School of Fine Arts

Celebrate the African Diaspora

The UConn School of Fine Arts presents Celebrate the African Diaspora, a year long series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UConn African American Cultural Center.

Innovative Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch to Perform Solo

The UConn School of Fine Arts Heilig Memorial Concert series presents Fred Hersch, a pervasively influential creative force who has shaped jazz music’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator and recording artist.

Choral Concert Commemorates Those Lost to Gun Violence

Inspire: A Choir for Unity will perform their on-tour concert, Don’t Shoot, Just Listen, September 16th at 3:00pm at von der Mehden Recital Hall at the University of Connecticut.

Aspiring young artist Nikhil, age 3, works on a façade of Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen accompanied by his father Arun.

Puppet Workshop Spotlights Local ‘Sheroes and Heroes’

UConn held two days of puppet-building workshops in preparation for the parade and pageant "Sheroes, Heroes, and other Champions of the Mansfield Community" that will take place Sunday in Dowtown Storrs.

Ballard Announces 2018 Fall Puppet Performance Series of Family-Friendly Productions

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host its Fall Puppet Performance Series on four Saturdays from Sept. to Dec. 2018.

UConn composer Kenneth Fuchs, a professor of music, records his latest album 'Spiritualist' with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Abbey Road Studios in London.

London Symphony Orchestra Records Fifth CD by Kenneth Fuchs

Listen to Kenneth Fuch's interview about the classical compendium 'Spiritualist – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,' released in August.

Michael Bradford, head of the Department of Dramatic Arts in the School of Fine Arts and artistic director of the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Michael Bradford’s ‘Brainpower Job’

An alum's highly unlikely path to heading UConn’s dramatic arts department.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Bradford and Managing Director Matthew J. Pugliese have announced the theatre’s 2018-19 Season!

A student stands outside the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Inks Agreement with Wadsworth Atheneum

Under the agreement, the Wadsworth Atheneum will provide work space for UConn Hartford students, a seminar room, and faculty offices for use by the three-year graduate program in Arts Administration.

UConn Alum’s Spiffy Exhibit to Open at Ballard

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present the grand opening of its new exhibitions Spiffy Pictures: Adventures in Television Animation and Frank Ballard into the 80s: Babes in Toyland, The Blue Bird, and The Fantasticks.