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Architecture

The USC School of Architecture fuses history, theory, technology and design into a variety of degree programs that prepare students for the rigors of the professional design practices.

Art and Design

The USC Roski School of Art and Design's faculty are internationally recognized artists who offer a progressive approach for experimentation in all forms of visual arts.

Cinematic Arts

The USC School of Cinematic Arts trains fully-formed media makers, collaborators, and scholars situated to flourish in their chosen career path.

Dance

The USC Kaufman School of Dance is at the forefront of creating a new model for dance—a hybrid art form expressed in new media, scholarship, studio practice, music, choreography and performance.

Dramatic Arts

The USC School of Dramatic Arts' conservatory environment blends with the full academic experience found at a major research university.

Music

The USC Thornton School of Music consistently ranks among the top one percent of the nation’s music schools and conservatories.

Arts Events

  • Aug 13
    4:00 pm

    USC Kaufman Dance Demo: Bollywood
  • Aug 14
    4:00 pm

    Trojan Spirit & Traditions
  • Aug 14
    8:00 pm

    Movie Night - Netflix Party! (Aug. 14)

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USC Visions & Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative

Highlighting the university’s commitment to interdisciplinary approaches, the initiative features a spectacular array of events conceived and organized by faculty and schools throughout the university. Every Visions and Voices event is designed to challenge students and expand their perspectives. View the 2020-2021 schedule.

News

  • USC Thornton undergraduate drummer Dominic Anzalone. (Photo/Ben Gibbs; Graphic/Sean David Christensen)

    USC Thornton names first recipient of Victor McElhaney Memorial Jazz Drumming Endowed Scholarship

    July 30, 2020

    Dominic Anzalone, a student in USC Thornton's Popular Music Program, has a background in jazz drumming and shares McElhaney's belief that music can be a tool for social activism.

  • USC Roski alum Richelle Gribble works in her studio. (Photo/Courtesy of Richelle Gribble)

    USC Roski alum prepares to launch a COVID-inspired time capsule

    July 29, 2020

    Artist Richelle Gribble is leading the collection of materials that could help future generations understand the impact of this global pandemic. The capsule will be sent to the moon by 2022.

  • Two songs by USC Thornton students are among 40 finalists for the Quarantunes Student Music Competition. (Graphic/Sean David Christensen)

    5 songs from USC student musicians shine in quarantine competition

    July 23, 2020

    The Quarantunes Student Music Competition gave USC Thornton students a fresh opportunity to get creative during the pandemic.

  • AR Playdates is a gaming platform that enables two people to engage in interactive, open-ended simulations from afar.(Photo/JD LeRoy)

    USC duo bridge generations through abstract, beautiful AR game

    July 14, 2020

    Fusing product design and interactive storytelling, JD Leroy and Ethan Bresnick built a game that connects families through augmented reality.

  • Dylan Gorenberg, who landed a gig with a South Korean TV show, says recording remotely prepared him. (Illustration/Sean David Christensen)

    USC studio guitar students take online learning into the future

    July 9, 2020

    The USC Thornton School of Music saw COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders as an opportunity to show students how the music industry really works -- remotely.

  • Leila Nazarian graduated from USC in 2013. (Illustration/Johanna Goodman)

    How art and culture can be a framework for diplomacy

    July 7, 2020

    A USC alumna explores culture and identity through a fusion of skateboards and traditional Iranian art.

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USC ART SCHOOLS

School of Architecture
School of Cinematic Arts
Roski School of Art and Design
Thornton School of Music
School of Dramatic Arts
Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

Arts Programming

  • Visions and Voices
  • Libraries
  • Fisher Museum of Art
  • Pacific Asia Museum
  • Classical KUSC
  • Cultural Tour: The Gamble House

Additional Arts Programs

  • Arts Journalism
  • Creative Writing
  • International Artists Program

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