Find space to become.
Explore our Crane School of Music stages, the award-winning Performing Arts Center, and our painting studios and galleries to see our incredible creative spaces.
SUNY Potsdam’s culture of creativity crosses boundaries and transcends disciplines. As an arts campus, we have programs in all of the artistic disciplines to choose from—and even non-majors can get involved. The integration of the arts, both into campus life and into the curriculum, means that students, faculty and community members all get unique opportunities to engage with people and viewpoints representing all different backgrounds. At SUNY Potsdam, artists and audiences alike learn to see the world through new perspectives—and sometimes, they come away transformed.
Experience the No. 1 Arts Environment in SUNY
Where will your creative compass point today? SUNY Potsdam hosts more than 400 performances, exhibitions, workshops and talks each year. So it’s easy to follow your interests wherever they may lead…
Music
- Check out concerts and programs at The Crane School of Music
- Get involved in our student-led a cappella scene
- Take in a show through the Community Performance Series
- Run your own radio show with the WAIH
- Watch The Met: Live in HD downtown at the Roxy
- Check out a Musical Theatre Organization production
Theatre & Dance
- Check out productions and programs through the Department of Theatre and Dance
- Grab tickets for a visiting Pendragon Theatre show
- Audition for the One-Act Play Festival
- Grab a front-row seat for the Student Choreographers’ Concert
- Don’t miss performances by Team NV or the Dance Ensemble
- Take a workshop on stage makeup or prop design during the LoKo Arts Festival
Fine Arts
- Take a photography or graphic design class through the Department of Art
- Check out the latest exhibition at The Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam
- Submit a piece for the juried Art Attack student art show
- Visit the Festival of Lights to see illuminated sculptures fill the Quad each spring
- Try out a screenprinting or papermaking workshop during the Loko Arts Festival
Creative Writing
- Apply for the creative writing BFA program through the Department of English and Communication
- Take a screenwriting class or creative non-fiction workshop
- Intern for the Blueline literary magazine
- Attend a poetry reading
- Meet visiting authors and writers during the Loko Arts Festival
After transferring to SUNY Potsdam, the Department of Theatre and Dance has felt like home for Stacia Goldsmith '22. Supportive professors like Cynthia DuFault and Robin Collen have created a safe environment for her to harness her dance skills, and collaborate with other dance students, as they rehearse and perform for live audiences within the Performing Arts Center.