University of Florida College of the Arts
29°38′54″N 82°20′26″W / 29.648199°N 82.340572°W / 29.648199; -82.340572
Former names | College of Fine Arts |
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Type | Art school |
Established | 1975 |
Affiliation | University of Florida |
Dean | Onye P. Ozuzu |
Students | 1,220 |
Location | Gainesville , Florida , United States |
Website | www |
The University of Florida College of the Arts is the fine arts college of the University of Florida. It was established in 1975, and is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. As of 2018[update] the dean was Onye P. Ozuzu.[1]
Previously named the College of Fine Arts, the college's name was changed on May 12, 2014.[2]
The College of the Arts, one of 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes at the University of Florida, offers bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its three schools — the School of Art and Art History, School of Music, and School of Theatre and Dance. The college is also the home to the Center for Arts in Medicine, Center for World Arts, Digital Worlds Institute, University Galleries and the New World School of the Arts in Miami. It has more than 100 faculty members and more than 1,220 students. The college hosts more than 300 performances, exhibitions and events each year. Faculty and students also exhibit and perform at other local, national and international venues.[3]
Composition
The college is composed of three schools:
- School of Art and Art History
- Director: Elizabeth Ross
- School of Music
- Director: Kevin Robert Orr
- School of Theatre and Dance
- Director: Peter Carpenter
Also included are
- Center for Arts in Medicine
- Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship
- Digital Worlds Institute
- University Galleries: Gary R. Libby University Gallery, Grinter Gallery, Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery
- New World School of the Arts (Miami)
Facilities
The college holds classes mainly in the Fine Arts Buildings (lettered A through D) and in the Music Building. There is also a warehouse off-campus located on University Avenue used for shows and as the classroom for the Workshop for Art Research and Practices (WARP), an "Art Bootcamp" for freshmen. In 2004, the Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion became the home for School of Theatre + Dance faculty and students.
The college also extends in the University Galleries—the Gary R. Libby University Gallery, Grinter Gallery, Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery, and has collections in the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, Music Library, Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts (West), Education Library (Norman Hall), and the Visual Resources Center.
The School of Music and the School of Theater and Dance regularly use the University Auditorium for performances, and the playing of the carillon in Century Tower is under the purview of the School of Music, as well.
See also
- Theatre Strike Force
- Roy C. Craven, founding director of the University Gallery at UF
References
- ^ "University of Florida selects contemporary choreographer and researcher to lead the College of the Arts".
- ^ "University of Florida College of Fine Arts announces name change to College of the Arts". UF. May 12, 2014.
- ^ "University of Florida College of Fine Arts announces name change to College of the Arts". UF. May 12, 2014.
External links
- College of the Arts official website
- SA+AH official website
- School of Music official website
- School of Theater and Dance official website
- Center for Arts in Medicine official website
- Center for the Arts and Public Policy official website
- Center for World Arts official website
- University Galleries official website
- Digital Worlds Institute official website
- UF Performing Arts official website
- New World School of the Arts official website
- Gainesville Sun info about the College
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