May 19, 2009
Since it was formed in 2001, Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) has continued to undergo significant growth in stature, enrollment and infrastructure.
Keeping in line with other state university arts programs of the same size and stature as CVPA, several departments within the college will become individual schools this fall.
April 29, 2009
Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts announces the second annual Mason Summer Festival, to be held on Mason’s Fairfax Campus May 31 to June 27.
This month-long festival celebrates artists and arts organizations from the university community and around the Northern Virginia region, presenting a diverse selection of artistic performances and events that unite professional artists, student artists, arts organizations and the community in a creative environment.
April 23, 2009
Mason’s Art and Visual Technology Department is presenting “agriART: Companion Planting for Social and Biological Systems” now through May 15 in the Fine Arts Gallery on the Fairfax Campus.
April 22, 2009
The nationally known The Acting Company brings two exciting theatrical productions of classic war stories to Fairfax and Mason’s Center for the Arts.
April 15, 2009
Founded in 2003 at the initiative of President Vladimir Putin and the Ministry of Culture, the National Philharmonic of Russia has quickly become a musical symbol of the new, postreconstruction Russia.
April 3, 2009
Mason’s Center for the Arts (CFA) announced the new season of Great Performances at Mason at a press conference on April 2.
March 31, 2009
Point in Space Gallery (“.”), a gallery run by Mason students in the City of Fairfax, will open an exhibition titled “An Alumni Show” on Thursday, April 2 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
March 27, 2009
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns with the final concert of this season’s trademark series, Keyboard Conversations, at Mason’s Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
March 26, 2009
Centuries ago, performers in China combined dramatic folk arts and variety shows with the cultural roots of their civilization. By using common objects as stage props, they created an acrobatic art unique to their culture.
March 23, 2009
Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson founded Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 1994 to explore powerful social, political and emotional issues through the use of cutting-edge choreography grounded in classical dance, original music and creative multimedia effects.