Supporting Our Alumni Artists
In the wake of COVID-19, we have found a way to support our alumni artists who are suffering sudden and extreme financial losses due to cancelled projects and opportunities.
Mason Arts at Home brings you livestreamed performances, releases of previously recorded content, as well as interactive activities from across the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Embracing Change
While still in the midst of uncertainty about the impact of COVID-19, Mason Community Arts Academy has successfully concluded their first week of online learning.
Honoring a Great Benefactor
Mason's School of Music will be renamed the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, honoring the Dewberrys’ lifetime legacy of giving and generous support of the school.
Learning on Real-World Sets
Mason Film Lab students will gain valuable professional experience when they work on set with celebrated Hollywood filmmaker, actor, and writer, Doug Spearman.
Best Online Game Program
The Bachelor’s Degree Center website ranks Mason’s online B.F.A. in Computer Game Design the best of its kind nationwide.
Launching Careers in the Arts
Arts students at Mason get real-world experience through internships at top arts organizations as well as performing and exhibiting in the area.
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Notice:
Mason to provide virtual instruction through the end of the semester. Find out what you need to know. Visit Mason's Coronavirus Information page.
School of Art
The School of Art educates students to be creative professionals in visual media who not only engage with the world, but enhance and enrich it. The forward-looking, adaptive curriculum encourages students to be confident in their own talent and technique and to be agents of change who challenge traditional thinking.
School of Dance
The School of Dance trains students with the rigor of a conservatory within a vibrant university that offers all the opportunities of college life. Train with dancers and choreographers from today’s top companies to put you on the path to becoming the best dancer you can be. We’ll help you build a dance career in the real world.
School of Music
School of Music students learn from active performers, conductors and composers who are among the most distinguished experts in their fields. Instruction is rigorous, yet conducted in a nurturing environment. Guest artists offer master classes that challenge and inspire. A flexible curriculum offers many paths to success.
School of Theater
The School of Theater explores and expresses the human spirit through the study of drama’s historical, contemporary, and cultural traditions, training in the craft, and the presentation of plays. Serious practical instruction and experience combined with liberal arts study prepare graduates for a life in the theater. Opportunities are limited only by the student's desire to create them.
Arts Management
The Arts Management program helps students develop the leadership skills needed to lead the field. Some of the nation’s top arts managers train and mentor participants to develop and nurture artists, audiences and communities. The curriculum includes a framework of courses to help students understand and advance the place of the arts in society.
Computer Game Design
Computer Game Design students study the sciences and the arts while using state-of-the-art technology to create their own games. Students specialize while learning to work in a team environment, and an interdisciplinary approach helps them see the big picture. That makes Mason game design students highly sought after as interns and employees.
Film and Video Studies
The Film and Video Studies Program trains students to take a project from conception through creation, production, and post-production in a variety of film and video styles. They acquire the technical skills needed to share their creative vision with the world in a concrete way, following a path that will let them apply professional ability in creative, entrepreneurial, and adaptable ways.
Mason Community Arts
The Mason Community Arts Academy and Mason Game and Technology Academy do double duty, providing members of the community with a chance to participate in and enjoy classes in dance, film, music, theater, game design, and visual art and providing Mason students with the opportunity to teach arts in a real-world setting.
‘Dinosaur Whisperer’ helps even the most technology-wary professor embrace the virtual classroom
A message from Mason's Interim President on the first week of virtual classes during the 2020 spring semester.
Mason's Interim President thanks everyone for doing their part in helping manage the coronavirus outbreak.
Artists Who Inspire! Deb Sivigny
During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, see how local theater artists are finding ways to remain creative and share their craft.