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Virginia Tech students jump for joy from a stone bench out front of the Moss Arts Center

At the Moss Arts Center, we’re committed to providing access to world-class arts experiences to all Virginia Tech students, enriching the campus experience for the next generation of leaders, thinkers, and creators.

The 2023-2024 season had the highest engagement numbers of any season since we opened in 2013, with 214 free engagement events. A total of 3,831 Virginia Tech students participated in engagement events with visiting artists last season, including 62 class visits. This is a whopping 57% increase over our 2022-2023 season!

We engaged with Virginia Tech’s campus cultural centers, providing crucial connections between students, faculty, and staff, and facilitating artist conversations and engagement activities with:

  • Pride Center
  • APIDA+ Center
  • Black Cultural Center
  • El Centro — Hispanic and Latinx Cultural Center
  • Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center

A Taste of Our 2023-2024 Season Engagements

L.A.'s Las Cafeteras Connects Through Music

In addition to their performance at the Moss Arts Center, members of Las Cafeteras participated in an interactive workshop at El Centro, Virginia Tech's Hispanic and Latinx Cultural and Community Center.

Elizabeth Kolbert Q&A with Virginia Tech Students

New Yorker journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, left, shakes hands with a Virginia Tech student
Journalist and "New Yorker" staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert, left, participated in a discussion with creative writing students about her approach to journalistic research and writing.

Learning Lunch: Seongbukdong Beedoolkee Theatre

Members of Seonbukdong Beedoolkee Theatre meet with Virginia Tech students in the APIDA+ Center
Seoul, Korea-based contemporary theatre company Seongbukdong Beedoolkee Theatre visited with Virginia Tech students at the APIDA+ Center.

Discussion and Drumming with Kiki Katese, Ingoma Nshya

Virginia Tech students in the Ujima Living-Learning Community met with Kiki Katese and members of Ingoma Nshya, female drummers from Rwanda
Presented in partnership with the Ujima Living-Learning Program and the Global Education Office, this discussion and drumming workshop with Kiki Katese and Ingoma Nshya enabled students to learn more about the history and impact of the women drummers of Rwanda and "The Book of Life" as arts-based responses to the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.

Discussion at Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center

Virginia Tech students meet with author and activist Winona LaDuke, second from left, at the Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center
Economist, activist, and author Winona LaDuke (second from left) visited with Virginia Tech students at the Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center.