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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

Top 10 in the Northeast: SUNY New Paltz rises in 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings
SUNY New Paltz moved up to No. 6 on the list of the best public universities in the Northeast and placed on lists for best value, social mobility and best colleges for veterans in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings.
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Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz: “Town Hall” opens Oct. 25, with shows through Nov. 3
Written by Caridad Svich, “Town Hall” tackles a slew of relevant, urgent questions about our relationship to our environment, to other humans, and to democracy. It focuses on a group of people living in the near future, in a world different from but very similar to ours. The Department of Theatre Arts’ interpretation of the play revolves around themes of student activism and community, and explores global challenges including climate change, poverty, and inequality.
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Welcome new Hawks! Scenes from an enthusiastic, uplifting Convocation 2024
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, hundreds of students from the incoming class processed down Excelsior Concourse – led by the Saints of Swing brass marching band, and cheered on by faculty and staff – for a ceremony on Old Main Quad and a get-to-know-you BBQ on a beautiful late-summer day.
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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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