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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.

Vivian Davis Michael Laboratory Theatre

The Vivian Davis Michael Laboratory Theatre is used for alternative style works, as well as traditional smaller pieces.

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Broadcast News Studio

The modern studio space and control room includes a live television set and video production equipment that allows students to experience what it's like to work for a broadcast news program.

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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.

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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

Opera singer and alum Michael Chioldi talks ‘Falstaff,’ life as a performer and how WVU put him on the path to success

World-renowned opera baritone and WVU School of Music alumnus Michael Chioldi was recently back among the Appalachian Mountains for a run of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Pittsburgh Opera. For the Avonmore, Pennsylvania, native, it was like a homecoming. Family members, friends from high school and college, WVU fans and even WVU faculty came to see him perform as the title character.

Read More: Opera singer and alum Michael Chioldi talks ‘Falstaff,’ life as a performer and how WVU put him on the path to success

WVU Theatre Design student wins prestigious USITT award

WVU Theatre Design and Technology major Daney Brookover ended her final year at West Virginia University on a high note. The Ripley, West Virginia, native received multiple awards from the College of Creative Arts and Media in her final semester. Even more impressive, Brookover won the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Bernhard R. Works Master Crafts Award.

Read More: WVU Theatre Design student wins prestigious USITT award

Art Museum of WVU hosts summer events in Nath Sculpture Garden

Join the Art Museum of WVU for a series of summer events in the Nath Sculpture Garden. All events at the Art Museum are free and open to the public.

Read More: Art Museum of WVU hosts summer events in Nath Sculpture Garden

WVU Journalism students travel to Italy for International Journalism Festival

Six students from the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications traveled to the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, in April, courtesy of the Gerald L. Davis, Jr. International Journalism Fund.

Read More: WVU Journalism students travel to Italy for International Journalism Festival

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Events and Exhibitions

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