Student Arts Organizations

Discover your passion! Get involved with student arts organizations or start your own. Take a look at the Center for Student Involvement organization directory or attend Spider Fest for more information and ways to connect. 

Arts-Related Student Organizations

The Center for Student Involvement's Presence directory has the most current information for over 165 student organizations on campus. Below is a sampling of student-led arts organizations.

Art Club: A community of art appreciation that enjoys First Friday gallery walks in downtown Richmond and art workshops.
Block Crew: An urban dance team founded in 2010 that based its name on the words “breaking” and “locking.”
Bollywood Jhatkas: A South Asian fusion dance club.
Choeur du Roi: The University's oldest co-ed a capella group.
Eight Left Feet: A fun social swing and ballroom dance group.
Embody Dance Team: A dance team that accepts students of all levels and teaches them the art of hip-hop dance. 
Ngoma African Dance Company: For the past 25 years, this group learns and performs a variety of dances originating from different areas of West Africa.
Off The Cuff: A co-ed a cappella group that sings music of all genres, performs in concerts on and off-campus, and records music for studio albums.
Richmond Octaves: The University's oldest and only all-male a cappella group that recently released an album, Beacon, and celebrated their 30th anniversary.
Subject to Change: An improv troupe committed to bringing free, light-hearted entertainment to campus. 
The Sirens: Richmond's only female a capella group.
The Vagina Monologues: An annual performance on campus that aims to promote gender equality and to speak against sexual violence while raising funds for Safe Harbor, a local shelter for domestic violence and human trafficking survivors. 
UR Coffee House: A group that holds open mic nights on campus. Acts may include (but are not limited to) musical performances (both voice and instruments), poetry, and comedy. 
UR Players: Founded in 1921, this theatre group produces student-designed, directed, and performed productions on campus.

Center for Student Involvement

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