Overview
James Bowman, Chair of the Division of Literature, Communication, and the Arts
The Arts Center at Murphy Hall supports the interdisciplinary arts program at St. John Fisher University through its black box theater, visual arts studio, music rehearsal rooms, and dance studio.
Students are able to study such topics as photography and social protest, art history, theater and design, and dance theory, as well as studio classes in theater, dance, creative writing, music, and the visual arts (painting, drawing, design, video, and photography). Student performances and exhibitions are embedded into the curriculum. A student one-act play festival is held each spring.
The minor also collaborates with student-run music, dance, and theater groups on campus.
Additionally, students may enroll in arts-related courses not offered at Fisher and audition for bands and orchestras at Nazareth University through inter-institutional registration with no extra tuition charge.
The interdisciplinary arts program also collaborates with various art institutions in the Rochester community, including Flower City Arts Center, Writers and Books, the Rochester Fringe Festival, the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Geva Theatre, and BOA Editions, Ltd.