UNCSA

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a top-ranked  creative and performing arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, N.C. Founded in 1963 as America’s first public arts conservatory, UNCSA celebrates more than 50 years of training wildly creative, gifted and hardworking young artists to do what they love, and do it brilliantly.

As a former student at the UNC School of the Arts (Visual Arts, School of Design and Production), I was excited when I was given the opportunity to work with UNCSA during my time at the Variable. After their rebrand, I worked with them on internal and external facing marketing materials and advertising.

mISSION

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts provides gifted emerging artists with the experience, knowledge, and skills needed to excel in their disciplines and in their lives, and it serves and enriches the cultural and economic prosperity of the people of North Carolina and the nation. UNCSA is the state’s unique professional school for the performing, visual, and moving image arts, training students at the high school, undergraduate, and master’s levels for professional careers in the arts. 

Artist's Colony

With a primary focus on performance, the UNC School of the Arts provides an environment similar to that of an artist’s colony, where students are encouraged to grow, to experiment, and to develop their abilities to the fullest. Students study with resident master teachers who have had successful careers in the arts—from American Ballet Theatre to the New York City Opera—and who remain active in their professions. Noted guest artists frequently bring lessons directly from the contemporary arts world.

Conservatories

Approximately 1,250 students are enrolled in the five conservatories that make up the School of the Arts: Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Filmmaking and Music.