In the College of Fine and Applied Arts, we are exploring new disciplinary combinations, new definitions, and new ways of thinking and creating. We maintain a profound commitment to the historical traditions of our art forms. We embrace the notion that the knowledge that arises from the study and creation of art is central to the intellectual enterprise of a great university.

The Arts @ Illinois exist in a dynamic environment where collaborations among performing artists, visual artists, and environmental designers are encouraged, and where their connections spur creativity and inspire new synergies. At the same time, we are part of a major research institution where our work often crosses the boundaries of our College, weaving science, technology, the humanities, and the arts into a vibrant cross-disciplinary network.

In training individual artists, performers, planners, scholars, and designers for the future, we also work to create new art and design forms, to understand the art of the past and present, and to serve our communities in the establishment of sustainable institutions that improve our physical, intellectual, and artistic environments.

Welcome to the new Arts @ Illinois…create the future with us.

Robert Graves,
Dean

 

Dean Graves