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College of Creative Arts and Media

Pursue your passions in Art and Design, Media and Communications, Music, or Theatre and Dance alongside a community of fellow students and faculty who will encourage, empower and support you throughout your college journey and beyond.

Future Students

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FUTURE STUDENTS

Find information on tuition, auditions and portfolio reviews, and scholarships. Reach one of our recruiters to plan a visit, sit in on a class or meet a professor.

Information for Future Students
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CURRENT STUDENTS

Our College has a robust in-house student services support team to help you navigate everything from scheduling courses to finding an internship. You'll also find information on technology requirements; grants, scholarships and awards; and clubs.

Resources for Current Students
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Alumni and Community

We're grateful for our ever-growing community of alumni and friends, and we're always looking for ways to connect with you, whether it's through student mentorship opportunities, events and museum exhibitions, or service - music and art classes, marketing and design support or other community-focused research and creative activities.

Alumni and Giving Community Engagement

Art Museum

The Art Museum of West Virginia University provides a welcoming and stimulating educational and research environment for diverse audiences to experience the transforming power of art. Exploring contemporary artistic innovation as well as artistic traditions of different cultures helps us to understand ourselves, our communities and our world.

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Places and Spaces

College of Creative Arts and Media students learn, perform and collaborate in 11 buildings across the WVU campus — a massive 150,000 square feet of labs, theaters, studios, classrooms and maker spaces.

The Canady Creative Arts Center

The beloved home of the College of Creative Arts was named in honor of a leadership gift from the Valerie Canady Charitable Foundation.

Read More: The Canady Creative Arts Center

Practice Rooms

Students can reserve a time or drop into our four practice suites offering multiple rooms, two for general instrumental/vocal and one each for piano and percussion with instruments and equipment installed.

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Scene Shop

Sets that create atmosphere in School of Theatre & Dance productions are designed and built on-site by our theatre students and faculty.

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Internships and Career Opportunities

We want to ensure you get the internships and professional experience that lead to a dream career. Our alumni mentors and Internship Alliance partners connect you with opportunities locally and around the world.

Internships and Career Opportunities

Latest News

What it means to live and dream: WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents “Sueño”

The WVU School of Theatre and Dance will perform “Sueño,” a tale of fate and free will, March 5-7 and March 10-13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre at the Canady Creative Arts Center. “Sueño” is Jose Rivera’s adaptation of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 1630s play “La vida es sueño” (“Life is a dream”), blending romance and tragedy, drama and comedy, introspection and action.

Read More: What it means to live and dream: WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents “Sueño”

WVU School of Art and Design hosts WV Mountaineer Short Film Festival March 5-8

The WVU School of Art & Design’s Digital Art and Animation program will host the 2026 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (WVMSFF) from Thursday, March 5, to Sunday, March 8, at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center. The festival presents cutting-edge short films, animations and digital media artworks by WVU students, regional filmmakers and artists from around the world.

Read More: WVU School of Art and Design hosts WV Mountaineer Short Film Festival March 5-8

Art Museum of WVU launches searchable database

The Art Museum of WVU is launching its searchable collections database, putting the museum’s vast assortment of art and artifacts at users’ fingertips.

Read More: Art Museum of WVU launches searchable database

WVU ensembles make music that moves you

Isaac Price has performed in one or more ensembles nearly every semester of his six years in the WVU School of Music and he’s been hard at work with the rest of the Wind Symphony, preparing for an upcoming concert Feb. 13.

Read More: WVU ensembles make music that moves you

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