Welcome to the 
College of Visual and Performing Arts

Winthrop University's College of Visual and Performing Arts draws on the extensive resources of the University and the Charlotte region of the Carolinas to provide an outstanding milieu conducive to the development of arts professionals.  Our students have transformative and inspiring experiences in a first-class environment that includes advanced technology laboratories in all the arts, contemporary dance studios, traditional and experimental theatre spaces, an unparalleled music conservatory, and studios in the diverse disciplines of the visual arts.  The College combines the best of the time-honored academy tradition and the most current and prescient ideas in the arts with the liberal arts education of a comprehensive university.

As one of only a handful of university arts programs in the nation accredited in all of the arts domains, the College of Visual and Performing Arts has an exceptional reputation for offering in-depth study of dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts.  The College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as lifelong learning programs that integrate up-to-date facilities, accessible and highly acclaimed faculty, practicum experiences with leading arts agencies, and the rich cultural attractions of the region into a well rounded and valuable curriculum.

Whether you are interested in becoming an elementary school art teacher, an orchestra conductor, a choreographer of modern dance, a stage manager, graphic designer, composer of contemporary jazz, a performance artist, actor, interior designer, or any one of hundreds of arts professions you will find Winthrop the place to expand and nurture your talent.  If you choose to join the College, and its distinguished and accomplished faculty, you will be following in the footsteps of alumni who have been succeeding in and creating the arts of today and the future.