Dartmouth’s arts district:?The Black Family Visual Arts Center (right), the Hood Museum of Art (center), and the Hopkins Center for the Arts (left) frame the Maffei Arts Plaza.
The Hopkins Center for the Arts hosts at least 100 live performances a year, including Department of Theater and student productions.
The Hood Museum of Art has one of America’s largest university collections and is free and open to the public.
Dartmouth celebrated the arts in 2012-13 with a?slate of artistic programs and initiatives. See the?Arts?at Dartmouth website for an archive and a calendar of upcoming events.
Arts Across Campus
The liberal ARTs:?Creativity is at the heart of a Dartmouth education. The thriving campus arts district unites the Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Black Family Visual Arts Center. Find what moves you here.
Hopkins Center for the Arts
One of the nation’s foremost campus-based arts centers, the “Hop” annually presents a broad array of world-class music, dance, theater, and film programs, as well as more than 100 performances, including those by students.
Read MoreHood Museum of Art
Housing one of the oldest and largest (more than 70,000 works) American university art collections, the Hood facilitates meaningful encounters with art for the campus and greater communities.
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Dartmouth’s academic arts departments—Art History, Film and Media Studies, Music, Studio Art, and Theater—enrich the curriculum and the life of the arts on campus.
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Hop Ensembles
From the Gospel Choir to dance, Dartmouth students—and in some cases community members—perform in nine ensembles, working with distinguished directors and engaging with renowned guest artists.
Read MoreStudent Programs at the Hood Museum of Art
The Hood's extensive student programs include employment, events, and the distinctive opportunity to mine the museum’s collections to curate original exhibitions.
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Public Art on Campus
A distinguished collection of works of public art grace Dartmouth’s campus, including Ellsworth Kelly’s?Dartmouth Panels, a major site-specific piece.
Read MoreArts Directory
A comprehensive list of arts-related organizations, programs, and opportunities at Dartmouth.
Read MoreStudent-Run Arts Groups
The arts are well represented among Dartmouth’s more than 160 student-run groups.
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