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A degree from Winthrop University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts can change the way you see, think, create and navigate life.

Programs offered in this College help develop a student’s passion for creativity and scholarship into a valuable set of skills that are becoming increasingly in demand in the 21st century workplace.

Students are trained to become creative specialists, providing them with the ability and a lens to see, think, invent and problem solve in unique and creative ways.

 

Upcoming Events

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Saxophone Chamber Recital

11.14 | 7:30 p.m.

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First Look Friday- ArtsWinthrop Mock Classes

11.15 | 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Fall One-Act Festival

11.15 | 7:30 p.m.
11.16 | 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
11.17 | 2 p.m.

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Commercial Music Ensemble

11.19 | 7:30 p.m.

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Senior Choreography Showcase

11.22 - 11.23 | 7:30 p.m.
11.24 | 2 p.m.

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Art Ed Senior Exhibition

11.25 - 12.13

 

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Symphonic Band & Wind Symphony Concert

11.26 | 7:30 p.m.

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Holiday Delights Concert

12.02 | Time: TBD

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Winthrop Orchestra Holiday Musicale

12.02 | 5:30 p.m.

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Carolinas Wind Orchestra Christmasville Concert

12.07 | 3 p.m.

 

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Rock Hill Music Club

01.19 | 2:00 p.m.

 

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Photography Exhibition- Mark Hamilton

01.21 - 02.07

 

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Faculty Recital Dr. Kristen Wunderlich

01.26 | 4:00 p.m.

 

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Chris Clamp Exhibition

01.27 - 03.14

 

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UJE 37, Undergraduate Juried Exhibition

01.27 - 03.14

 

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Guest Artist Roberta Rust

01.30 | 7:30 p.m.

 

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Master Class with Roberta Rust

01.31 | 2 p.m.

 

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Opening Receptions for UJE 37, Chris Clamp and Photography Exhibitions

02.06 | 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

 

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3rd Annual Celebration of Black Music History

02.11 | 7:30 p.m.

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Spring 2 Exhibition

02.17 - 03.14

 

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Moments of Icarus

02.19 - 02.22 | 7:30 p.m.
02.23 | 2 p.m.

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Symphonic & Wind Symphonic Concert

02.25 | 7:30 p.m.

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Into the Woods

02.26 - 02.27 | 7:30 p.m.
02.28 | 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
03.01 | 7:30 p.m.
03.02 | 2 p.m.

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Carolinas Wind Orchestra Concert

03.03 | 7:30 p.m.

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ArtsWinthrop Open House

03.08 | 12:30 p.m.

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Brass Night with Christian McBryde

03.13 | 7:30 p.m.

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Spring 3 Exhibition

03.31 - 04.09

 

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Byrnes Auditorium Grand Reopening with Vince DeMartino (Guest Artist) Includes performance by Carolinas Wind Orchestra

04.03 - 04.06 | 4 p.m.

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ArtsWinthrop Open House & Winthrop Day

04.05 | 12:30 p.m.

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Rock Hill Music Club Scholarship Winners Performance

04.06 | 2:00 p.m.

 

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2024 BFA Senior Exhibition

04.09 - 05.10

 

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Wind Symphony Orchestra Concert

04.09 | 6 p.m.

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Antigone

04.09 - 04.12 | 7:30 p.m.
04.10 | 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
04.13 | 2 p.m.

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Commercial Music Ensemble Concert

04.15 | 7:30 p.m.

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Playing With Fire: (After Frankenstein)

04.16 - 04.19 | 7:30 p.m.
04.10 | 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
04.13 | 2 p.m.

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Opening Reception for 2024 BFA Senior Exhibition

04.17 | 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

 

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Spring First Look Friday- ArtsWinthrop Mock Classes

04.18 | 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Symphonic Band Concert

04.24 | 7:30 p.m.

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Spring Dance Showcase

04.25 | 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
04.26 | 7:30 p.m.
04.27 | 2 p.m.

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Wind Symphony Orchestra Concert

04.27 | 4 p.m.

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Spring 4 Exhibition

04.28 - 05.10

 

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Carolinas Wind Orchestra Concert

04.28 | 7:30 p.m.

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MISSION STATEMENT

The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Winthrop University offers nationally accredited programs in art, design, theatre, dance, and music, and provides academically challenging instruction in an interdisciplinary environment that inspires and prepares the next generation of artists, educators, scholars, and audiences. We promote intellectual inquiry and collaborative opportunities that encourage each student to develop a uniquely creative vision cultivated through artistry, teaching, scholarship, public performance, and community engagement.

Karen Oremus

Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

 

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About #artswinthrop

Winthrop University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts

We are the leading college for the arts in the Carolinas—

The College of Visual and Performing Arts has been a central component of Winthrop’s commitment to the arts for well over a century. We are one of the few universities in the United States and the only public or private institution in South Carolina with all of its undergraduate and graduate programs nationally accredited.

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With a continuously growing arts community in Rock Hill and our proximity to the metro Charlotte area, we purposefully build strong relationships with museums, galleries, dance companies, theatre organizations, orchestras, design firms and more. The facilities we provide on campus include advanced technology studios in all the arts, contemporary dance studios, traditional and experimental theatre spaces, an exceptional music conservatory, and studios in the diverse disciplines of the visual arts.


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The college provides a vast array of outstanding performances and art exhibitions annually!

You can enjoy:

  • More than 100 music performances, most of which are free of charge and open to the public.
  • Regularly produced theater and dance performances featuring student-produced work, main stage productions and small studio and experimental performances.
  • Art galleries that regularly present professionally curated exhibitions, student-centered exhibitions, as well as educational programs that celebrate artistic achievement and creative excellence.

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