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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

  • Jan 28
    12:00 pm

    Lunch with Creatvies: Alumni Series - Megan Steinman
  • Feb 4
    2:00 pm

    Black Gay Mail: Alan Bell, Ajamu X, and Gregory D. Victorianne on Transnational Postal Connections in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Feb 18
    12:00 pm

    Lunch with Creatives: Alumni Series - Consuelo Montoya


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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

  • Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins in a still from “The Father“ (Photo/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

    Seven new films that tell the stories of older adults

    January 15, 2021

    Caroline Cicero of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology recommends a crop of recent movies that tackle important topics like caregiving and living with dementia.

  • Director Patricio Ginelsa replays a take for Danny Trejo. (Photo/Courtesy of Patricio Ginelsa)

    A sequel 17 years in the making: How a USC staffer’s side project became the perfect follow-up to his cult hit

    January 15, 2021

    Though Patricio Ginelsa only makes films in his spare time, his recent passion project, Lumpia with a Vengeance, is winning awards and charming audiences.

  • An early Krampuskarten (Krampus card) bears the message Gruß vom Krampus (Greetings from the Krampus). (Photo/Courtesy of USC Dornsife)

    Have you been naughty? Then beware: Krampus is coming

    December 21, 2020

    With a new movie, a comic book series and Krampus-based festivities growing in popularity, the scary Alpine holiday legend has gained a firm foothold in America.

  • Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You. (Photo/Courtesy of HBO)

    The most significant social impact films of 2020, all streaming at home

    December 18, 2020

    This list of 15 movies and shows, compiled by the Media Institute for Social Change at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, highlights the stories that traumatized, moved and inspired us this year.

  • Students at the Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center School near USC’s University Park Campus, shown here in pre-pandemic play, have been receiving weekly music lessons. (Photo/Courtesy of Danika Banh)

    Student club helps introduce children to music, whether in person or on Zoom

    December 18, 2020

    USC junior Danika Banh created the Music Inspiring Community club to bring regular lessons to underserved elementary school classrooms.

  • Since early summer, violinists Etienne Gara and YuEun Kim have been driving their 1971 Volkswagen van up and down the West Coast, bringing music to farm laborers. (Photo/Courtesy of Etienne Gara)

    USC musician brings his violin to essential workers during the pandemic

    December 17, 2020

    Etienne Gara, artist-in-residence at USC Dornsife's Brain and Creativity Institute, has been staging outdoor classical music concerts for field workers all across California.

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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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