Paul Creative Arts Center
Paul Creative Arts Center
Explore the Paul Creative arts center
Be wowed. Explore the edge of passion, daring, intellect, power and poetry. The Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) is UNH’s center for the fine and performing arts. Visual art, music, dance, and theatre are living and breathing every day at PCAC. Be part of the experience.
Upcoming Events!
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Nov178:00am - 10:00pm, The UNH Gallery of Art presents...Praxis of Happenstance: Eric Katzman / Damion Silver November 6 - December 28 , 2025Opening Reception: Friday, November 14, 2025 | 5-8PM “Praxis” refers to the act of habitual application or implementation, distinct from the theory of artistic creation. “Happenstance”, by contrast, is arbitrary, random, and coincidental; often considered antithetical to the deliberate practice of making art. Here, we see these opposing ideas converge in intu...
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Nov188:00am - 10:00pm, The UNH Gallery of Art presents...Praxis of Happenstance: Eric Katzman / Damion Silver November 6 - December 28 , 2025Opening Reception: Friday, November 14, 2025 | 5-8PM “Praxis” refers to the act of habitual application or implementation, distinct from the theory of artistic creation. “Happenstance”, by contrast, is arbitrary, random, and coincidental; often considered antithetical to the deliberate practice of making art. Here, we see these opposing ideas converge in intu...
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Nov1812:00pm - 1:30pm, How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)
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Nov198:00am - 10:00pm, The UNH Gallery of Art presents...Praxis of Happenstance: Eric Katzman / Damion Silver November 6 - December 28 , 2025Opening Reception: Friday, November 14, 2025 | 5-8PM “Praxis” refers to the act of habitual application or implementation, distinct from the theory of artistic creation. “Happenstance”, by contrast, is arbitrary, random, and coincidental; often considered antithetical to the deliberate practice of making art. Here, we see these opposing ideas converge in intu...
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Nov198:00pm - 9:30pm
Purchase Tickets
- Online: https://unharts.com
- In person: Paul Creative Arts Center Ticket Office (The box office is also open one hour prior to each event)
- 30 Academic Way
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824 - Venue/Seating Information
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Secondary Theatre Education and Design & Theatre Technology MajorHometown: Dedham, Mass. What made you choose UNH? I was looking for schools that had a secondary theatre education major and when I visited UNH I fell in love with the campus! I found a place where I…Learn More -
Music Education B.M, Conducting M.A. | Graduate Assistant at the University of Nebraska-LincolnWhat you are currently doing for work and how did you get there? Currently I am a D.M.A. candidate focusing in wind band conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I will be serving as the band graduate assistant. I graduated with my B.M. in music education at UNH before teaching at Paul Elementary School for four years in Wakefield, N.H. I would then return…Learn More -
Music Education MajorBrendan McWalter has enjoyed music since he was a child in Franklin, Mass.: music was his favorite class in elementary school, and he started playing saxophone when he was in 6th grade. “Music was a stress reliever for me,” he says. During high school, as a counselor at a summer music camp, he helped draw out shy campers with musical improvisations. “Working with those students gave me so much…Learn More -
Refugee Composers of the Twentieth Century: The Impact of Displacement on Musical Identity During World War IIThe spark of interest for Kylie Smith's article entry in UNH's Undergraduate Research Journal Inquiry began with her first Music History course, taught by Professor Rose Pruiksma. With a new-found interest in long-term research, a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SEED) grant, and Professor Pruiksma as mentor, Kylie began a deep inquiry into…Learn More -
Music Performance MajorHometown: Scarborough, Maine What made you choose UNH? During all four years of high school, our jazz ensemble participated in the annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival at UNH, an adjudicated event that welcomes middle high school groups from all…Learn More
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