CFAC Students Share Talents and Give Service Around the World

College of Fine Arts and Communications

Students from the College of Fine Arts and Communications travel internationally to gain real-world experience and share their talents while studying abroad, competing, performing and interning

Each year, students in the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications take the knowledge and skills they have learned in the classroom and make their mark on their local and global communities. From New York to BYU’s backyard of Provo, these students are having inspiring learning opportunities all over the globe.

Read more about how students from the College of Fine Arts and Communications answered President Kevin J. Worthen’s call for inspired learning during July 2019.

NYU Summer Dance Residency

This summer, dance major Mallory Pruitt traveled across the country to participate in the New York University Summer Dance Residency. Pruitt worked with acclaimed dancers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and internationally renowned choreographers David Dorfman and Ephrat Asherie for over three weeks.

The NYU Summer Dance Residency not only allowed Pruitt to see how another collegiate dance program worked but helped her learn more about dance education and added to the knowledge she’s already gained at BYU.

“Since starting my education at BYU, I have rediscovered dance in a more metaphysical and spiritual way” said Pruitt. “College has taught me to dance with my soul and my heart — as well as my body and my brain. It has shown me how the arts can help unify, edify and uplift us and all those around us.”

Art Summer Intensive

Members of the BYU Department of Art visited eight locations throughout the western United States during the summer art intensive program. This program is designed to allow students to explore nature and critically think about why people migrate to and from places. To help get a better idea of the locations they would study, BYU art students and professors Chris Lynn and Joe Ostraff examined the maps and taxonomies of multiple places in Utah, Nevada and California.

These studies led the group on various field trips to locations such as Moab, Green River, Wendover, Mesa Verde and San Francisco. After their field studies, students were assigned to create art and write field reports about their experiences.

“Students are encouraged to create projects that respond to the sites we visit,” said Lynn. “These mostly take the form of zines — small artist-made magazines.”READ MORE