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Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts > About the College of the Arts
Office of the Dean:
3700 Cullen Blvd. Room E128
Houston, TX 77204-4039
713-743-3019
Dean: Andrew Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Operations: Megan Topham, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic and Strategic Initiatives: Fleurette Fernando, M.F.A.
Director, Moores School of Music: Brian Kai Chin, DMA
Director, School of Theatre and Dance: Sharon Ott, M.F.A.
Director, School of Art: Beth Matusoff Merfish, Ph.D.
Kathrine G McGovern College of the Arts (KGMCA) comprises the performing and visual arts schools at the University of Houston, including the Schools of Art, the Moores School of Music, and the School of Theatre & Dance.
The College is also home to the interdepartmental Arts Leadership Program as well as to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the Blaffer Art Museum.
The McGovern College provides training in cross-cultural arts traditions across the visual and performing arts; cross-disciplinary training through collaborations between the College and other academic units on campus; and professional, social, and entrepreneurial training through collaborations with arts and cultural organizations in the City of Houston–America’s fourth largest city and one of America’s great arts destination cities for the twenty-first century.
The McGovern College is responsible for numerous cultural, professional-development, and leadership programs every year, including the Texas Music Festival and the Houston Shakespeare Festival, on top of year-round exhibitions and performances on the University of Houston campus-one of Houston’s most active, dynamic, and innovative arts neighborhoods.
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