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Arts at Calvin

No matter your major, you can take part in the arts at Calvin.

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Creation in Collaboration

Art is integrated everywhere—across campus, around the clock, among faculty and students. Art can open your eyes to the world’s toughest problems and most beautiful truths.

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visual, musical, and theatrical performances throughout the year

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arts organizations and campus groups

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uniquely designed spaces to practice, create, exhibit, and perform

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students in Arts Collective cohort

Get Involved in the Arts at Calvin

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A group of male and female dancers, wearing black, white, and camo, dance in formation on the CFAC stage.

Dance

Dance is artistic expression, a celebration of culture, a form of worship, a way of life. Whatever your skill level, there’s a place for you to dance at Calvin.

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The screen of a digital camera focuses on a student holding a clapboard.

Film

Through campus-led projects, members gain video production experience with on-campus clients and participate in events such as film festivals and campus-wide productions.

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A women's choir ensemble stands in all black on risers.

Perform

Whether you are majoring in the arts, business, or STEM, you can participate in a music or theatre ensemble.

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A class of students stands around tables with graphic design pieces, while a professor points at one while he teaches.

Study

Pursue a major or minor in the arts. Explore our areas of study in the arts.

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A student journalist wearing a press badge interviews someone while taking notes on a note pad.

Write

Write, edit, or design our student-run weekly newspaper, Chimes, or biannual journal, Dialogue.

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A group of students work on art projects at a table with a professor.

Connect

Build a community with others passionate for the arts at Calvin

I loved my class on entrepreneurship and the arts. My favorite part was taking field trips to meet different artists who have turned their passions and hobbies into their livelihood.

Eli
Graphic Design major, Business minor
Eli

Studios and Venues

The arts at Calvin are vibrant and full of life. It’s amazing how much the arts here has shaped and formed me. It’s one of the best experiences you can get.

Chinelo
Engineering major
Chinelo performs on stage with her face illumniated by a spotlight.

You Were Created to Create

Make Things New

This world has cracks and flaws. It is endlessly imperfect. Art has the potential to revive, reconnect, and restore what is broken. At Calvin, we take that power seriously. Our poems give words a new heart. Our paintings turn issues into understanding. Our films build relationships. Our arias renew weary souls. Through art—in all its powerful forms—we tangibly renew God’s creation.

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Gospel choir sings and claps, wearing black tops and colorful skirts, with a slide that reads, He's great! in the background.
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A group of students and a professor stand around tables while evaluating printed designs.
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Two actors on stage, looking into each others faces. A theater light shines in the background.
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Someone lifts a paper off a letter press, which reads tink deeply, act justly.

Provoke Action

Can the arts make a city a better place to live? Free the oppressed? Reconcile inequality? At Calvin, we approach the arts with the bold belief that creative work is meant to serve God and others by questioning the status quo, challenging injustices, and actively working to make the world more like God intended it to be.

Revel in beauty

Great creative work draws you to a deeper place—a place of unfettered emotion and boundless joy. Through vibrant offerings in the arts—concerts, films, festivals, theatre performances, and more—Calvin invites you to revel in creative culture, believe in its ability to do good, and experience it as much more than entertainment.

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Pointe dancers in red leotards perform on the stage at Calvin University.
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Four bass player stand with their instrument during an orchestra concert.