Arts at UNC
The College of Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) is devoted to turning passion and aptitude into professional skills that prepare students for meaningful careers in the arts. We provide a comprehensive arts education, with dedicated and knowledgeable faculty and staff collaborating with students on a variety of experiential and entrepreneurial opportunities. Our student population of nearly 1,000 students makes our college a vibrant place to learn and grow as an artist—we prioritize excellence, foster supportive community, cultivate creative exploration, and embrace diversity. With our busy roster of arts events open to the public each year, PVA is a cultural hub of UNC that celebrates creativity with the university, local community, surrounding region and wider arts world.
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Learn how you can explore various arts forms, get hands-on experience and training from expert faculty, be a part of a supportive community, and grow into your artistic identity in each of our 3 unique Schools!
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Two School of Music Faculty Members Receive Grammy Nominations
February 2025
Steve Kovalcheck, jazz guitarist, was nominated for a Grammy award as part of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category, and oboe professor Tim Gocklin’s group the Akropolis Reed Quintet was nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category.
Studio Art Master of Arts Degree Underway in the School of Art and Design
February 2025
This is the first year for the Studio Art Master of Arts in the School of Art and Design. The program helps students develop advanced expertise in artistic practice and is designed as a perfect fit for current art educators who want to build their credentials while growing as artists, teachers and leaders.
School of Theatre Arts and Dance Hosts Playwright Guillermo Reyes, writer of That Day in Tucson
February 2025
Playwright Guillermo Reyes is giving a pre-show talk at 6:30 p.m. before the February 7 performance of That Day in Tucson in Norton Theatre as part of the UNC Arts Digging Deeper Speaker Series. He will also do a post-show talkback after the performance.
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