About
Being a student of fine arts means heightening your physical, intellectual and cultural awareness. UNLV’s fine arts program prepares students for professional careers by helping them hone and perfect their talents. A wide array of campus venues, including theatres, performance halls, studios and an architectural library, are available to students as they pursue their passions. Our artist-in-residence program brings pre-eminent creators to UNLV. It also brings them into the classroom.
College Highlights
The College of Fine Arts offers an average of 4.4 public performances and exhibitions per week during the academic year. These events vary from professional presentations such as the New York Philharmonic and American Ballet Theatre to concerts presented by faculty and students, lectures offered by distinguished artists/writers/critics such as Seamus Haney, exhibitions of student work in galleries and the UNLV Film Series.
Mission
The College of Fine Arts serves as the primary artistic and cultural resource for the citizens of the State of Nevada and is located in Las Vegas, a unique, dynamic center of American popular culture. The College of Fine Arts provides a creative, professional education for its undergraduate and graduate students and adheres to the highest academic standards. The College prepares students for professional employment in the fine arts, performing arts and design, and provides an educational foundation to pursue further study. The diverse programs within the College equip students to creatively engage in the physical, intellectual and cultural world around them.
Accreditation
Architecture
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Landscape Architecture Accrediting Board
Foundation for Interior Design Education Research
National Architectural Accrediting Board (M.Arch.)
Art
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
Dance
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Film
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Music
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
National Association of Schools of Music
Theatre
Undergraduate
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities