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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.

Douglas O. Blaney Lobby

Just inside the main entrance to the CCAC, the Blaney Lobby wraps around the Clay Concert Theatre and offers access to the Dean’s Office, Student Recruitment Office, School of Theatre & Dance Office and the Mesaros Galleries.

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Fashion Design Studios

The Fashion Illustration Studio features equipment for hand-drawing and digital fashion illustration, digital flats and technical packages. The Fashion Design Studio provides workstations to learn essential skills in pattern design, layout and cutting, garment construction and draping techniques.

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Art Museum of WVU

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.

Read More: Art Museum of WVU

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

Play games, win prizes at Spring Indie Games Showcase

The WVU Game Design and Interactive Media program and MonRiverGames will host the fourth annual Spring Indie Games Showcase beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in the Media Innovation Center at Evansdale Crossing.

Read More: Play games, win prizes at Spring Indie Games Showcase

WVU School of Music presents World Music Concert April 10

The West Virginia University School of Music presents its spring World Music Concert April 10, bringing together a wide range of global traditions in one thrilling evening of live performance. The show takes place in two parts, with start times at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Read More: WVU School of Music presents World Music Concert April 10

WVU music education org receives national award

This February, WVU’s ASTA chapter saw its hard work pay off when it received “Most Improved Student Chapter” at the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the American String Teachers Association Collocated Conferences in San Francisco.

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WVU’s Joseph Lupo creates cohesive chaos from comic book imagery in “Chronic Uncertainty”

WVU School of Art and Design Associate Director and Professor of Printmaking Joseph Lupo’s exhibition “Chronic Uncertainty” is on display in the Annex Gallery at the Concept Art Gallery in Pittsburgh now through April 4.

Read More: WVU’s Joseph Lupo creates cohesive chaos from comic book imagery in “Chronic Uncertainty”

Upcoming Events

Events and Exhibitions

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