Arts
Ignite your creativity and realize your potential.
Whatever the art form, Branson students drive the creative process. You will collaborate with both your teacher and peers while also honing your individual voice. You will be challenged to try new things and take artistic risks, while also learning the formal and technical elements of the discipline. You will be inspired and urged to make your art a part of your daily practice so that you can grow, improve, and move through challenges.
As a Branson student of the arts, your authentic self will inform and inspire the work you produce in any art form, and the skills you develop will serve you in all areas of life.
You’ll be at the center of the creative process, learn to redefine boundaries and use your voice in service of a vision for a more healthy, vibrant, and equitable world.
Explore the Visual & Performing Arts at Branson
By the Numbers
80%
of Branson students pursue advanced level arts courses
100%
of Branson arts classes are studio-based, with emphasis on technique, practice, exploration, and expression.
30
course offerings in Acting, Dance, Music and Visual Arts
100%
of Branson arts faculty are practicing artists, actively honing their craft outside of Branson.
What's Happening in the Arts
All are invited to join us for FAB 2023, Festival of Arts at Branson, April 27-29.
Join Branson's actors for three shows in the Jewett Family Theater!
Join us for a vibrant and engaging program of musical performances by Branson students.
Join the Acting Program for an evening of hilarity at the TheaterSports Competition on Friday, January 6, 2023.
Join the Branson community at this fun, upbeat story of self-discovery!
Branson introduces the E. E. Ford Fellows program and its inaugural fellows, Antwan "Banks" Williams and Eric "Maserati-E" Abercrombie, who will work with Branson students in the arts throughout the 2022-23 school year.
Join us as we shine a light into the darkest part of our community, San Quentin. Art from the men living behind the wall will be displayed on campus in the New House Gallery, courtesy of Humans of San Quentin.
Join us for two of Branson’s favorite community traditions – the Winter Arts Festival and the Annual Tree Lighting.