{"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":"2019-07-26T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:30:25","slug":"school-of-arts-and-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/sas\/school-of-arts-and-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

School of Visual and Performing Arts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brian Vernon, Dean, VPAC 104A<\/span><\/td>\n(203) 837-8851<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nvernonb@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda D\u2019Aurio, Administrative Assistant, VPAC 104 <\/span><\/td>\n(203) 837-3222<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\ndauriol@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nFax: (203) 837-3223<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nwww.wcsu.edu\/svpa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Departments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Art Chairperson<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nCatherine Vanaria, VPAC 150D, (203) 837-3919<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0*<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music Chairperson<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nLaurel Larsen, VPAC 218B, (203) 837-8353\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music Associate Chair and MS Coordinator<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nKevin Isaacs, , VPAC 321, (203) 837-8355<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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

The mission of the School of Visual and Performing 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.<\/span><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master of Science in Music Education<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts (options in: illustration, interdisciplinary, and painting)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School of Visual and Performing Arts Brian Vernon, Dean, VPAC 104A (203) 837-8851 \u00a0 vernonb@wcsu.edu Linda D\u2019Aurio, Administrative Assistant, VPAC 104 (203) 837-3222 \u00a0 dauriol@wcsu.edu \u00a0 Fax: (203) 837-3223 \u00a0 www.wcsu.edu\/svpa Departments Art Chairperson Catherine Vanaria, VPAC 150D, (203) 837-3919 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":732,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}