOCC television studio. State-of-the-art broadcasting facilities are accompanied by a writing lab for journalism students and offices for the T&C. Otterbein360.com is an all-media outlet updated on a weekly basis.

The Miller Gallery

The Miller Gallery (Department of Art Building) provides a superb exhibition space for nationally and regionally known professional artists. In addition, senior art majors present two-person exhibitions in the gallery throughout the spring term.