Meadows School of the Arts - Meadows School of the Arts

SMU Meadows takes a practical approach to arts and media education. Our programs, rooted in a rigorous liberal arts and sciences curriculum, encourage students to practice their craft, develop their voice and prepare to spend their career doing what they love. Start a Movement
SMU’s newest initiative, Engaged Learning, allows students to take an active role in their education beyond the classroom. Unbridled Projects, the distinguishing feature of Engaged Learning, are student-developed and student-driven projects. This year an impressive 14 Meadows students received grants for their projects. Find out more.
All of our majors and programs are designed to prepare our students to excel as professionals in the arts, media and communications. Areas of study

Student Laptop Requirement

All students at Meadows are expected to have a laptop computer meeting specific criteria as they enter courses in their major. Learn more about the Meadows laptop requirement

News

SMU Alumni Launch New Theatre Company

Troupe debuts with Genet’s mind-twisting The Maids
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Fresh New Wave: Pop-Up Art Show Features SMU Artists

Exhibit runs May 24-June 19 and features sculpture, paintings and prints by more than 20 Dallas-area artists
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Meadows Prize Winner Enda Walsh receives Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Book for the Broadway musical Once

Walsh will be conducting a residency at Meadows this fall with fellow Meadows Prize recipient Michael Keegan-Dolan
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Meadows Alum Named a Finalist for Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism

Sommer Saadi received the nomination in the explanatory journalism category
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Upcoming Events

Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Lucille Chung and Friends
Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Meadows at the Winspear 2013

Our Creative Community

PHOTOS: Portfolio Night 10, presented by TAI
Thousands of aspiring advertising copywriters, art directors and other young creatives met with hundreds of renowned creative directors for a fast-paced evening of advice, mentorship and recruitment.

TEDx: Beethoven the Businessman
Meadows Dean José Bowen gave this talk at the 2011 TEDxSMU event. Now featured on the TED homepage, the video has already reached almost 45,000 views.

Little Night
From Lawrence P Kaster (MFA Art, '82) comes this beautiful work featuring White Rock Lake at near sunset, accompanied musically with theremin and soft synthesizer.

Nocturne, The Silver Path, Op. 4
Composed by Russel Braga (Music, '11), The Silver Path is a nocturnal impression of Akumal, a coastal getaway on the Mexican Caribbean coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula.