{"id":755,"date":"2012-09-10T20:03:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad1213\/sas\/school-of-arts-and-sciences\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:38:31","slug":"school-of-arts-and-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/sas\/school-of-arts-and-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL OF VISUAL, PERFORMING & COMMUNICATION ARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

School of Visual, Performing & Communication Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brian Vernon, Dean, VPAC 104A<\/td>\n(203) 837-8851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nvernonb@wcsu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susan Kelley,\u00a0 Administrative Assistant, VPAC 104 <\/td>\n(203) 837-3222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n@wcsu.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nFax: (203) 837-3223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nwww.wcsu.edu\/svpca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Art Chairperson<\/em><\/td>\nKen Scaglia, VPAC 143A, (203) 837-3975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0*<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music Chairperson<\/em><\/td>\nLaurel Larsen, VPAC 218B, (203) 837-8353\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music M.M. Coordinator<\/em><\/td>\nJeremy Wiggins, VPAC 307, (203) 837-8354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Writing and Literature Chairperson<\/em><\/td>\nOscar De Los Santos, HI 219E, (203) 837-9044<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Mission and Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mission of the School of Visual, Performing & Communcation Arts at Western Connecticut State University is to advance knowledge, to promote intellectual inquiry, and to cultivate creativity among faculty and students through teaching, research, scholarship, creativity in the arts and public performance.<\/p>\n

The school provides its students with an education of high quality in the visual and performing arts, fosters excellence in creative research and discovery, nurtures ethical decision-making and leadership, and contributes to the cultural enrichment of the state and region.<\/p>\n

Seven objectives support the mission of the school:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 To offer the highest quality educational and professional programming in the visual and performing arts;<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 To prepare postgraduate students for successful careers as practitioners and teachers of the arts;<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 To utilize fully the regional advantage of our proximity to New York City and other major artistic centers in the Northeast, including access to outstanding faculty, guest artists and resources;<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 To recruit the highest quality students in the arts disciplines, with special emphasis on students from Connecticut;<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 To fulfill the role of the designated School of the Arts of the Connecticut State University System;<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0 To attract major funding for student scholarships, student and faculty programming and endowed faculty chairs;<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 To enhance the cultural life and image of the university, the state and the region.<\/p>\n

Western Connecticut State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).<\/p>\n

Degree Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Fine Arts in Creative and Professional Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts (options in: illustration, interdisciplinary, and<\/a>
\npainting)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Music (options in: Music Education and Jazz Pedagogy)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School of Visual, Performing & Communication Arts Brian Vernon, Dean, VPAC 104A (203) 837-8851 \u00a0 vernonb@wcsu.edu Susan Kelley,\u00a0 Administrative Assistant, VPAC 104 (203) 837-3222 \u00a0 @wcsu.edu \u00a0 Fax: (203) 837-3223…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":732,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}