School of Performing and Visual Arts
School of Performing and Visual Arts
Art and Design, Dance, Theatre
The School of Performing and Visual Arts houses undergraduate programs in art, graphic design, painting and drawing, sculpture, dance, theatre, theatre performance, and theatre design and technology. Graduate programs are offered in theatre performance, theatre design and technology, and directing. The school produces exhibitions and performances throughout the year, and students are highly engaged in practice in the arts.
The University of Southern Mississippi is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art & Design, the National Association of Schools of Dance, and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
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Our Programs
Faculty offer a practical and theoretical study of the performing and visual arts in an environment premised on developing creative and critical practice necessary for the field.
Celebrating our Faculty
Derreck Williams, Assistant Teaching Professor of Dance, recently studied with Ronald K. Brown of the EVIDENCE Dance Company
Allen Chen, Associate Professor of Ceramics, was featured in the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Lauren Rogers Museum
Our Research
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts
With studios, theatre, and classrooms for arts majors
Attend annual festivals in their areas of study
We are a producing school with at least:
- Five mainstage theatre performances per year.
- Four performance ensembles in dance.
- One gallery of Art and Design with a 12-month exhibition season.
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