Putting Your Passion into Practice

Join a passionate community that fuels your talents and sparks your personal growth. TCU’s College of Fine Arts is a hub of scholarship and creativity in North Texas for musicians, designers, artists and more. From here, you’ll access a dazzling array of art museums, performing companies, symphonies and theatres, as well as industry leaders in design and fashion merchandising.

Overview

What will you study?

The 33 areas of undergraduate study and 24 areas of graduate study lay a foundation of excellence through academic and artistic rigor.

Areas of Study

Career Preparation

We empower individuals to pursue their passions, elevating the arts through their intelligence, talent and values. Horned Frogs are prepared to be global leaders.

Career Preparation

Schools, Departments and Galleries

School of Art
School for Classical and Contemporary Dance
School of Music
Department of Graphic Design
Department of Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising
Department of Theatre
Art Galleries at TCU

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Fine Arts News

Cast photo from Circle Theatre’s April 2018 production of Luna Gale. Shown, left to right: TCU theatre major Rachel Poole (Lourdes), Ken Orman (Cliff), TCU theatre major Thomas “Quinn” Moran (Peter), Lisa Fairchild (Caroline), TCU theatre major Ashlee Waldbauer (Karlie), TCU associate professor of theatre Krista Scott (Cindy) and Jakie Cabe (Pastor Jay). Courtesy of Circle Theatre | Photo by Circle Theatre executive director Tim Long
TCU Magazine: Students Gain Experience Through Community Theatre

Collaborations set the stage for TCU actors’ careers. Circle Theatre, a 125-seat theater in Fort Worth, produced Luna Gale with TCU’s Theatre D...

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Andrea Karnes '00 Art History
A Retrospective: 20 Years of TCU’s M.A. in Art History Program

Twenty years ago, TCU launched its M.A. program in art history. A two-year curriculum with an emphasis on the museum experience, the program continues...

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Nicholas Bontrager
TCU Magazine: Army Survival Art Inspires Project

Subjects of 1957 Army drawings find new life in Nicholas Bontrager’s work.   One day in 2009, Nicholas Bontrager pulled a 1957 edition of Depa...

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Rendering of the north view of the School of Music building
Announcing the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU

The state-of-the-art concert hall will honor America’s most inspiring classical musician. The Board of Trustees of Texas Christian University announ...

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The Codex Mexicanus is a small 16th-century book written in Nahuatl, a native Aztec language. Courtesy of Lori Boornazian Diel
TCU Magazine: Ancient Manuscript Describes Assimilation of Aztecs

Art historian Lori Boornazian Diel decodes the story of Spanish invasion and the struggle to find a new identity after defeat.   In late 2016, ...

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