Programs in Visual & Performing Arts

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at St. Bonaventure offers majors in Music, Theater, and Visual Arts, as well as a minor in Art History. The department is housed in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, has offices as well as art and rehearsal studios in nearby Butler Hall, and utilizes the intimate Garret Theater in historic Devereux Hall.

The visual and performing arts are necessary elements in a liberal arts education. Whether we are creators or appreciators, the arts engage us in a dialogue of perception, imagination and reflection involving the entire range of human experience. The arts give meaning to our lives, amplify our emotions and ideas, offer us a cross-cultural community, and allow us to bring deeper awareness and unique perceptions to any career.

To learn more about Visual and Performing Arts at SBU, follow the links to the left.

SBU’s Quick Center celebrates budding young artists

Apr 25, 2025 | Works by 114 student artists, selected from more than 200 submissions, are on display at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as part of its annual High School Juried Art Exhibition. Selected through an extensive jurying process, the works are being exhibited on the Quick Center’s mezzanine level through May 11.

SBU’s Quick Center to host open house for 30th Anniversary

Apr 11, 2025 | As part of its yearlong 30th anniversary celebration, St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (QCA) will host a community open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. The event is free and open to the public.

SBU's Stevens contributes to book about by women composers

Apr 06, 2025 | Dr. Brian Stevens, lecturer of Music, is a contributing author to a newly published book titled "Choral Repertoire by Women Composers." Published by G.I.A., the book profiles the lives and works of more than 200 women choral composers.

Dr. Les Sabina

Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Professor of Music

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