Interdisciplinary Visual & Performing Arts
Worcester State University has had a thriving arts program—previously available
only as a minor—for many years. Resources include studios, computer labs, and
music practice rooms with a broad complement of musical instruments. In recent
years, our resources have been upgraded to include:
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an expanded applied music program
• the
opening of a large University art gallery
• new
studios for painting, sculpture, printmaking, and digital arts
• a
newly renovated theatre with state-of-the-art scene and
costume shops
• an
innovative alliance with the Worcester Center for Crafts
Our
faculty are professionally-accomplished practitioners in their fields and are
active at regional, national, and international levels. We initiated and manage
the annual professionally-juried Worcester University Consortium Student Art
Exhibition. We have participated in and conducted ambitious Consortium music
productions at Mechanics Hall.
Our students and faculty have a strong presence in the arts community. Our
studio art students compete successfully in regional juried exhibitions. Music
students are active in public performances both at home and abroad. Our theatre
students compete in national conferences such as the KCACTF (Kennedy Center
American University Theater Festival).
Our many on-campus events, musical and theatrical performances, art exhibitions,
and visiting artist and artist-in-residence lecture series are popular
destinations for professional, academic, and community audiences.
Our Interdisciplinary Visual & Performing Arts major lets you choose your area
of concentration from art, music, or theatre.
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The art concentration
offers courses in design, digital art, drawing, integrated media, painting,
printmaking, and sculpture to provide the technical skills and concepts that
form the basis for expression in visual art.
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The music concentration
focuses on performance skills, music theory, and music history, leading to
musical literacy as well as expertise in a particular instrument or voice.
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The theatre concentration
builds skills and expertise in acting, design, directing, and stagecraft,
applying those to departmental and self-generated productions.
We continue to offer a minor in art, music, or theatre.
Curriculum & Courses
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Major in Visual & Performing Art
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Minor in Art
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Minor in Music
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Minor in Theatre
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Course Descriptions