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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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2024-25 UNC Arts Season Brochure

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Three Distinct Schools

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!

ART & DESIGN

MUSIC

THEATRE ARTS & DANCE

 

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Highlights

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Orchestra director  Andrés Felipe Jaime conducts National Symphony of Colombia

July 2024

Orchestra director Andrés Felipe Jaime conducted the National Symphony of Colombia this summer. The all-American program included Bernstein's Overture to Candide, the Latin American premiere of Harp of Ages by Michael Daugherty, Howard Hanson's Symphony No.5 and Gershwin's An American in Paris.

Artwork by Ruth Sosa Maciel

Art and design students receive recognition at International Conference of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

July 2024

Two of our art and design students, Ruth Sosa Maciel and Izzy Anderson, just received Honorable Mention in the poster competition at the prestigious International Conference of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.

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Recent theatre alum Evette Srouji directs Little Theatre of the Rockies production 

July 2024

Recent School of Theatre Arts and Dance graduate Evette Srouji just finished directing the play Every Brilliant Thing as part of the Little Theatre of the Rockies (LTR) summer stock theatre season. Srouji double majored in Theatre Studies and Theatre Education and minored in English at UNC.

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