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January 30, 2024The Hylton Performing Arts Center was pleased to welcome 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship recipients The Legendary Ingramettes as a Fall 2023 Hylton Center Artist-in-Residence.
January 17, 2024This collaboration, linking both Mason Exhibitions and the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution with the Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia, transcends the usual art exhibition. It's a powerful tale of resilience and the transformative role of art.
January 16, 2024Get ready for a lively Mason Student Performances production, featuring talented vocalists from George Mason University’s Mason School of Theater.
January 11, 2024Icons of Fashion is a 209 foot long, 7 foot tall mural at Tysons Corner Center.
January 10, 2024George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the fifth round of its Young Alumni Commissioning Project Awards. Two alumni were chosen based on the artistic excellence, career impact, and feasibility of their proposals and will receive financial, marketing, and production support to have their projects presented at a Mason Arts venue during the 2024–2025 season.
January 5, 2024As a film student at George Mason University, Roberto Ferreira De Araujo wanted to celebrate diversity and highlight the full spectrum of experiences represented by the LGBTQ+ community. During his first semester at Mason in fall 2022, Ferreira De Araujo and two of his classmates created the Here and Queer Film Festival as a final project for a class.
January 3, 2024Researchers at Mason’s College of Education and Human Development and College of Visual and Performing Arts are studying the intricate world of collegiate dance as they try to develop a better understanding of the physical and mental demands placed on dance majors.
January 3, 2024At George Mason University's School of Dance, the creation of "AURORA," a visionary dance piece, symbolizes more than artistic expression; it embodies the university's ethos of community and individuality.
January 1, 2024Join us on Feb 17 for an extraordinary evening of visionary works using various dance and music styles that uncover the relationships between identity, history, and geography.
December 1, 2023Culminating its second of three years in residence at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, Silkroad Ensemble engaged with George Mason University’s campus, as well as the local Fairfax community, as Mason Artist-in-Residence in conjunction with its November 5 performance of the world-premiere program American Railroad.
November 15, 2023Art and visual technology major Keryssa Ward credits her parents for helping her get through a health crisis after her first year at Mason. It's just part of the reason she nominated her family for the Family of the Year.
November 15, 2023Professor Theresa Ohanian recently appeared as a guest speaker to two class sessions of Theater 150: Global Theater Histories I to discuss her artistic inspirations and processes for adapting, devising and directing this production of fallen.