Naropa School of the Arts

Naropa School of the Arts Naropa University’s School of the Arts in Boulder, CO offers BA, BFA, and MFA programs that combine contemplative practice & embodied creative expression.

The School of the Arts is a community of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to human awakening and transformation through embodied artistic expression. We strive for a level of rigor, investigation, and cultural relevance that translates complex personal, spiritual, and social elements into the tangible forms of music, dance, theater, and the visual arts. Our emphasis on openness, invention, evolution, and contemplative practice re-envisions the role of the artist in contemporary life. The School of the Arts BA, BFA, and MFA programs represent the leading-edge in creative and expressive arts within a living laboratory that explores collaboration, contemporary interpretations on classic forms, and the fluid relationship between the expressive arts. Our faculty bring individual and cumulative artistic integrity to the classroom; our graduates are renowned for being trailblazers in all aspects of performance, visual art, dance, and music.

11/09/2022
Join The School of the Arts tonight at the Performing Art Center (PAC) at 7:30 p.m for the annual SOTA Concert. Naropa ...
11/04/2022

Join The School of the Arts tonight at the Performing Art Center (PAC) at 7:30 p.m for the annual SOTA Concert. Naropa students free/staff/faculty/public $5.00
A live event with improv music, dancing, drawing, and singing by the Naropa School of the Arts students. Main campus: 2130 Arapahoe.

Gio Geo - graduate of Naropa University Visual Arts 2022!
06/22/2022

Gio Geo - graduate of Naropa University Visual Arts 2022!

Gio Geo I am an Abstract Realist artist living in Boulder Colorado. I grew up in Central Pennsylvania, but left to travel around the world feeding sheep when I was young. I love podcasting, working out, and reading philosophy. With Abstract Realism I have the freedom to explore ideas and symbols ....

One of Naropa’s graduate students making waves in the Denver Art scene!
06/14/2022

One of Naropa’s graduate students making waves in the Denver Art scene!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Savanna Fortgang. Hi Savanna, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today? My journey with art started only a couple of years back. I […...

12/30/2020

"Buzz Spector: Alterations" is on view at SLAM until May 31.

Welcome back students! There is a new exhibition at the Lincoln Gallery in the Lincoln Building on the Arapahoe Campus b...
08/21/2020

Welcome back students! There is a new exhibition at the Lincoln Gallery in the Lincoln Building on the Arapahoe Campus by Joan Anderson and Robert Spellman. (Please follow Naropa University's COVID policy by wearing a mask and social distancing while on the campuses.)

Joan and Robert are the owners of Mountain Water Ranch. Both have been life-long students of painting and meditation, both have had long working careers as artists and teachers.

The inspiration for Mountain Water came from their time spent managing a Buddhist center for solitary retreat – that time became the exemplar of painting and meditating – and from their years as faculty at Naropa University, a seat of Buddhist-inspired contemplative education.

They feel intense gratitude to their Buddhist teachers, Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche foremost among them; to their art teachers, mentors, and students; and to their parents, friends, and families for a lifetime of support.

Please contact [email protected] if you have questions.

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6278 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO
80301

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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