The focus of the visual and performing arts at Georgetown is the development of imagination and creativity, a priority anchored in the university’s liberal arts curriculum and Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person.
The Department of Art and Art History in the College sponsors this undergraduate major in art history. Students study a range of art and architectural works within historical and cultural contexts and develop skills in visual observation and analysis.
Georgetown's Department of Performing Arts sponsors this major in American musical culture for undergraduate students interested in American studies, arts management, cultural criticism, entertainment law, media studies, music business, music journalism, or musicology.
Georgetown College's Department of Performing Arts sponsors this undergraduate major in theater and performance studies. The program is designed for students interested in theater and performance, social justice, cultural criticism, dramaturgy, arts management, American and world cultures, education, and civic engagement.
The Department of Art and Art History sponsors this master's degree program in art and museum studies. The program brings together the academic study of art museums with museum practice; it emphasizes the international contexts of museums in the modern world.
Housed in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) harnesses the power of performance to humanize global politics. The Lab believes that theater can be spectacularly good at countering…
