August 23, 2024A new flexible and wide-ranging partnership between the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in the United Kingdom and George Mason University's School of Dance offers exciting possibilities for research, collaboration, and cultural exploration.
July 16, 2024Carlehr Swanson (Bachelor of Music, 2019) was crowned Miss Virginia 2024 on June 29, 2024, just months after performing a preview concert or her upcoming EP on George Mason's Fairfax Campus.
April 4, 2024For the second year in a row, Mason's own Green Machine Ensembles performed for delighted locals at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, an event where roughly 40,000 guests were welcomed throughout the day's festivities.
March 28, 2024On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Delegate Kathy Tran presented Mason Community Arts Academy Executive Director Mary Lechter with House Resolution 804, in honor of Acting for Young People’s (AFYP) 25th anniversary in 2022. AFYP is a partner program within Mason Community Arts Academy (MCAA) the community arts education division of Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.
March 7, 2023Professors from Mason's Dewberry School of Music and Mason's School of Dance collaborated to create a performance that brought together dancers and musicians live onstage.
June 2, 2022George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the fourth round of its Young Alumni Commissioning Project Awards.
April 13, 2022George Mason Univerity’s College of Visual and Performing Arts announces the LIVE Center Mentoring Series and launches its first masterclass taught by Justin Peck, acting Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet, on April 25 in New York City, Fairfax, and Baltimore.
March 10, 2022George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus Joseph Le talks about his journey from making his own independent films to working on a Marvel Studios blockbuster.
January 31, 2022The LIVE Center (or the Center for Live Interactive Virtual Education) within George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This funding will support future programming from this groundbreaking center at Mason: the LIVE Center Mentoring Series.
December 6, 2021The Young Alumni Commissioning Project, a grant program for recent graduates, announced the fourth round of requests for proposals from interested alumni. The funds granted to recipients will fund new original works of art in a variety of mediums.