George Mason University is a destination for artists, and lovers of the arts, in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland.
Japanese ensemble TAO combines music and dance to reflect Japanese tradition, while also reflecting Korean, Maori, and Indonesian influences. The group performed at the Center for the Arts.
Support the Performing Arts Centers
Each year, more than 200,000 audience members attend 60 performances at the Center for the Arts on the Fairfax Campus and the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Prince William County, featuring world-renowned symphony, ballet, opera, theater and dance companies. Private funding ensures performances remain vibrant and affordable today and for future generations.
- Give to the Center for the Arts
- Give to the Hylton Performing Arts Center
- For corporate sponsorship opportunities email Amanda Snellings, Senior Assistant Director of Development, Center for the Arts, or call 703-993-1593 or email Dylan Lambert, Assistant Director of Development, Hylton Performing Arts Center, or call 703-993-7061.
Support the Green Machine Ensembles
The Green Machine Ensembles are the Athletic Bands and Campus Spirit Ensembles of George Mason. The Ensembles consist of students from a wide-variety of majors from across the University. They also boast the number one pep band in the nation, according to the NCAA. This organization provides a unique link between the arts and athletics, campus and the community and is the physical embodiment of spirit at George Mason. To learn more, email Bobby Lacy II, Associate Director, Green Machine Ensembles.
Young Alumni Commissioning Project
George Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts aims to continue supporting the work of its recent alumni through the Young Alumni Commissioning Project. With the goal of providing crucial support for our alumni’s artistic development, one recent CVPA alum will be commissioned to create a new artistic work.
Support the Mason Community Arts Academy
As the College of Visual and Performing Arts' non-degree community outreach arm, private funding for the Mason Community Arts Academy supports individual and group arts instruction for 3,000 community members of all skill levels, artistic abilities and socio-economic backgrounds. Courses are taught by our distinguished faculty and graduate-level arts education students in the evening, after school and in summer intensive settings. The Academy's Instruments in the Attic program transforms forgotten musical instruments into treasures for George Mason Music Education majors and the public school students they teach in a suite of in-school programs.
Capital Needs
Several of the College of Visual and Performing Arts' physical assets – including the Center for the Arts – are sound, but aging. Renovation will enhance their capabilities and restore their competitive position. Supporters made it possible for Harris Theatre to undergo renovation, resulting in an expanded lobby featuring dedicated restrooms and an updated ticket office. Performers and crew can now enjoy a refinished backstage including dressing rooms and green room, and all will appreciate upgrades to the heating and ventilation system and state-of-the-art theatrical lighting and audio. The venue reopened in 2022.
Responding to demonstrated demand, the Hylton Performing Arts Center opened a new Education Wing in 2019.