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Departments & Areas of Study

Your creative career starts here.

Fuel your artistic endeavors and increase your value with a degree from the School of Fine & Performing Arts.

Art

Create, learn and master professional skills in your preferred medium, or begin your journey to becoming an educator.

Design

Students and faculty collaborate on forward-looking projects, rooted in cross-disciplinary foundations and using cutting-edge tools and technologies.

Music

Join a community of musicians immersed in the creation and performance of music. We teach our students to think broadly with an open mind, and to be flexible in their creativity.

Theatre Arts

Evolve to your fullest potential while exploring performance, design/technology or theatre arts in a diverse, inclusive and welcoming community.

Art History

Dedicated teachers committed to research and scholarship, close student-faculty interaction and critical, analytical interpretation of world art traditions await you in the Art History Department.

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News

“The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs” opens Nov. 14, with shows through Nov. 23
The SUNY New Paltz Department of Theatre Arts presents “The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs,” a lively comedic story of a woman exacting revenge on her fickle ex-lover, as the second installment of the 2025-26 Mainstage Production series.
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Director of Music Therapy Kathleen Murphy publishes open access guide on child-centered music therapy
Associate Professor Kathleen Murphy is coauthor of a new, free resource for music therapists working with children, titled “Child-Centered Music Therapy: Integrating Best Interest of the child into Theory, Research, and Practice,” published by Springer Nature.
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Assistant Professor Dan Daly's play "Arborlogues" profiled in The New York Times
An intimate, immersive, climate-focused theatrical experience where an audience of one delivers a monologue. To a tree...
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The Dorsky Museum

 

The Dorsky Museum creates art experiences that spark curiosity, critical thinking, and delight, connecting and serving the University and the diverse communities of our region. We are a hub for the art and artists of the Hudson Valley - free, open, and accessible to all.

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