The Arts

Room to create

With a variety of performance opportunities happening throughout the year and extensive programs in the visual arts, you’ll have virtually endless options to get creative.

Discover yourself

Try your hand at acting and explore what it feels like to be someone else. Write poetry or fiction with published writers as your mentors. Create innovative fashion with cutting edge technology.

Perform in a host of ensembles, from small groups to orchestras. Combine them together for powerful interdisciplinary design and discovery.

Performing Arts

From dance classes and acting courses to film making and tech crew, you'll gain experience in a range of interdisciplinary courses.

Music

With a range of musical courses offered, you can join an ensemble, take a private lessons, or perform with an orchestra.

Visual Arts

A studio-based curriculum that blends cutting-edge technology with traditional techniques.

The Lamont Gallery features exhibitions by students and professional artists, workshops and community collaborations. Visit the Lamont Gallery

Visit the Lamont Gallery

There are plenty of ways to get creative in any one of the state-of-the-art facilities on campus.

My favorite part of the job is working with the students because it's way more than just putting on a show. It's really like you're creating a team and trust between the whole group — a dynamic where we can be ourselves and come as we are.
Lauren Josef, Chair of the Department of Theater and Dance

WATCH as students and faculty reflect on a how the Goel Center for Theater and Dance has transformed the way the arts are experienced and Exeter.

Exeter Jazz Ensemble welcomed the legendary Preservation Hall on campus to work on their craft.

Scenes from the dance company's winter performance, "The Other Side".

Every spring the Advanced Student Art Show takes over the Mayer Art Center. These talented students showcase work from various media.

Music Concert Series

See the range of performances on the schedule for the 2024-25 Music Concert Series.

Theater & Dance Performance Schedule

A wide variety of performances are set to take the stage in the 2024-25 Theater and Dance Performance Schedule.

The Arts at Exeter

Visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band All-stars bring New Orleans music center stage.

By Adam Loyd

image for 10 Exonians win medals in 100th Scholastic Awards

Andrew Yuan ’24 claims two golds, one silver in nation’s longest-running arts and writing awards program.

March 23, 2023

Student portraiture paints striking perspective.

January 27, 2023