Creative Spaces

College of Performing & Visual Arts

See where all the performing and visual arts arts action takes place.

Our college spreads across seven buildings, offering you plenty of space to explore your talents. You’ll discover a state-of-the-art performance hall, three theaters, cutting-edge recording studios, three art galleries, a music library and several other spaces dedicated to performing and creating. Take a look around!

Buildings

Creative Spaces

Center for Arts Entrepreneurship

Experience Our Spaces in Action!

Join us at one of our many concerts, productions, exhibitions, festivals or camps to feel the vibrant energy of the arts on campus.

Events

Our Buildings

A view from the other side of the road of the Campus Commons building in the day

Campus Commons

1051 22nd St

Central hub for student services, Campus Commons Performance Hall, Lydia & Robert Ruyle Art Gallery

Photo of Crabbe Hall.

Crabbe Hall

1900 8th Ave

School of Art and Design and School of Theatre Arts and Dance classes, Oak Room Gallery

Guggenheim Hall is where many art classes are held in the School of Art and Design within the College of Performing and Visual Arts at UNC.

Guggenheim Hall

1819 8th Ave

College of Performing and Visual Arts staff offices, PVA Advising Center, School of Art and Design classes, Mariani Gallery

Photo of Frasier Hall.

Frasier Hall

1710 9th Ave

Main hub for School of Music and School of Theatre Arts and Dance classes, Langworthy Theatre, Recording studios

Students sitting on the short brick walls in front of Gray Hall

Gray Hall

1828 10th Ave

Gray Gym rehearsal space, dance studio, Norton Theatre

The inside of the arts annex as students craft with clay.

Arts Annex

1843 8th Ave

School of Art and Design studio spaces and classes

Exterior entrance to Skinner Music Library

Skinner Music Library

1636 10th Ave

Books, recordings, sheet music, scores, equipment, and more

Visual Arts Spaces

The School of Art and Design has three galleries and almost 20 studio spaces for different visual arts disciplines.
2025 Campus Commons Gallery, Satellite Exhibition.

Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery

Largest gallery in the heart of campus hosting diverse shows (Campus Commons)

2024 Mariani Gallery, Oddments Exhibition by Elnaz Javani.

Mariani Gallery

Gallery that showcases a variety of media types and interdisciplinary work (Guggenheim Hall)

Oak Room Gallery.

Oak Room Gallery

Charming and unique gallery space for exhibitions that enhance its history (Crabbe Hall)

Students doing a bronze pour in the Maxine and Don Schwartz Sculpture Foundry.

Art Studios

3D & 2D Design Studios, Life Drawing Studio, Digital Fabrication Lab, Black & White Darkroom, Lighting Studio, Digital Photography Lab, Digital Media Labs, Graphic Design Studio, Art Education Classroom, Painting Studio, Metal Shop, Jewelry Studio, Ceramics Studio & Kiln Yard, Printmaking Studio, Maxine and Don Schwartz Sculpture Foundry, Wood Shop

Music Spaces

The School of Music has Campus Commons Performance Hall, multiple recital spaces, 28+ Wenger sound-isolation practice rooms, piano and computer labs, a professional recording studio and multiple project recording studios.
View of Campus Commons Performance Hall from the stage.

Campus Commons Performance Hall

Our largest performing space with 600-650 seats

Students in a music lecture.

Campus Commons Rehearsal Hall

Used for ensembles to rehearse, masterclasses, student recitals and guest artist lectures

High Lonesome bluegrass band performing on stage at Garden Theatre for Concerts Under the Stars.

Garden Theatre

Hosts outdoor events like the yearly Concerts Under the Stars series and student events like Rage Stage

Studio A, Frasier Hall, 96 Recording Studio with s band recording.

Studio A: Professional Recording Studio

Studio A is our state-of-the-art recording studio that is used as a classroom for recording/production courses and for professional recordings, both academic-related and independent.

Student working on a music recording project.

Project Studios

We have 2 project studios that you'll be able to use as pre/post-production facilities. These are equipped with Apple Mac Pros and other hardware that allow you to record using the latest music software and sample libraries, including Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Logic, Reason, Max/MSP/Jitter, Ableton, Mach Five, Native Instruments' Komplete Ultimate, East West libraries and Vienna Symphonic Library.

Theatre & Dance Spaces

The School of Theatre and Dance has three theaters, a dance studio, a rehearsal gym, a light lab and fully equipped costume and carpentry shops.
A stage full of performers in the musical Cinderella in Langworthy Theatre.

Langworthy Theatre

520-seat proscenium theatre named after Helen Langworthy (Frasier Hall)

Little Theatre of the Rockies 2024 summer show, Every Brilliant Thing, set and stage.

Norton Theatre

100-seat blackbox theatre that creates an intimate setting (Gray Hall)

PVA Dance Studio, ballet class.

Dance Studio

Studio for dance classes including ballet, jazz, tap, modern, ballroom dance, hip-hop and more (Crabbe Hall)

PVA Student Lounge

The PVA Student Lounge in Frasier Hall 26 is a great spot for you to relax and recharge. Take advantage of comfortable seating, charging stations, microwave, Keurig, fridge and whiteboard.
Macey Boren with the mural she designed and painted in Frasier Hall's student lounge.

Macey Boren, student lounge mural artist

PVA Student lounge.
Studnet studying in the PVA student lounge.
students hanging out in lounge.
Students studying in the student lounge.

Where Art Comes Alive at UNC

Socrates Garcia in the recording studio.
Dance class.
2024 Campus Commons Gallery, Creative Currents Faculty Show.
Performers from Beethoven in the Rockies.
Students at a table in drawing class with faculty member Matt McHugh.

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