Who We Are
The J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts (TCVPA) is the beating heart of Texas Tech University. We are a creative community with the resources of a world-class public university. Our students from all over the world shine with Texas-sized ambition, curiosity, and compassion.
Our college cultivates confidence-building artistic journeys with an infinite number
of destinations. We are theatrical sound designers, independent filmmakers, and modern
dance teachers. We are gallery owners, experimental sculptors, and Chicano art historians. We
are symphony conductors, opera singers, and Broadway performers. We are researchers
exploring the intersection of the arts with multiple disciplines.
Our schools provide a supportive visual and performing arts education. New students
join a community of 1,100 arts-obsessed undergraduate and graduate students—including
DMA and PhD candidates. The arts are relevant, critical, and essential to contemporary
life. An education in the arts inspires students to communicate through artistic tradition
while embracing and creating innovative technologies as vehicles for individual expression
and social change.
TCVPA Events
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MayDevin Ratheal: Throwness
Ratheal presents a group of recent paintings (traditional and digital) for his MFA Thesis Exhibition.
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TCVPA News
Faculty Research and Creative Activity Awards
To support our faculty members' pursuit of excellence in their scholarly, creative, and artistic agendas, we have created the TCVPA Faculty Research and Creative Activity Awards (RCAA)—a broad internal funding opportunity that provides financial support to the college's faculty as they continue high-level work in their fields of practice and study.
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Marvelous Leslie Ortiz
For Texas Tech University (TTU) alumna Leslie Ortiz (BA Dance 2014) heroism starts with being adaptable. Ortiz is the reigning Educator of the Year for Zachry Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, having won the award for the 2020 calendar year. A year infamous for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and social unrest. Yet, Ortiz views the challenges faced as a poetry in motion—obstacles meant to trip you so you can rise from the fall.
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Spotlight
There is a reason why we do what we do. With lighting, I always like to amp up environments. Usually for me it's in color. I love saturation, and I love emotion.
As a composition major, taking composition lessons has been integral in how I write my music and develop ideas for music.
I've done a lot of things in different programs I never thought I'd be doing. The people I have met along the way will help me throughout my life.
We're proving that no matter what we're going through, we can still do what we love.
College Exclusive Degrees
Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts Studies
This interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree allows students to study multiple fields in the arts in equivalent depth, preparing them for new career opportunities that integrate several artistic disciplines.
Fine Arts Doctoral Program
An interdisciplinary doctoral program leading to the Ph.D. degree in fine arts is offered by the faculties in the TCVPA. This unique program emphasizes interdisciplinary among the arts and academic and artistic excellence.
Accreditations
Academic programs in the TCVPA are accredited by the following:
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National Association of Schools of Theatre
- National Association of Schools of Dance
Additionally, the TCVPA participates in the accreditation process for the university and its teacher education programs:
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Association of Schools of Dance
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J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts
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Address
Holden Hall - Rm 103, 1011 Boston Ave., Lubbock, TX 79409 -
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Email
talk@ttu.edu