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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Highlights
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.
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.
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.
2023-2024 Premier Season Sponsor
The College of Performing and Visual Arts at UNC gratefully acknowledges UCHealth as our Premier Season Sponsor and the official hospital system of the Arts at UNC. UCHealth’s sponsorship funding goes directly to support our students financially, which in turn helps them to become more successful in their pursuit of artistic distinction.
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