A formal program with funding, faculty and grad students would greatly help to make something which is not superficial. (Although I don't know of how much makin

A formal program with funding, faculty and grad students would greatly help to make something which is not superficial. (Although I don't know of how much making art is a university subject, art criticism seems to be more in vogue). Currently, undergrads take double majors (Witten was a history grad!). But, this doesn't tend to happen at the graduate level. The obstacles can be getting funding(siloed into departments), and courses being demanding enough already for one subject. Faculty sometimes do hold a side appointment in other departments. But, the main incentive emerging from the academic job system is to get specialized expertise and publish in high reputation journals.