Communication and Fine Arts
Loyola Marymount University
The College of Communication & Fine Arts is a dynamic thinking, creating, and performing community that is wholly committed to exploring creative and critical expression as an essential component of educating the whole person. Welcome!
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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The LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts seeks to engage a process of addressing historical omission of difference through a concerted politic of radical cultural representation across racial / ethnic / gendered identities. With ongoing collaboration between our faculty, staff and especially our students and alumni; with each assigning time, talent and treasure—we will work together toward activating strategies and programs for change.
Learn more about CFA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Stories
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LeBlanc Loo’s Dance Documentary Wins 2024 Peabody Award
Film highlights creation of D-Man in the Waters, one of the most important works of art to come out of AIDS crisis.
![Mariah Rae Maglalang at the Grammys.](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/mariahRae_stories_720x777_01.jpg)
Alumna Soars to Grammy Success with Vocal Ensemble Tonality
Mariah Rae Maglalang ‘18, a soprano music major and journalism minor at LMU, was honored with a Grammy win this year.
![Louise Royer posing for a photo with her team at an event.](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/louiseRoyer_stories_900x600_01.jpg)
Studio Arts Alum Wins MIT Reality Hack
![Paola Martin sitting on a tractor in an open field.](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/paolaMartin_stories_900x600_01.jpg)
Faculty-Student Research Illuminates Crucial Issue Affecting Farming
Our People
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Linda Cardellini '97
"LMU was an incredible playground and building block for my career and my life in Los Angeles. The teachers, staff and students gave me a community of creative, collaborative, and wonderful people to rely on as I ventured out into the unknown.”
![Man standing on a city rooftop with skyline in background](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/images/outcomes/TonyBrown_homepage.jpg)
Tony Brown, '92
"You cannot be indifferent to the importance of art in our society. Art has the possibility to affect people – particularly children – in transformative ways. Art is communication, and we need to remember that.”
![Photo of Justin Lai.](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/spif_justinLai_720x720_01.jpg)
Justin Lai '14
“The small studio arts classes at LMU gave me the opportunity to really get to know my professors, and I learned just as much from my professors in office hours and casual settings as I did in the classroom.”
![Charissa Kroeger striking a pose.](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/spif_charissaKroeger_720x720_01.jpg)
Charissa Kroeger '15
“The network I gained while at LMU connected me to the contemporary dance community in L.A. which launched my career. I was thoroughly educated in many styles of dance, and because of that my versatility has been an asset.“
News & Events
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LMU Continues Unprecedented Fundraising Success at Close of 2024 Fiscal Year
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Beloved Choral Director Mary Breden Hits a High Note by Creating a Choral Scholarship
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Jane Brucker Awarded City of Los Angeles Independent Master Artist Project
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First Scholarly Anthology of “Hamilton: An American Musical” has LMU Imbued Throughout
Fri, 24 May 2024 18:53:24 +0000
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MFT Student Art Exhibition at Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery
Presented by the art therapy students at Loyola Marymount University. The exhibit will be open in the Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery from Sept. 2nd to 18th, and the...
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Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700
MFT Student Art Exhibition Reception at Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery
Presented by the art therapy students at Loyola Marymount University. The exhibit will be open in the Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery from Sept. 2nd to 18th, and the...
By the Numbers
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Student-to-Faculty Ratio
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Theatre Arts Program in the Nation
![Music students playing guitars and doing homework in Sunken Garden](/media/lmucommunicationandfinearts/homepage/bythenum-finaid.jpg)
Students Receiving Financial Aid
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Live Performances & Events a Year