Art and Performance

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.

With faculty experts in art and performance across diverse historical eras and regions of the world, Georgetown provides students with a unique and rigorous curriculum. Georgetown’s arts programming is enhanced by the university’s galleries and cross-campus collaborations that promote interdisciplinary research, initiatives, and events. Washington, D.C., home to countless world-renowned museums and performing arts centers, provides the perfect opportunity for an immersive arts education that extends well beyond the classroom.

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"Following the Silk Roads to North America" with the Georgetown-IDP Project

Miki Morita, project manager for the Georgetown-IDP Project for North American Silk Road Collections, and Michelle Wang, professor in Georgetown's Department of Art and Art History, will discuss prospects for collaboration and research during an July 28 online event sponsored by the British Library.

Georgetown Professor Interviewed for Prominent Spanish Magazine

From Artist to Artivist: How a Georgetown Grad Discovered a Passion for Promoting Creative Social Justice with QF Support

Chemi Rosado-Seijo: Communities in Motion/Comunidades en Movimiento opens at Georgetown University Art Galleries

Select Academic Programs

Major in Art History

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.

M.A. in Art and Museum Studies

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.

Major in Theater & Performance Studies

Georgetown College's Department of Performing Arts sponsors this undergraduate major in theater and performance studies.

Select Centers, Institutes,
and Research Programs

Film and Media Studies ProgramGeorgetown Unit

The Film and Media Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program in the College offering an undergraduate minor that explores the relations between media, power, and social justice.

Laboratory for Global Performance and PoliticsGeorgetown Unit

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 counter polarization through the empathy it enables in a live communal setting.

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May 08

Verge: A Student Arts and Politics Festival

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April 22

Voices of Change: Paradigm Shifts in the Arts, "Part Two: Art & Activism"

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February 25

K-pop Activism and the Black Lives Matter Movement

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