Mason Gross School of the Arts, the arts conservatory at Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, is a community of artists who
study, teach, exhibit, and perform together. Mason Gross School of the
Arts was established in 1976 as a separate degree-granting college,
bringing together the arts departments formerly located within the New
Brunswick undergraduate schools. Since its founding, Mason Gross
School of the Arts continues the university's rich tradition of
undergraduate and graduate instruction with an array of
preprofessional and professional arts programs.
With a
distinguished and artistically accomplished faculty, modern facilities,
and an excellent library and museum, Mason Gross School of the Arts
helps students explore fully the history and practice of their chosen
disciplines. The training students receive at the school gives them the
tools to contribute to creative and scholarly activity so essential to
the vitality of our culture and society. The intimate size of the
school shapes a community of artists who have many similar interests
and who enjoy an open exchange of ideas. Mason Gross School of the
Arts' enrollment of approximately 750 undergraduate and 250 graduate
students, and its faculty of 124 members (64 full time and 60 part
time), ensure that students receive the opportunity to work closely
with professionals in their chosen fields. The school's position within
a major university provides students with a complex and rich
environment in which many cultures, experiences, and perspectives are
represented and where many academic and social resources are
available. Mason Gross School of the Arts is conveniently located
between New York City and Philadelphia, two premier cultural centers
for the performing and visual arts.
Mason Gross School of the
Arts is steeped in the traditions of arts education, but it also
thrives on the challenges that newer approaches offer. This combination
of perspectives enables students to shape and define how their talents
can be best expressed.