The Visual & Performing Arts Department (V&PA) has been an integral part of Broward College since the College’s inception in 1960. If you want to study Architecture, Dance, Film Production, Graphic Design, Music, Music Technology, Theatre, or Visual Arts as a concentration — or just take a few classes for enrichment — then V&PA at Broward College is for you. We also produce a full season of performances and exhibitions in our world-class facilities. Explore our website or contact us directly to find out more about our class offerings and season calendar of events. We look forward to seeing you soon.

V&PA Spring 2025 Season Calendar

Spring 2025 V&PA Events

Events are subject to change. Admission is free unless otherwise stated. No exchanges. Please visit our site prior to attending for the most up-to-date information.

 

Sightlines: 46th Annual Student Exhibition

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Thursday, Apr. 17 – Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr. 17, 2025 5 - 8 p.m

This juried exhibition showcases the works of some of Broward College's most talented art students. These emerging artists are offered a unique opportunity as they pursue careers in their field, allowing them to display their work in a professional gallery environment.

This year’s juror is Professor Emeritus, Catherine Leisek. Professor Leisek has been an educator for over forty years, including teaching at Broward College for twenty-six years in the Visual and Performing Art Department. She obtained her degrees from Fanshawe College (Diploma in Fine Art), University of Windsor (BFA), and Bowling Green State University (MA, MFA). Teaching was her true passion, instilling students with a love of art, and knowledge of its vital position in our society as a means of global communication. Professor Leisek has exhibited artwork internationally over the course of her fifty-year career including in China, Korea, Canada, Mexico, throughout Europe, and the Middle East. She currently has works in group exhibitions in Bogota, Colombia and Manus, Brazil with social justice group, the Artnauts, working out of the University of Colorado Boulder.
    
Free Admission
  
Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery

On Tenterhooks

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 September 24th - December 5th, 2025

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m

From September 24th to December 5th, 2025, The South Gallery will host a solo exhibition by Indian-born mixed-media artist and Professor, Kohl King, titled "on tenterhooks". The opening reception and artist talk will be held on Wednesday, September 24th from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
The exhibition "on tenterhooks" visually examines the prism of grief to make sense of overwhelming personal tragedies and discover significance in one's continued existence in an ever-changing world. The title is a phrase derived from an antiquated method of drying enormous fabrics in the open air outdoors, but over time, "to be on tenterhooks" became a synonym for feeling anxious, nervous, or in a state of suspense--waiting apprehensively for something to happen.

The core concept for the exhibition stems from the artist's experiences dealing with severe consecutive family catastrophes in a brief amount of time, leaving her the only intact surviving member of her immediate family:
"In less than a month, everyone and everything fundamental to who I am, where I came from, and what I thought I knew, wanted, and needed–were essentially gone. Since then, I have been battling survivors' guilt and struggling with the intense pain that comes with all these losses. Through my experiences, I have discovered that, despite the long, dark shadow it can cast, grief can also serve as a powerful bridge to love."
    
Free Admission
  
Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery

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Broward College is accredited by:

  • The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) as a full member institution to offer studies in music and music technology.
  • The National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) as a full member institution to offer studies in art, film production and graphic design.
  •  The National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) as an associate member institution to offer studies in theatre/dramatic arts.

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