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Located at the heart of Southern California’s creative scene

Located in Orange, California, we're situated at the heart of a vibrant creative scene, with connections to the Los Angeles and Orange County art communities, as well as Hollywood. That means you will have plenty of opportunities to explore your creativity — whether it’s in a creative major or minor, or more casually in a creative club or student organization.

Supporting your development as an artist through…

Classes taught by a passionate group of professors who are all active artists.
Master classes led by professionals in art and entertainment, such as our Filmmaker-in-Residence series.
Scholarships that you can earn for excellence in artistic fields, grants to fund your creative projects and travel grants that you can use to study abroad.
Opportunities to show off your work at film festivals, art shows, galleries and more — locally and across the country.
Career services to help you find work in creative industries.
Access to internships in competitive creative fields — a great way to get your foot in the door.
Facilities equipped with the tools you need to reach your full potential as an artist.

Facilities

Art isn’t created in a vacuum. That means surrounding yourself with a community of peers and making sure you have the right tools — and tech — for the job. At our on-campus facilities, you’ll find both: a community of artists just as passionate as you are, plus spaces designed from the ground up for collaboration and creativity.

On campus, you’ll find:

Performing arts spaces and venues, including the Musco Center for the Arts, one of the best university concert venues in the country and the Sandi Simon Center for Dance, outfitted with t
Film production studios open 24/7, inspired by the spaces built for Pixar, Disney, Microsoft and Google.
Visual-art studios open 24/7 for ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography and sculpture.

See our creative facilities up close

Come see what we have to offer yourself on an in-person tour of our Orange, California campus.

Not in the area? Not to worry! These virtual tours will bring you up close wherever and whenever.

Dozens of creative minors

We get it: not everyone goes into a creative major. Even if you’re an artist, sometimes art isn’t the career path for you.

But at Chapman, you will always be able to make creativity a part of your college experience. We offer minors in the arts that will let you keep practicing yours alongside your major.

Our creative minors include:

Art
Broadcast Journalism
Creative and Cultural Industries
Dance
Documentary Film
Film Music
Game Development Programming
Graphic Design
Music
Music Business
Music Technology
Production Design for Film
Television
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Visual Effects

Kurt Horney '24

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, Dance minor

“Being interdisciplinary in any field is a huge advantage. At Chapman, I can pursue a career path in the sciences while still being involved in dance.”