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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

School of Fine & Performing Arts delegation of duties during Interim Dean Mokren's sabbatical
Thomas Albrecht will serve as interim dean of the School of Fine & Performing Arts, and Amy Papaelias will serve as interim associate dean, while Dean Jeni Mokren is on sabbatical leave during the fall 2026 semester. The appointments are effective Aug. 1.
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The Dorsky Museum named among the best in the Hudson Valley in Chronogram Readers’ Choice Awards
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz was named the best art museum in the Hudson Valley in the 2026 Chronogram Readers’ Choice Awards organized by Chronogram Magazine.
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The Museum of Modern Art acquires five prints by late SUNY New Paltz Art Professor Ben Wigfall
Ben Wigfall, “Tall Man Just Long and Tall,” Intaglio, 1971. Courtesy the Ben Wigfall Estate and Dolan Maxwell Gallery.
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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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