Nurturing Brilliant Careers
This weekend, a select group of Mason dancers are invited to dance the leads in Lar Lubovitch’s watershed work, A Brahms Symphony, at the Joyce Theater, New York City.
Celebrate the Arts!
Create a mural. Star in a film. Play a virtual game. This weekend, Off the Wall brings together the visual arts in one fun-filled day, benefitting CVPA visual arts programs.
Artist Teachers Inspire
School of Music professor and jazz musician, Jim Carroll, is the 2018 recipient of the highly prestigious George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award.
Shining in the Spotlight
Students sing, play, and act in fully produced performances on professional stages.
Fostering Future Artists
Mason music alum, Hyunji Kim, was recently chosen as the composer and performer for a 2018 PyeongChang Olympics promotional video.
Sign up for Summer Camps!
The Mason Community Arts Academy continues to serve children and adults of the community at large.
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.
Collaborating Across Campus
What results when Mason art and engineering professors collaborate? An autonomous orchestra of robotic musical instruments!
Green is Number One!
Be sure not to miss Mason’s own Green Machine Ensembles, the university’s Athletic and Campus Spirit bands.
The Art of Gaming
Game Design students come together at the Mason Arts Living Learning Community and discover that despite their different interests they all share the same overarching passion for art.
Experimenting and Crafting
Art student, Farrah Abubaker, puts her creativity on display at the Senior Art+Design Show, which highlights works produced by graduating seniors.
Telling Stories Artfully
Mason Film and Video Studies faculty and students share their work at high-profile film festivals, as well as instructing the next generation.
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 Programs
These programs do double duty, providing members of the community with a chance to participate in and enjoy the arts, and providing Mason students with the opportunity to teach the arts in a real world setting. Members of the community, no matter how young or old, can take classes in dance, film, music, theater, game design, and visual art.
Off the Wall
Sat April 21, 2018, 5:00-8:00 PM
Art and Design Building George Mason University Fairfax Campus