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Resources for Current StudentsWe'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 EngagementThe 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.
Visit the Art Museum WebsiteCollege 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 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 CenterThe 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.
Read More: Fashion Design StudiosThe Mesaros Galleries serve to educate students, faculty, and staff across the university as well as the larger Morgantown community, with special emphasis on art majors and students of art history. Exhibitions focus on innovative, experimental art that advances scholarship and discourse in the field.
Read More: Laura & Paul Mesaros GalleriesWe 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.
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The 2026 faculty/student winners of the WVU College of Creative Arts and Media Exhibit of Mentored Student Research and Creative Activity explored the intricacies of scenic design, medical conditions represented through art, Latin American composers’ contributions, genre-defying musical work and using AI to identify hieroglyphics on Mayan vessels.
Read More: Winners of CCAM Mentored Student Research and Creative Activity announced
The WVU Community Music Program provides high-quality musical training to individuals of all ages and levels in Morgantown and the surrounding region. Programs range from private and group lessons to community bands and orchestras.
Read More: WVU Community Music Program plays on for summer 2026
The recipients of the 2026 WVU College of Creative Arts and Media (CCAM) faculty awards exemplify excellence in research, teaching and service. Awardees include Seyedeh Nazli Hosseini, Julia Fraustino, Megan Leight, Mark Benincosa and Staci Romine.
Read More: Five recognized with 2026 CCAM Faculty Awards
The WVU School of Art and Design’s Fashion Design and Merchandising program presents its 2026 fashion show “An Evolving Narrative” in the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center’s Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre May 7 at 7:30 p.m. High school students are invited to a special behind-the-scenes opportunity beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Read More: WVU Fashion students’ designs runway-ready in ‘An Evolving Narrative’
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