Arts

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee has long enjoyed a strong reputation for its arts programs, an integral part of the curriculum.

Natural light fills the newly renovated visual arts studios centrally located in Simmonds Hall. The clay facility includes eighteen wheels, hand-building facilities, and offers firing capabilities of a large gas kiln, soda kiln and raku kiln while the spacious 2-D studio hosts work in drawing, painting, and printmaking. The adjoining Art Gallery provides exhibition space for the dynamic Visiting Artist Program as well as student exhibitions, but the art spills out across campus with numerous sculptures executed as joint projects between our students and visiting artists. Five working artists on the faculty provide breadth and depth for the student interested in the visual arts.

The theater, its own building, provides workspace for both acting and technical theater students. Three major productions are mounted each year including a winter musical. Strong student and community support assures full houses and necessitates multiple performances. The music facilities provide space for a thriving program including 7th grade music, 8th grade music, chorus, a variety of small ensembles and private lessons. Each year students and faculty members are invited to join the University Orchestra. Students may also participate in the dance team and in the University of the South’s dance program which offers instruction in ballet, tap and jazz.

Famous St. Andrew’s-Sewanee thespians and musicians include: Kix Brooks ‘73 of Brooks and Dunn; Elisabeth Rohm ‘91 of “Law and Order” and “Angel”; Sean Bridgers '86 of "Deadwood" and "CSI", and Tucker McCrady ‘83, Broadway star of Camelot.