The Visual and Performing Arts Department celebrates artistic voices in art, dance, and theatre. Our program promotes the collaborative process that artists use to make work.  

We are housed in the Center for the Arts building on campus. This helps promote artistic interaction between our students. Our building is known for the activity and energy of artists creating new work.

Our classes often interconnect.

• drawing classes visit dance classes to explore lines of movement
• computer art students develop computer applications that interact in real-time with performers
• actors bring their performance skills to art class presentations

Students of the various areas of art interact. Some examples of this may include:

• a pre-architecture art major creating a performance space for and with a dance student
• an artist exploring the creation of a gallery exhibit in which a performance takes place
• theatre students collaborating with a faculty member to create an interactive gallery

Faculty members cross the disciplinary boundaries. For instance, 

• many classes can count as either an art, dance, or theatre credit, depending on student needs
• participating in productions and exhibits by collaborating with one another

These connections support the interactions between art, dance, and theatre.