Arts, Music, and Theater Facts

• Musical performance ensembles: 16
• Students participating in theater productions: 250
• Students participating in dance productions: 150
• 12 percent of students major or minor in fine arts subjects each year
• 25% take a music course or take part in a music group each semester
• 200-plus students take an art history class each year
• Only New York City has more theater seats per capita
• Studio Art professors have been awarded residencies nationallly and internationally. Awards include McKnight Artist Fellowships, Jerome Foundation Fellowships, National Endowment for the Arts, and major commissions. Their work is included in national and international collections.

Theater in the Cities

By Oliver Wong ’13
Chico, California

I came to Macalester never having been to Minnesota. When I arrived, I was surprised by an orientation experience called “Into the Streets,” in which members of each first-year course go into the Twin Cities community to see how their course topic connects to the Cities.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

• Art and Art History
• Music
• Theatre and Dance