The Department of Performing and Creative Arts, College of Staten Island

From our Drama Program: "Funnyhouse of a Negro" Written by Adrienne Kennedy, premiered in 1964. This production directed by Mayah Burke. Clip features Giesala Jacques and Christopher Leon. Faculty Adviser: Sean F. Edgecomb. Production Designer: Matthew Fick

Funnyhouse of a Negro Written by Adrienne Kennedy, premiered in 1964. This production directed by Mayah Burke. Clip features Giesala Jacques and Christopher Leon. Faculty Adviser:...

Come to our Youtube channel to see great performances by our music students - here is one, and there are more on the channel

Senior Project: Johnathan Henandez, Matthew Parenti, David Peralta Johnathan Henandez, Matthew Parenti, David Peralta0:18 Recordame ………………………………………………….…Joe Henderson (1937-2001)5:05 Au Privave ………………………………………..………...… Charl...

Here is a video from a senior in our Music Program. Senior Project: Mauro Corona, snare drum

Senior Project: Mauro Corona, snare drum PROGRAMRhythmania (Dedicated to ‘‘Vince’’ Mott) ……………………………….Charles Wilcoxon (1894 – 1978)Paradiddle Johnnie (Dedicated to ‘‘Joe’’ Sorace) ……………………………………………...

Check out recent senior student artwork here!

B.A. Senior Showcase 2021 | Studentgallery

You can see artwork and performances from some of our 2020 Candidates for Graduation on our YouTube Channel:

Performing and Creative Arts Department CSI Welcome to the Department of Performing and Creative Arts of the College of Staten Island's channel for student work. Performing and Creative Arts Department...

Thomas Aquino, one of PCA’s Music Majors, will performing at the Undergraduate Conference today.



His time slot is Track 4 at 2:20pm. See information below.

Attendee Directions | Virtual Undergraduate Conference | CSI CUNY Website Links  to Join Sessions/Tracks Track Presenters and Schedule Track 1 Attendee Invitation link: https://zoom.us/j/96225333492 Webinar ID: 962 2533 3492 Telephone Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location) US : +1 646 558 8656  or  +1 301 715 8592  or  +1 312 626 6...

Hello! The Performing and Creative Arts Department is moving our courses this semester to "Distance Learning." If you are a student in any class in our department, you will be hearing from your specific professors soon about how the class will proceed, in an Internet-based form. Online classes will begin Thursday March 19, 2020. Individual professors will run each class their own way. If you have not heard from your professor by the time of your next class meeting, please try to e-mail them directly. Your professor might not have a valid e-mail address for you.

If you cannot reach your professor, and do not hear from them by the time of your next class meeting, please write to us for help:

Professor Chris Verene, [email protected]

Do not report to campus for lab work. None of our lab classes will be meeting in person, and this includes Music, Studio Art, Photography, Sculpture, Dance, and Drama. None of these labs and studios will be open for students.

Village Newsreels: Narrated Scrolls from West Bengal



September 23 -- October 26, 2019



An exhibition of narrative scroll painting by contemporary folk artists from West Bengal. This centuries-old tradition by mainly Sufi Muslim painters—who uniquely do not adhere to the Islamic ban on representing the figure—is being reinvented in the digital age. The painters were traditionally also songwriters and itinerant performers and many still are. With entertaining and serious topics ranging from Hindu and Muslim religious narratives, to major news events such as the 9/11 terror attacks, and information about preventing HIV-AIDS, these inventive and vividly decorated narrative scrolls have long functioned as a kind of handmade village newsreel.



Gallery talk: Thurs Sept 26, 3:30-4:30pm (club hours). Changing Traditions: a discussion of the recent history of Patua Scroll painting in West Bengal. With Geraldine Forbes, Professor emeritus of modern women’s history in West Bengal, and the collector.

Opening reception: Thurs September 26, 5-7pm.

Hello! Looking forward to Fall Semester at CSI!

Introduction to Photography- Mondays This Spring, 2019 at the new CSI St. George campus, right next to the ferry terminal!