UMass Dartmouth College of Visual & Performing Arts

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High school students: we invite you to explore your creativity, gain recognition for your work, and discover CVPA's unique educational opportunities.

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CVPA Community Engagement Initiatives

The CVPA Office of Community Engagement Initiatives (CEI) is dedicated to supporting and promoting creative projects that are community-centered and accountable to community partners.

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EMERGING
YOUNG ARTISTS
JURIED EXHIBITION

Each year, CVPA is proud to host this highly competitive annual high school juried exhibition and recognize the exceptional merit of art students from high school art programs in New England.

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College of Visual & Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth

Melanie Veilleux pictured outside the Claire T. Carney Library

Melanie Veilleux '24: Graphic designer

Junior interior architecture + design major Apeksha Prasai '25 pictured in CVPA

Apeksha Prasai '25: Embracing change

The Torch

Left to right: Kelsey Ferreira, Cami Boyd-Thomas, and Caro Cuevas pictured in Kyoto, Japan

Three CVPA students spend winter session in Kyoto, Japan

Monika Kristjánsdóttir '25: Making an impact

Connor Chan '24

Cheyenne Amaral pictured in the Claire T. Carney Library

Cheyenne Amaral '23: Problem-solving

Bronwyn Pearson '24: Music education

Stephannie Marie Vallee pictures in the amphitheater.

Stephannie Marie Vallee '24: Pathway to success

Cade Hanley '24, poses at the hockey team's media shoot before the 2022-23 season.

Cade Hanley '24: Artist-Student-Athlete

Craig Rousseau ’93: A comic book artist explores his potential at UMassD

Grechel Rosado '20 at Waterfire Arts Center

Grechel Rosado '20 finds home away from home at UMassD

Undergraduate Programs

Animation & Game Arts
BFA

Film & Media Arts
Minor

Fine Arts
Minor

Graphic Design
BFA

Illustration
BFA

Rosie Amato Bauer - Integrated Studio Arts

Integrated Studio Arts
Minor

Interior Architecture + Design
BS

Studio Art and the Expanded Field
BFA

Studio Arts Undeclared

Graduate Programs

Art Education Online
MAE

Artisanry
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC)

Artisanry-Ceramics Online
Graduate Certificate

Ceramics
MFA

Design
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC)

Digital Media
MFA

Drawing
MFA

Fibers
MFA

Fine Arts
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC)

News

IAD Professor Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky and CVPA Dean Lawrence Jenkens award Heather Cachia inaugural Tamotsu Yamamoto Scholarship

UMass Dartmouth awards inaugural Tamotsu Yamamoto Scholarship

Heather Cachia awarded $10,500 in recognition of her commitment to interior architecture + design

Events

Dec

Classes Resume

Classes resume. Thanksgiving Recess is November 28-30, 2024

Dec

8:00AM

Classes Resume

Classes resume at 8am today.

Dec

Course Withdrawal Deadline

Fall 2024 Course Withdrawal period (grade of a W) ends for the Third 5-week session MLT-MLS Program classes.

Dec

1:00PM

Decolonizing people and nature in Palestine and Globally: A talk by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University. He has taught at universities in the U.S. and elsewhere, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Sharing the Land of Canaan. Sponsored by the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and Crime and Justice Studies, UMassD Faculty for Justice in Palestine, and Massachusetts Peace Action.

Dec

5:30PM

Talk about Challenging the Colonial Complex: Thinking Visually in Contemporary Portugal by Ines Beleza Barreiros

Ines Beleza Barreiros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Brown University) is an art historian, cultural critic, and curator. Her research delves into how art and images become knowledge-producing objects, and she has published on the visual culture, public memory, and afterlives of colonialism in the Portuguese-speaking worlds. She is presently preparing the monograph Thinking Visually: The Afterlives of Portuguese Imperialism.

Dec