FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Art students at the University of Arkansas have direct access to some of the world’s most renowned pieces of American art, thanks to the close proximity of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Find out how the university’s department of art is taking full advantage of this one-of-a-kind learning resource in this Arkansas Short Takes video.

Art professor Leo Mazow and students talk about the stark difference between studying art in textbooks or in a slide show and the immersive quality of seeing an original work of art during classes in a museum of national renown.

Visit the following sites for more information about the department of art, the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Art students have direct access to some of the world’s most renowned pieces of American art, thanks to the close proximity of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.