Art Museum of WVU featured works Aug. 2-8, 2015
The College of Creative Arts will be featuring three pieces of art from the upcoming “Visual Conversations: Looking and Listening” exhibit, launching Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Art Museum of WVU.The...
View ArticleCollege of Creative Arts Campaign Update
The College of Creative Arts is pleased to announce its success during the “State of Minds: The Campaign for West Virginia’s University,” the comprehensive capital campaign conducted by the WVU...
View ArticleTwo Music faculty awarded Big XII Fellowships
Music faculty members Evan MacCarthy and Travis Stimeling have been awarded research grants from the WVU Office of the Provost as part of the Big XII Faculty Fellowship Program.This is WVU’s third year...
View ArticleSchool of Theatre & Dance season opens Sept. 25 at CAC
WVU’s School of Theatre and Dance will present a wide variety of works, from drama to musical theatre, dance and one-act plays during its 2015-2016 season at the Creative Arts Center. Tickets go on...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Kevin Long, BFA Theatre 1989
Kevin Long, a graduate of the School of Theatre and Dance, was nominated for a 2015 Tony Award!What’s your story? Send us a blurb and we’ll try to print it in one of our future newsletters. We’d love...
View ArticleArt Museum receives first funding for educational programming
The Art Museum of WVU, which officially opens on August 25, has received its first funding for educational programming.Mavis Grant and George Lilley, Jr., of Morgantown, have pledged $10,000 to...
View ArticleSchool of Theatre & Dance Welcomes Largest First-Year Class
This fall we welcome the largest incoming first-year class! This is indeed an exciting time to be part of the School of Theatre & Dance. With nearly 170 smart, talented, passionate, and driven...
View ArticleArt Museum of WVU featured works Aug. 16-22
In the words of Art Museum of WVU Director Joyce Ice, art has the power to transform. The Museum, scheduled to open on Tuesday, Aug. 25, seeks to be a welcoming environment in which the campus and...
View ArticleWVU Marching Band begins season with a "first," new University tradition
With the 114th season of the West Virginia University Marching Band officially underway, The Pride of West Virginia has already made waves across campus with a “first” that will likely be a tradition...
View ArticleThree alumni return to CAC to work with students in September
Three outstanding alumni of the College of Creative Arts will return to the Creative Arts Center to work with students during the month of September.Matt Connar (Art and Design, 1999), Ethan Clark...
View ArticleCorine Wegener of Smithsonian Institution to lecture on threatened cultural...
Corine Wegener, cultural heritage preservation officer with the Smithsonian Institution, will present the Dan and Betsy Brown Lecture at WVU, Thursday, Sept. 17, as part of the activities celebrating...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Scott Simons, Music Composition 1998
Scott Simons’ career as a musician began at age 15 when his father, a newscaster and weatherman at WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia, hired him to write new theme music for the 6 o’clock news.After...
View ArticleGraphic designer Matt Connar returns for Alumni-in-Residence series
A West Virginia University alum will return to campus to share professional insights into the graphic design industry. Matt Connar, who holds a BFA in graphic design from WVU’s College of Creative...
View ArticleBassist Barry Green visits for master class, recital
An innovative, internationally known bassist and educator will visit West Virginia University’sSchool of Music for a master class, lectures and recital Sept. 14 and 15.Barry Green will speak on “The...
View ArticleEvan MacCarthy goes on Renaissance music road trip
Evan MacCarthy, assistant professor of music history in the School of Music, was awarded a 2015-16 WVU Faculty Senate Research grant as well as a 2015-16 West Virginia Humanities Council Fellowship for...
View ArticleSchool of Music to host day-long trombone seminar
High school trombonists are invited to attend the second annual “Trombone Day,” on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the College of Creative Arts. The event, hosted by the School of...
View ArticleSchool of Theatre and Dance to present Sarah Ruhl's "The Clean House"
What are a Brazilian comedian-turned-maid, a doctor and her surgeon husband, a sister who loves to clean, and an unexpected lover all doing in the same house? They’re having a slightly surreal...
View ArticleSmithsonian preservation officer Corine Wegener to speak on threatened...
Corine Wegener played an important role in the recovery of the National Museum of Iraq after devastating looting took place there during the war. Now, she serves as cultural heritage preservation...
View ArticleDance scholar Yoav Kaddar builds global ties
As a dancer and educator, Yoav Kaddar has performed and taught around the world. His growing involvement with the Fulbright Scholar Program is helping him build new ties in Central America and to help...
View ArticleSchool of Music, festival share love of jazz
The Wine and Jazz Festival has provided a venue for great College of Creative Arts musicians since its inception 20 years ago. What you might not know is that, for more than half of that time, the...
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