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Cultivate your creative passion.
In Worcester State University’s Visual & Performing Arts program, you’ll develop skills and knowledge in your art form, establish a foundation in and respect for art history and historical art movements, and work alongside esteemed faculty to hone your craft. You’ll showcase your talent in exhibitions and performances throughout the academic year while gaining the resources, network, and mentorship that will prepare you for advanced graduate work or a career in the arts.
Why study Visual & Performing Arts at Worcester State?
- Costume Design for Theatre
- Design
- Cross-Media
- Driftwood to Dumpsters
- Modern Art
- Directing
- Music of the Cinema
- Sculpture
- Composition
- Gallery and Museum Studies
- Jazz Ensemble
- Worcester State Chorale
- Computers and Music
- African Drumming
- Visual Arts in the Schools
- Printmaking
At Worcester State, there's a whole world of creative spaces and resources at your fingertips. Some examples include:
See the diverse career paths that a degree in the Visual & Performing Arts can prepare you for.
Pursue a range of rewarding professional opportunities with your VPA degree from Worcester State.
Where will your Worcester State Visual & Performing Arts degree take you?
VPA News
Students Find New Depth in Macbeth Through Early Staging Techniques
Students Find New Depth in Macbeth Through Early Staging Techniques
Townshend native Catherine Shine to perform in Worcester State Theatre’s 'Macbeth'
Townshend native Catherine Shine to perform in Worcester State Theatre’s ‘Macbeth’
Spectrum 1 News Worcester
Local singing program gives voice to people with Parkinson’s disease
Page 5: Charlton Villager
Charlton natives to perform in Worcester State Theatre’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest'”
Step sister of Blues legend Robert Johnson shares history and memories during campus visit
Music Professor Brings Talents to the Big Screen in "Spirited," starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer
Boston Music Award Nominees Include VPA Music Professor Carlos Odria
The Boston Music Awards has nominated Carlos Odria, Ph.D., an assistant professor of music in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Worcester State University, for the Latin Artist of the Year category following the recent release of his album, “Montuno Negro.”
Spectrum News visits VPA's Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery
as Buddhist monks create a sand mandala at Worcester State
Worcester Magazine: Last Call with Bradley Chapman Bleau, curator of WooTown Funk Exhibition
Veer Mudambi reports: “Returning to Worcester after completing a Master in Fine Arts program, Brad Chapman Bleau is planning a fall exhibit at Worcester State University’s Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery…”
VPA Department’s Steve Gagliastro to Appear in Star-Studded Film and TV Projects
As nearby Devens, Mass., steadily grows its reputation of being a “Hollywood of the East,” Worcester State Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) voice instructor Steve Gagliastro’s impressive acting career continues to thrive.
Worcester Magazine: VPA Gallery's "Interconnected" fiber show featured in WM's "Eight Things to Do"
Visual and Performing Arts Department and students recognized for excellence by regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 1, recognized Worcester State’s Visual and Performing Arts Department for excellence in theatre production with a special invitation to stream its Spring 2021 presentation of “Dancing with Demons.”
Millbury Sutton Chronicle Page 7
Millbury’s Aiden Bordeau to Perform in Worcester State Theatre Spring Musical
Leominster Champion
Leominster’s Alyssa Peppler to perform in Worcester State Theatre spring musical
Theatre Professor Adam Zahler recognized for extraordinary service
Photo Credit: Matt Wright
Worcester State University President Barry Maloney presents extraordinary service award to VPA Theatre Professor Adam Zahler
STUDENT STORIES
Explore creative expression at Worcester State.
Carlos Odria
Carlos Odria, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Music and Interdisciplinary Arts in WSU’s Visual and Performing Arts Department. In this role, Odria offers WSU students his expertise in modern guitar performance, world music, jazz, and [...]
Kim Carrell
Actor/director/fight choreographer with 30 years experience in theatre, film, and television. [...]
Rob Brandon
I began playing music in 1995 when he was six years old. I studied piano for six years at Indian Hill Music School in Littleton, Massachusetts and switched to drum set when I was 12 years old. [...]
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