艺术学院溯源于湖北大学1942年成立的艺术科系。经过60多年的发展，于2005年3月正式成立艺术学院。是办学历史悠久、师资力量雄厚、教学质量优异、教学资源丰富的学科性学院。

    School of Art traces its roots to 1942 as the former Art Department of Hubei University. Over more than 60 years, School of Art was officially founded in 2005 March. It is a multi-disciplinary academy that is time-honored, resource-rich and with the high quality of education.

早在1931年，湖北省立教育学院即诞生于沙湖之滨，并于1942年开设了音乐专修科。1944年，经教育部批准，学院改组，更名为国立湖北师范学院（简称“国师”），并于同年正式组建了音乐系，学制四年，为本科。其后，聘声乐大师、著名音乐教育家喻宜萱教授为音乐系主任（喻先生建国后曾任中央音乐学院副院长兼声乐系主任）。新中国诞生伊始，即在原“国师”的基础上很快建立了湖北省教育学院，下设教育、中文、数学、物理、体育卫生、音乐、美术、戏剧、俄文等9个专业。

    In 1931, the Provincial Education Institute of Hubei was born by the bay of Sha Lake. Thus it opened the Academy of Music in 1942. In 1944 the charter granted the institute, and renamed it “National Hubei Normal Academy” (short as NHNA). In the same year, School of Music was officially founded, with four-year undergraduate study. Following that, the academy engaged the noted Music Educator Yixuan Yu became the Dean of the School of Music. (Professor Yu was the Vice-President of the Central Academy of Music and the Dean of School of Vocality in CAM.) At the birth of the P.R.China, National Hubei Pedagogical Academy was founded. Soon it established 9 disciplines: Education, Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, Sports and Health, Music, Art, Drama and Russian.

与此同时，为了适应学校事业发展的需要，学校面向社会广泛招揽人才，建立了一支德才兼备、学识渊博的教师队伍。譬如当时就从私立武昌艺术专科学校、国立武昌体育师范专科学校、湖南音乐专科学校等学校引进了一批学术造诣精深的教师来校工作。

时任美术科主任的杨立光先生，为国内著名美术教育家，后任湖北省美术家协会主席、湖北美术学院院长。“和同音乐，玉振金声”。美术、音乐等艺术专业先后为国家培养了大批专业人才，也为校园文化建设作出了应有的贡献。

    At the same time, to accommodate the need of the development, the academy attracted numerous qualified people to build the teaching team of high quality and rich experience. Some of them, were introduced from established education institute, such as, Wuchang Private Art College, National Wuchang Atheletic Normal College and Hunan Music College. Professor Liguang Yang who was once the Dean of the Fine Art was a notable Art Educator, who was also the president of Hubei Artists Associattion and the president of Hubei Academy of Fine Art. As he said, “a piece of euphonious music has the power of evoking ethical magnificence. ” Art and Music education has trained numerous talents for the community. It also helps developing the culture of Higher Educational Institution.

1956年春，根据国家对高等院系进一步调整的要求，将我校和华中师范学院的美术、音乐进行合并，组建成新的武汉艺术师范学院。

    In the spring of 1956, based on the amended charter of institution of higher education, the Art and Music Department of Central China Normal College combined with NHNA, reformed as Wuhan Art Normal Academy.

艺坛前贤播薪火，传承自有后来人。随着湖北大学各项事业的发展，学校确立了建设“国内知名、在国际上有一定影响的教学研究型综合性大学”的宏伟目标，遂于1985年重新组建艺术教研室，1997年发展为艺术教育中心，1999年建成美术系，并于次年正式招生。由于湖北大学开办艺术专业已经具有70多年的历史，保存了大量艺术类图书和相关教学资料，学校博物馆还有馆藏新石器时期、青铜时代以及古代各时期和近现代大量文物，有明朝、清朝和近现代名人大家的书画真迹，为艺术教育和研究提供了宝贵的资源，也为建设和发展艺术学院奠定了比较坚实的基础。

    The pioneers of the Academy had established a solid foundation for new generations to inherit. Along with the development of multi-disciplines of Hubei University, they have affirmed the orientation target as become the nation-wise outstanding multi-disciplinary university which has a certain impact to the world academy. Therefore, Hubei University reformed the Art Department in 1985, renamed it Art Education Center in 1997. In 1999, it set up Fine Art Department, and started to accept students in the following year. During the 70-plus years development, School of Art has archived a large amount of books in Art and related resources. The university museum has archived numerous historical relic from the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age, and other different ages from ancient times and modern times. There treasured collections of painting and calligraphy from great masters of Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty and modern times. The school provides precious resources for art education and research, meanwhile, there established a firm foundation for the school to blossom.

学院现有美术学、环境设计、视觉传达设计、数字媒体艺术、产品设计5个本科专业，拥有美术学、设计学两个一级学科硕士点，同时还有艺术硕士、教育硕士（学科教学·美术）2个专业硕士点；另有基础课部、音乐教研室、艺术教育中心。

The school has set up5 undergraduate courses including Fine Art, Environmental Design, Communication Design, Digital Art, Product Design. There set up postgraduate diploma in Fine Art, Design Practice, Art and Education. Besides, there are Foundation Course, Music Research Center and Art Education Center.

拥有“湖北省科技美术研究会”、“湖北省高校戏曲传播中心”、“湖北省非物质遗产研究中心”、“文化创意设计与产业化开发湖北省重点研究基地”、“湖北大学文化科技融合创新研究中心”（湖北省人文社科重点研究基地）等4个省级科研平台、有“湖北大学艺术设计研究所”、“湖北大学中国画研究所”、“湖北大学水彩画研究中心”、“荆楚艺术研究中心”、“中国艺术品鉴藏中心”等多个校级平台。湖北省民间文学艺术家协会工艺美术委员会挂靠艺术学院。

    And also has set up the 4 provincial research center includes Hubei Technology Art Research Center, Hubei Traditional Chinese Opera Communication Center, Hubei Intangible Culture Research Center, Key Research Center of Hubei Cultural Creativity and Industrialization. Based on school, there are multiple school-wise research center, includes Art and Design Laboratory, Chinese Painting Laboratory, Watercolor Research Center, Jingchu Art Research Center and Chinese Artwork Authentication Center. In addition, School of Art has a close relation ship with Hubei Folk Art and Literature Association.

学院的专任教师队伍中，正、副教授41人，博士生导师2人，硕士生导师41人，全国师德标兵1人，“楚天学者”特聘教授1人，湖北省文史馆馆员1人，具有博士学位或正在攻读博士学位22人。另外，校外硕导及兼职教授近30人。全日制在校本科生、研究生1400余人。

Among the whole team of School of Art, there are41 professors and associate professors，2 PhD supervisor,41 master supervisors，1 national ethical pioneer, and22 teachers has PhD diploma or PhD candidates. There are more than 1400 students including undergraduates and postgraduates.

艺术学院依托综合大学深厚的人文底蕴，坚持“德用兼立，学思并重”的院训，立足中部，面向全国，逐步与国际接轨，按照“以道为基，以技为长，道技并重，应用为先”的育人理念，采用理论、技法和实践相结合的教学方法，大力培养基础扎实、知识面宽、富有创新精神和动手能力的高素质创作、创业艺术人才。学院积极推行开放式办学模式，注重加强与国内外高校间的学术交流和人才联合培养，现已与美国、英国、德国、法国、澳大利和韩国等10多个国家的高校开展了学术互访和人才联合培养。学院教师已出版专著多部，在国内外多次举办画展，很多绘画、设计作品被国内外有关部门收藏。师生作品多次在全国美展、全国设计展、中国艺术节、全国大学生广告设计大赛、奥林匹克美术大会艺术展、亚运会宣传设计大赛、亚太区创意设计大赛等国内外专业比赛中屡获佳绩，赢得了广泛的社会赞誉。本科生入学分数稳居湖北省高校第一位。

    School of Art has grown on the basis of multi-disciplinary university, we insist, “Establishing ethical and practical disciplines, Utilizing method as well as thinking” as the school spirit. The school is located in the middle of China, it is a good opportunity to connect with other academies cross the country, and we aim to have a better connection with oversea academies. By the concept of “based on ethics, technique as strength, practice as priority”, the school intends to educate those who would become creatives with both high creativity and practical skills. On the other side, the school emphasizes on the communication with oversea academies. We have already running exchanges and cooperation with oversea academies from over 10 countries. Some of the teachers of School of Art have published books through oversea press, and some have exhibited works around the world. Also, oversea galleries have collected numerous artworks from the teachers. The school has already received educational achievement: Students work continuously won significant awards in industrial competitions, such as National Art Exhibition, National Design Exhibition, Chinese Art Festival, National University Students Advertisement Competition, Olympic Art Association Exhibition, Asia-Pacific Creative Design Competition etc. Moreover, the average score of undergraduate students achieve during the admission test is the highest score in all of the universities in Hubei.

未来，在《中共中央关于繁荣发展社会主义文艺的意见》和湖北大学党委的引领下，艺术学院将以新的精神、新的步伐，加快改革和发展，不断提高教育质量和办学水平，努力打造综合性大学一流的本科和研究生艺术与设计教育品牌，为湖北省和全国的文化艺术与设计教育事业做出新的更大的贡献！

    Under the leadership of the party in Hubei University, along with the Communist Art Opinion from the party, School of Art will move to the next step with a new spirit. We aim to become the world-class Art and Design school based in the multi-disciplinary university. And we intend to work on a greater contribution to Chinese and Hubei art and design education career.