Visual & Performing Arts
Visuals are decorative and audio is absent.
Create. Explore. Interpret. Innovate.
Welcome future students, friends of the Arts, and the larger La Crosse community! Experience the award-winning exhibits, performances, and shows that thrive in the departments of Art, Music, & Theatre & Dance.
MapVisit us: Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts, 333 North 16th Street.
A letter from our director
Dear friends,
As the School of Visual & Performing Arts pivots from our season programming to final exams and commencement, we wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of our patrons for coming out to support the arts at UWL!
We had a number of attendance-shattering records this year across our departments: from the hundreds of folks who showed for the opening reception of the “Mixed Signals” senior art student exhibition (on display until May 16), to standing-room only performances for our music ensembles, and packed houses for Theatre & Dance productions. Don’t miss our final concert of the year on Friday May 8: The Choral Union and Concert Choir close out the season performing Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with full orchestra. Seats can be reserved in advance until 3 p.m. on Thursday, or cash and check donations will be accepted starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Central High School auditorium.
We are already hard at work on next year’s season flier! If you would like to receive our 2026-2027 season flier, please send your mailing address to vpa@uwlax.edu – or sign up for our VPA digital newsletter by clicking here.
If we don’t see you this week, we will see ya next year!
Director of VPACheers!
Pete Rydberg
