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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

  • Oct 20
    12:00 am

    Empower the Vote: Suppression to Expression
  • Oct 20
    7:00 pm

    "Down a Dark Stairwell" Documentary Screening and Discussion
  • Oct 21
    12:00 am

    Empower the Vote: Suppression to Expression

More events »

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

  • Jason Yoshida teaches a free class that empowers students to collaborate with other musicians via readily available technology. (Illustration/Sean David Christensen)

    Digital recording uses today’s tech to bring music students together

    October 19, 2020

    Lecturer Jason Yoshida shares his expertise in a special USC Thornton class that helps students learn essential skills in a rapidly evolving music world.

  • Guitarists Ari O‘Neal, left, and Molly Miller paid a virtual visit to USC Thornton students to talk about career and craft. (Illustration/Sean David Christensen)

    Celebrated female artists remind USC music students to defy expectations

    October 16, 2020

    In a series of virtual master classes, guitarists Molly Miller and Ari O'Neal and USC Thornton's Patrice Rushen shared how they've succeeded in a male-dominated industry.

  • USC Roski alum Josh Beliso poses by his marble sculpture in the backyard. (USC Photo/Chandrea Miller)

    For this USC Roski alum, a backyard is as good as an art gallery

    October 13, 2020

    With the design school's galleries closed due to COVID-19, artist Josh Beliso got creative and took advantage of his family's outdoor space.

  • Viewers in the study who saw an immigration storyline on a TV show had more inclusive attitudes toward immigrants than those who did not. (Illustration/Courtesy of Define American)

    How immigrants are portrayed on TV has real-life ramifications

    October 12, 2020

    Research from USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Center found that, though many televised depictions involved crime or undocumented individuals, authentic immigration storylines can help foster inclusive attitudes.

  • Sophie Sylla poses with the art kits she and co-founder Erika Ingram created as a part of their project, ARTS Justice. (Photo/Courtesy of Sophie Sylla)

    Law student and alum team up to push for equal access to the arts

    October 8, 2020

    ARTS Justice, co-founded by USC Gould student Sophie Sylla and recent grad Erika Ingram, looks to support local Black and Latinx students by distributing free art kits.

  • (Photo/Victoria Will)

    Two USC Dancers Make their Debut on One of Theater’s Biggest Stages

    October 5, 2020

    A pair of USC Kaufman School of Dance graduates follow their dreams to Broadway on a journey they never could have anticipated.

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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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