Academic Departments & Programs in the Arts

• Art & Art History
• Cinema & Media Studies (CAMS)
• English
• Music
• Theater & Dance

College Arts Groups and Resources

• Art Gallery
  The Carleton College Art Gallery hosts public art exhibitions and maintains a collection of approximately 1500 prints, contemporary photographs, paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts.
• Arts Planning Committee
  The APC's guiding purpose is to make the arts a focal point of Carleton's educational program, positioning the College to be a national leader in the arts.
• Film Colloquium
  The Carleton Film Colloquium brings films and filmmakers to Carleton, engaging the campus community in formal and informal discussions of contemporary film culture.
• Gould Library Art Exhibits
  The Gould Library's Art and Exhibitions Program brings library users into daily contact with works of art, artifacts, and natural objects in a spirt of discovery and learning.

Student Arts Organizations

• The Accidentals
  A women's a cappella singing group active at Carleton since 1991.
• Carleton Anime Society
  The Carleton Anime Society exists to increase awareness of Japanese animation as an art form.
• Carleton Literary Association (CLAP)
  The CLAP publication embraces all forms of creative expression, with a focus on campus issues.
• DVDfest
  This annual student-produced short film festival gives student filmmakers four weeks to brainstorm, write, direct, produce, and edit a film.
• Ebony II Dance Company
  Founded in 1977, Ebony II is a group dedicated to expression and community through dance.
• Exit 69
  Carleton's oldest coed a capella group.
• Experimental Theater Board
  ETB coordinates and funds broadly-themed theatrical productions, with Carleton students participating in every artistic and technical capacity.
• Film Society
  Film Society screens independent, foreign, and classic films.
• Folk Music Society
  The Carleton Folk Music Society promotes folk music appreciation and performance.
• Knightingales
  The Knightingales are the second-oldest a cappella group at Carleton College, founded as an all-female group in 1982.
• Carleton Singing Knights
  Formed in 1955 and still going strong, this men's a cappella group has become a Carleton institution.
• Manuscript
  Manuscript is Carleton's student-run literary and art journal. They accept submissions of poetry, prose, photographs, paintings, drawings, and even sculpture
• Nightshade
  Nightshade, a mixed a cappella vocal ensemble, performs selections from a variety of musical genres, including classical, jazz, spiritual, madrigal, and pop.
• The Uninvited Company
  This group of students from Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges spend their summers producing and performing plays for the college and town communities.