Collaborating Centers

New World School of the Arts
New World School of the Arts is a Florida center of excellence in the visual and performing arts. NWSA provides a comprehensive program of artistic, creative and academic development through a curriculum that reflects the rich multicultural state of Florida.

The school empowers students to become state, national and international leaders in the arts, challenging them with innovative ideas as they prepare for professional careers in a global community. These principles guide intensive and rigorous education for talented high school and college arts students.

Center for the Arts in Healthcare Research and Education
It is the mission of the Center for the Arts in Healthcare Research and Education to facilitate research, education, and training in the use of the arts to enhance the healing process, to further develop arts in health care as career options for artists, and to promote art and creativity as catalysts for developing healthy lifestyles. The Center provides a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration among University of Florida faculty and students, healthcare providers, clinical artists, and the community. The Center develops and effects interdisciplinary research studies and educational curricula on all levels and serves as a national model for the arts in healthcare research and education. By developing a pool of artists and healthcare givers informed and practiced in the use of the arts to enhance healing, the center supports an increased respect for the field and demand for its practitioners.

The Center for Arts and Public Policy
The Center for Arts and Public Policy (CAPP), the first interdisciplinary center of this type in the United States, was established to provide the philosophy and structure to link the Harn Museum of Art, the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and the Florida Museum of Natural History with campus arts programs and other programs that relate to public policy issues thereby bringing the arts into the mainstream of the university community.

The purpose of CAPP is to provide a forum for the discussion and analysis of arts and public policy issues. Such issues may include, but are not limited to, the arts in education, public funding for the arts, the economic impact of the arts, "percentage for arts programs," patronage systems, the health hazards of artists' materials, copyright laws, etc.

Center for World Arts
The Center for World Arts (CWA) promotes global perspectives on artistic excellence by linking local and international communities through projects and scholarly reflection. By diversifying the arts, the center provides a rich cultural context for training 21st-century artists.

CWA's programs distinguish UF's dance, music, and theatre programs from arts programs across the state and the nation. By infusing diverse arts traditions into UF's educational curricula, public arts programming, and outreach efforts, CWA has created a national model for the interface of the arts and area studies.

CWA regularly commissions, produces, and critically examines art projects that engage students, community members, and practicing artists in performance-centered, intercultural dialogues. These projects integrate diverse artistic traditions into UF's professional training and general education curriculum. In addition to semester-long classes featuring visiting artists and affiliate faculty, CWA presents workshops, master classes, and performances across the university and beyond.

Digital Worlds Institute
The Digital Worlds Institute exists to nurture leading edge research and education between engineering and the arts, utilizing the tools of digital technology and culture. By bringing together the diverse talents of University of Florida faculty, students, and staff in a multifaceted collaborative environment, the Institute serves as a platform for interdisciplinary research that would not have occurred within the confines of any one college or department. Through the use of telecommunications and high performance technologies, the Institute reaches out across the campus, state, nation, and the world to share new tools and opportunities with creative people everywhere.

University of Florida Performing Arts
University of Florida Performing Arts (UFPA) is known throughout the Southeast for its world-class programming in its diverse venues _ the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts mainstage and Black Box Theatre, the University Auditorium, and the Baughman Center. Nationally, UFPA is recognized among its peer institutions as a leader in the commissioning of new works, for providing space for the mounting of new art forms and for its support of residencies for performing artists. Yo-Yo Ma, David Sedaris, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Branford Marsalis, Les Mis_rables, Contact, Twyla Tharp, Kronos Quartet, Mark Morris Dance, Bill T. Jones, and Arnie Zane represent just a few of the national and international stars who have been presented by UFPA. UFPA artist often present master classes for UF students creating critical professional connections for training and networking.