Campus Arts Partners

Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Free Student Tickets
Free Student Tickets

Up to two free student tickets per performance can be picked up in person at the Center for the Arts Ticket Office or at the Hylton Performing Arts Center Ticket Office or online for students on the Arlington campus. (In Fall 2020, most events will take place virtually.)

Collaboration is key in the arts, and at Mason, campus arts partners work actively with Arts Management graduate students for fellowships, internships, research, and experiential educational opportunities.

Hylton Performing Arts Center

The Hylton Performing Arts Center, on Mason's Science and Technology Campus, is home to the "Veteran and the Arts" initiative. This program facilitates community engagement through local arts organizations.

This facility, which operates a partnership between Mason, Prince William County, the City of Manassas, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, entertains, educates, and enriches the Northern Virginia community by providing diverse and accessible arts experiences in state-of-the art venues. It offers internship opportunities in development, marketing, venue management, and operations.

Center for the Arts Building

The Center for the Arts, on the Fairfax Campus, is one of three Mason performing arts centers offering students practical training through work and internships. Students can get free tickets to some performances.

This 2,000-seat concert hall on the Fairfax Campus, is a fixture for regional performances, has had more that 800 internationally renowned artists grace the stage, including stars such as Audra MacDonald. Arts Management graduate students regularly work with Center staff and leaders during classes and internships. Past internship specializations include public relations, marketing and communications, operations, house management, or box office management.

Enjoy unique opportunities to work with performing arts organizations on all of Mason's campuses, including the Hylton Performing Arts Center, the Center for the Arts, Mason Exhibitions, and the Mason Community Arts Academy.

Arts Management graduate students assist Mason's Campus Curator, Don Russell, with the installation Migratory Aesthetics in the Gillespie Gallery of Art.

This multiple-venue forum is dedicated to displays of visual art that advance research, dialogue, and learning around global social issues.

The program is a cross-disciplinary platform for such areas as philosophy, social justice, communications, conflict resolution, and sustainability. It also offers a diverse program of exhibitions by established contemporary artists, thesis exhibits by current MFA candidates, and a semi-annual SOA undergraduate senior exhibition.

It is a partnership between Mason's School of Art and Provisions Research Center for Arts and Social Change located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. Internship opportunities are available in curatorial, art handling and gallery management.

Mason Community Arts Academy Summer Camp

Mason Community Arts Academy provides internship and job opportunities for Arts Management students and alumni, such as working for the Acting For Young People summer camp program.

This organization is a vital part of the  College of Visual and Performing Arts, bringing university-quality arts instruction to the Fairfax community. The Academy achieves this through innovative and inspiring music, theater, visual art and computer gaming classes and through a variety of special events and programs focused on teacher education and enrichment. Internships are available in such areas as operations, marketing, and community engagement as well as employment opportunities for teaching artists.

This online platform is a digital stage and classroom featuring curated arts experiences including livestreamed concerts, releases of previously recorded content, behind-the-scenes talks with artists, and more. Take a break from coursework to enjoy the arts. Watch Mason Arts Amplified now.