Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
Make something. See something. Share something.
The arts are for every major.
More than 1,200 students take part in an ensemble, production or studio each year, and fewer than half of them are arts majors. Performances, readings and exhibitions fill the calendar from Bear Camp to Commencement.
Where the arts happen
Four spaces, all open to students
Larkspur Auditorium
Our main stage for concerts, theater, the visiting artist series and the Berry Symposium keynote.
Creative Arts Lofts
Ceramics, printmaking and digital media studios, plus 18 practice rooms you can book with your BerryCard.
Hollis Library Gallery
Student and regional artists exhibit on the library's main floor, alongside rare maps from the Ridgeline Map Archive.
Evergreen Grove Stage
Summer concerts, spring Shakespeare and the Lantern Walk finale under the trees.
Join in
Ways to take part
Auditions and sign-ups happen the first two weeks of each semester.
No audition is required for the Bears Community Choir, Open Studio nights or the Tumble River Review writing workshops.
Music ensembles
Nine groups
Wind ensemble, chamber orchestra, jazz combos, Bears Community Choir and the Ridgeline Bluegrass Band.
Theater and dance
Four productions a year
Act, design, build sets or run the booth. The student-run Bramble Players produce a new play every spring.
Studio art
Open Studio nights
Drop in Wednesday evenings at the Creative Arts Lofts. Materials are provided.
Writing and publishing
The Tumble River Review
Submit poetry, fiction and photography to our student literary journal, published each April.
Coming up this season
- Fall Wind Ensemble ConcertNovember 6, 7:30 PM · Larkspur Auditorium
- The Bramble Players: Our TownNovember 13–15, 7 PM, with a 2 PM matinee on the 15th · Larkspur Auditorium
- Senior Studio ExhibitionNovember 20 – December 11 · Hollis Library Gallery, opening reception November 20 at 5 PM
- Lantern Walk and Winter SingDecember 4, 6 PM · From Founders Hall lawn to Evergreen Grove
- Visiting Artist: Ridgeline QuartetJanuary 29, 7:30 PM · Larkspur Auditorium
Box office
Free tickets for every Bear
Show your BerryCard at the Larkspur Auditorium box office.
Students get one free ticket to every university performance. Community tickets are $12, or $8 for seniors and kids. The box office opens one hour before each show; call (541) 555-0180 for accessible seating.
