College of Visual and Performing Arts

A scathing report was issued today regarding UMass Dartmouth's abandonment of the Star Store building that formerly served as a its New Bedford arts campus.

With a vote to formally endorse the Massachusetts FY23 budget slated for Monday afternoon, state legislators will also be approving an amendment to purchase the Star Store in New Bedford — for just $1.

Lawrence Jenkens says UMass Dartmouth will continue to provide some studio art instruction, but it's clear fewer students are showing interest in those areas.

Ashley Occhino will begin her new job on January 18th.

College Dean Lawrence Jenkins says the CVPA has joined with other partners in bringing positive change to the downtown

The Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lawrence Jenkins, is promising quite a show.

Performers in the Star Series include musicians, spoken word artists, sculptors, a DJ, and many more.

Following a year of dialogue among faculty, students and administrators, the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts is restructuring to streamline administration and create more flexibility for students. The proposal, which reduces the number of academic departments within the college from six to three without eliminating any course offerings, was recently endorsed by CVPA faculty o

The Boston Globe praised Kate Dullea and Mathew Melo for their creative senior thesis project for their Digital Media course at the school’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. They recreated the opening sequence of “Games of Thrones” using the layout of UMass Dartmouth's campus to replace the mountains and castles featured in Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms...