Performing and Creative Arts Department Overview
Our departmental programs share a mission to educate, mentor, and train students who wish to pursue both the practice and theory of the arts. In addition to preparing students majoring in the arts and those planning to receive advanced degrees in graduate school, the Department’s courses meet the needs and interests of students in the liberal arts and sciences, and foster the role of the arts within the framework of a liberal arts education.
PCA Events
Dan Nelken and Jeanette Spicer
Between Us: Portraits of Strength and Belonging
November 3 - December 8
Reception for the artists: Thursday, November 20, 4:30-6:30pm
Gallery conversation about portraiture: Thursday, November 20, 2:30-4:00 PM
Join exhibiting artists Dan Nelken and Jeanette Spicer for a conversation about the photographic portrait—its meaning, process, and potential for connection. The discussion will explore themes of strength, belonging, and representation in contemporary portraiture. The talk will conclude with a brief, hands-on workshop inviting participants to engage directly with the ideas presented.
PCA Fall Drama Production: Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen, directed by Lee Papa
NOVEMBER 13-15 at 7pm + 18 at 2:30pm + 20-22 at 7pm
LAB THEATRE, Building 1P
Horror Comedy
Tickets $10
Recommended for ages 16+: contains gore, strong language, sexual references, mature themes.
When high schooler Lewis resurrects Alice’s haunted spirit, he opens a portal to chaos, and prom night becomes a bloodbath. Alice in Slasherland is a razor-sharp horror-comedy that doesn’t hold back.
Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
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Performing and Creative Arts Faculty & Staff
Full Time Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
- Alexander, Marina
- Antone D’Angelo, Mikhael
- Brown, Edward
- DeWaters, Dillon
- Doskow, Jade
- Duncan, Duncan
- Falco, Henry
- Fick, Matt
- Frocheur, Nichole
- Hebbert, Dianne
- Heimur, Elena
- Hoffman, Kate Pollard
- Johnson, Carter
- Kaminski, Joseph
- Lane, Chelsea
- Loncle, David
- Miller, Scott
- Mims, Martina
- Nestler, Rose
- Oh, Yoojin
- Pels, Marsha
- Ramkissoon, Issidore
- Rutledge, Walter
- Safron Hon, Naomi
- Sales, Elizabeth
- Sato, Analisa
- Schultz, Jedadiah
- Smith, Darrell
- Tancredi, Dominick
- Taylor, Robert Morgan
- Wechsler, David
- Wu, Johnna
- Zucker, Elena
Staff
- Briner, Timothy
- Deen, Nabeel
- Fick, Matt
- Hammond, Caleb
- Ortiz, Brian
- Santos, Karla
- Solano, Lavinia
- Werkmeister, Christina
What are some obtainable jobs with performing and creative art degrees?
Drama
- Actor
- Director
- Scenic Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Costume Designer
- Dramaturge
- Art Director
- Playwright
- Stage Manager
Photography
- Photographic Re-Toucher Photographer
- Photographic Lab Technician
- Photography Gallery Manager
- Photography Archivist
- Photographic Studio Technician
- Photographic Production Assistant
Music
- Studio Musician
- Music Copyist
- Private Music Teacher
- Recording Engineer
- Audio Technician
Studio Art
- Art Appraiser
- Art Teacher/Instructor
- Art Gallery/Museum Director
- Art School Director
- Studio Assistant and/or Technician
- Studio Artist: Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Installation Artist
- Artists' Studio Assistant and/or Coordinator
- Museum and Gallery Archivist
- Production Screen-printer
- Art Handler/Transporter
- Art Conservator/Museum Restorer
- Gallery Curator or Arts Administrator
Performing and Creative Arts Facilities
Music Technology Studio
A State-of-the-Art electronic Music Lab
Digital and Analog Photography Lab
Traditional Black and White Darkrooms, State-of-the-Art Digital Workstations, High-Quality Inkjet Printing Facility
Other CSI programs you may be interested in
Related CSI Programs
- Cinema Studies, Department of Media Culture
- Communications, Department of Media Culture
- Department of African and Diaspora Studies
- Philosophy and Political Science
- Department of English