CVPA, the College of Visual & Performing Arts, is a comprehensive college for art, design, and music and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD).
As an art student, you will take classes and have studio time both on the main Dartmouth campus and at our Star Store campus in downtown New Bedford, one of the nation’s best cities for young artists. Gallery spaces at both locations feature exhibitions by prominent and emerging artists and offer opportunities for you to exhibit your own work.
Studio art majors graduate with a BFA (bachelor of fine arts), a professional degree that includes more art courses than a BA, while providing you with all the advantages and flexibility of a university education.
Lower-level art and music courses are available to all UMassD students. You can join one of the Music Department’s many ensembles including University Chorus, Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, and Kekeli Drum & Dance.
The facilities at CVPA let you focus on your art-making, prototype your own 3D designs, find visual resources, access high-end software, and collaborate with your peers: studios and work stations, media labs and darkrooms, recital hall and practice rooms, looms, kilns, wood shops, laser engravers, and much more.
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