Creation in Collaboration
Art is integrated everywhere鈥攁cross campus, around the clock, among faculty and students. Art can open your eyes to the world鈥檚 toughest problems and most beautiful truths.
visual, musical, and theatrical performances throughout the year
arts organizations and campus groups
uniquely designed spaces to practice, create, exhibit, and perform
students in Arts Collective cohort
![A student stands at her canvas with a paint brush, while a professor stands by and points to the canvas.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/arts.jpg)
Get Involved in the Arts at Calvin
![A group of male and female dancers, wearing black, white, and camo, dance in formation on the CFAC stage.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/dance-guild.jpg)
Dance
Dance is artistic expression, a celebration of culture, a form of worship, a way of life. Whatever your skill level, there鈥檚 a place for you to dance at Calvin.
![The screen of a digital camera focuses on a student holding a clapboard.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/student-video-productions-min.jpeg)
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.
![A women's choir ensemble stands in all black on risers.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/capella-music-min.jpeg)
Perform
Whether you are majoring in the arts, business, or STEM, you can participate in a music or theatre ensemble.
![A class of students stands around tables with graphic design pieces, while a professor points at one while he teaches.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/study-arts-calvin-min.jpeg)
Study
Pursue a major or minor in the arts. Explore our areas of study in the arts.
![A student journalist wearing a press badge interviews someone while taking notes on a note pad.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/chimes-min.jpeg)
Write
Write, edit, or design our student-run weekly newspaper, Chimes, or biannual journal, Dialogue.
![A group of students work on art projects at a table with a professor.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/study-arts-min.jpeg)
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](/sites/default/files/2024-06/eli-1.jpg)
Studios and Venues
The arts at Calvin are vibrant and full of life. It鈥檚 amazing how much the arts here has shaped and formed me. It鈥檚 one of the best experiences you can get.
![Chinelo performs on stage with her face illumniated by a spotlight.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/chinelo-2.jpg)
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鈥攊n all its powerful forms鈥攚e tangibly renew God鈥檚 creation.
![Gospel choir sings and claps, wearing black tops and colorful skirts, with a slide that reads, He's great! in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/new2-min.jpg?itok=hynZd-Q2)
![A group of students and a professor stand around tables while evaluating printed designs.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/new1-min.jpg?itok=mrcX4dAf)
![Two actors on stage, looking into each others faces. A theater light shines in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-07/tsl-portrait.jpg?itok=fwB5w94N)
![Someone lifts a paper off a letter press, which reads tink deeply, act justly.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/action1-min.jpg?itok=O0jXhl7k)
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鈥攁 place of unfettered emotion and boundless joy. Through vibrant offerings in the arts鈥攃oncerts, films, festivals, theatre performances, and more鈥擟alvin invites you to revel in creative culture, believe in its ability to do good, and experience it as much more than entertainment.
![Pointe dancers in red leotards perform on the stage at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/revel1-min.jpg?itok=izXie41j)
![Four bass player stand with their instrument during an orchestra concert.](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/revel2-min.jpg?itok=0AifKYnF)