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Departments & Areas of Study

Your creative career starts here.

Fuel your artistic endeavors and increase your value with a degree from the School of Fine & Performing Arts.

Art

Create, learn and master professional skills in your preferred medium, or begin your journey to becoming an educator.

Design

Students and faculty collaborate on forward-looking projects, rooted in cross-disciplinary foundations and using cutting-edge tools and technologies.

Music

Join a community of musicians immersed in the creation and performance of music. We teach our students to think broadly with an open mind, and to be flexible in their creativity.

Theatre Arts

Evolve to your fullest potential while exploring performance, design/technology or theatre arts in a diverse, inclusive and welcoming community.

Art History

Dedicated teachers committed to research and scholarship, close student-faculty interaction and critical, analytical interpretation of world art traditions await you in the Art History Department.

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News

Myra Kressner ’76 will deliver the Sunday Undergraduate Commencement Address at SUNY New Paltz on May 19
SUNY New Paltz will welcome distinguished alumna Myra Kressner ’76 (Secondary Education: English) back to campus on May 19, 2024, to deliver the Commencement Address at our Sunday Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony.
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Theatre Arts Professor Jack Wade to Retire
The Department of Theatre Arts extends its warmest congratulations to Jack Wade, a professor of design and theatre history and past department chair, on his upcoming retirement. In his 25-year tenure at SUNY New Paltz, Jack has been a distinguished mentor of many designers and performers who have gone on to work in the professional theatre, television, and film industries.
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Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art announces 2024 Hudson Valley Artists Purchase Award
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce that Catskill-area artist Aki Goto is the recipient of the 2024 Hudson Valley Artists Purchase Award. The Dorsky will acquire Goto’s pen ink and colored pencil drawing on paper, “Roomie Shots” (2022), which is being exhibited in the “Hudson Valley Artists 2024: Bibliography” exhibition.
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The Dorsky Museum

 

The Dorsky Museum creates art experiences that spark curiosity, critical thinking, and delight, connecting and serving the University and the diverse communities of our region. We are a hub for the art and artists of the Hudson Valley - free, open, and accessible to all.

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