A Room for Purpose

Honoring the School of Art, Design, and Art History and shaping the future in the Lambert Conference Room with Dr. Cole Welter 

Butcher Brown and the JMU Jazz Ensemble to Perform at Wilson Hall on Sept. 22 at 8 p.m.

Richmond’s innovative jazz band joins forces with James Madison University’s premier jazz ensemble for a night of musical brilliance

CVPA welcomes 10-person, cohort hire

Dean Graciani’s vision was to strategically connect vacant faculty lines in all three schools across a common theme of integrative arts

From James Madison University to Monticello to Colonial Williamsburg

SADAH alumna Emily Nootbaar selected as Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg’s Americana Foundation curatorial intern

2023 Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award Winner

The Heifetz International Music Institute at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, is the recipient of the 2023 Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award.

The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University announces 2023-24 Masterpiece Season lineup

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, July 6 at 10 am.

SADAH professor of architectural design Jori Erdman received a 2023 Graham Foundation Grant

The Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters growth, development and exchange of ideas in the field of architecture

CVPA nominated in Best of the Valley

Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, ArtWorks Gallery and Forbes Center are all finalists in the Readers' Choice Awards.

Interview: Will Rodriguez (’22) on his path to independence in the music industry

Will Rodriguez (’22) shares knowledge gained through firsthand experience in the music industry

Parkinson’s patients seeing benefits from JMU dance program

A JMU program designed to help people with Parkinson’s Disease enjoy the benefits of movement has gained the attention of a Parkinson’s advocacy organization.

SADAH Director shows artwork in Philadelphia

MiKyoung Lee exhibits work at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists

JMU professors receive funding to develop a web-based music platform

"The cross-disciplinary work between computer science and music paves the way for students to have full access to diverse and unique music."

JMU MFA student named VMFA Visual Arts Graduate Fellow

Michelle Smith, an MFA student at James Madison University's School of Art, Design, and Art History, received a 2023-2024 Visual Arts Graduate Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

SADAH assistant professor Dr. Hannah Sions named awardee in VCU's 2023 publishing awards

VCU’s publishing goals include advancing research, creative expression, and learning

STAD Welcomes Grammy-nominated Composer Tarik O'Regan During "New Voices in Dance"

The concert is set to Grammy-nominated composer Tarik O’Regan’s evocative, three movement composition, “Triptych.”

SADAH students curate exhibition

13 studio art seniors show their work through professional practices capstone class

SoM student named Petrichor winner

"This is a groundbreaking accomplishment for Kahn and JMU’s School of Music."

SADAH Director MiKyoung Lee exhibits artwork in China

MiKyoung Lee is not only the director of the School of Art, Design, and Art History at James Madison University but also a professional artist.

Black in America

“There's never been a golden age to be Black in America. Will you be a part in making that happen?”

Reaching New Heights in SADAH

Junior Abby Wiggins reaches new heights in Art & Art History

Madison Vision Series presents “Awadagin Pratt — Black in America”

Join us as the internationally renowned pianist chronicles his life, including graphic accounts of police stops for "Driving While Black."

Five SADAH professors featured in exhibition at the University of Mary Washington

"Collective Efforts" exhibition at the University of Mary Washington's Ridderhof Martin Gallery features works from SADAH faculty

Both Sides of the River

Exhibition exploring connections of river ecologies, environmental repair, and justice opened on January 31 in JMU's Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art.

SADAH Alum Named to Forbes 30 Under 30

Emily Warden ('17), Founder of Emily Warden Designs and JMU SADAH alum, named to 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style List

Note-worthy

One JMU student's bond with his professor began four years before he arrived on campus.

JMU professor named art educator of the year

The Virginia Art Education Association has named Karin Tollefson-Hall, a professor of art education, its art educator of the year.

Nun other than a Duke

Alumna gives up social media, marriage for a new devotion.

Building a better world

With support from Madison Trust, Nick Brinen leads a project to repurpose discarded trees to design and build community projects.

Peace of War: Intertwined Through Art

M.F.A. student Michelle Smith's "Protective Nature" sculpture will be part of an exhibition in Honfleur Gallery in Washington, D.C.

A conversation with My Monticello author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (’93)

Since it was published in October 2021, Johnson's book has received rave reviews and numerous accolades.