Arts & Culture

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From the state-of-the-art Prior Performing Arts Center to the historic Brooks Concert Hall, the arts take center stage at Holy Cross.

The arts are indispensable to a Jesuit, liberal arts education. Through hands-on experience, interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement with world-class artists, students' are given the opportunity to explore themselves and the world around them.

Fostering Passions — and Careers

At Holy Cross, students of all backgrounds and aspirations nurture their talents as writers, musicians, actors, technicians, studio artists, art scholars — the possibilities are endless. They pursue connections between the arts and other fields, from biology to math to neuroscience. Beyond the classroom, they build and foster communities where they can explore all forms of self-expression and forge lasting bonds. 

Creativity. Curiosity. Collaboration. All springboards to whatever path is next.

Academic Arts Programs

Holy Cross is home to a rigorous and supportive artistic community that provides students with excellent training and preparation for a career in the arts and beyond.

  • Music

    Music is an integral part of a liberal arts education and vital to campus life at Holy Cross. Every year, hundreds of students take advantage of a wide range of opportunities to explore, experience and perform music both inside and outside the classroom.

    Music

  • Theatre and Dance

    Act, dance, direct, design or stage manage. With numerous production opportunities throughout the year, students studying theater can try on many different hats — figuratively and literally.

    Theatre & Dance

  • Visual Arts

    The department — consisting of art history, studio art and architectural studies — features a group of highly respected scholars and artists who regularly lecture, publish, exhibit and curate nationally and internationally.

    Visual Arts

  • Creative Writing

    Strengthen your writing skills, deepen your knowledge of contemporary literature, reflect on the world and engage with your imagination.

    Creative Writing

  • Film Studies

    Film studies offers both survey and advanced classes in film that offer a variety of approaches: genre, theme, culture, narrative, cinema and history and the work of individual filmmakers.

    Film Studies

Arts & Culture in Action

A glimpse at recent performances & exhibits from the Holy Cross community.

Chamber singers performing in the Beehive, located in the Prior Performing Arts Center.

The members of the student-led Alternate College Theatre group present a production of "Chicago."

Dancers apart of Holy Cross' acclaimed Balinese Arts program.

As part of the one-of-a-kind performance experience by Damian Woetzel, "A Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil Buck, Cristina Pato & Friends," renowned dancer Lil Buck graced the Dinand Library with his talents.

A mosaic mural created collectively and collaboratively by Montserrat students.