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The Institute for Creative and Collaborative Arts

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences

The Institute for Creative and Collaborative Arts

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences

The Destination for the Arts

The ICCA is a leader in promoting a wide variety of disciplines, encouraging critical and creative thinking, artistic expression, effective communication, cultural awareness, community engagement, and collaboration across disciplines.

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The Institute for Creative & Collaborative Arts Schools

    • A Program of Self-Expression

    The ICCA offers a wide range of relevant and comprehensive curricula rooted in student-centered learning, collaboration, communication, technological applications, and creativity. Our community strives to make the arts and communication accessible, inclusive, and meaningful, empowering our students to become educated global citizens and leaders in the 21st Century. Its undergraduate and graduate students are provided with rigorous, transformational, innovative, and experiential education aligned with skills that match industry requirements.

    Mission
    ICCA is an inclusive, intellectually curious, and diverse community that embraces creative inquiry, expression, and collaboration across disciplines. Our community of educators strives to foster access to the arts and communication, empowering our students to become educated global citizens and leaders in the 21st Century.

    Vision
    The ICCA will be a leader in promoting collaboration across disciplines by fostering critical and creative thinking, artistic expression, technological innovations, effective communication, cultural awareness, and community engagement.

    Student Stories & Features

    • Aida Bermudez

      EKU Instructional Design & Learning Technology Student
      In 2020, COVID-19 affected everyone, and I saw how hard it was to teach online. One day, I found the Instructional Design program at EKU. I realized that there are proper ways to conduct training online for people to learn. I saw how all this can be beneficial in how to get information across these days.

    • Rachel Clay

      EKU Communication Studies Student
      I have discovered how to effectively communicate with others in professional settings, interpersonal settings, small groups, and so much more. I have gained skills in conflict management, public speaking, intercultural communication, organizational communication and I am continuing to learn more every day! I am truly grateful to receive my degree in Communication Studies here at EKU!

    • Teddy Morgan

      EKU Graphic Design Graduate
      One of my favorite parts of being an EKU student was the sense of community that the university held. Feeling like an individual in such a large school is rare, but faculty make a point to build relationships and make sure you are on the right track. Earning a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from EKU has completely changed my life. I have been able to get higher-paying jobs, all while doing what I love!

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    News & Updates

    Fostering the Future of Music

    EKU’s Foster Music Camp Celebrates 90 years As the final concert crescendos beneath the stage lights and the last note hangs in the air, there’s a magic that lingers—an echo of growth, talent and unforgettable summer memories. For the young musicians of Foster Music Camp, the grand finale performance is a celebration of everything they’ve […]

    90 Years in Harmony: EKU Celebrates Foster Music Camp Legacy

    This year, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) celebrates the 90th season of the Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp, the second oldest music camp in the United States. Since 1936, the camp has welcomed thousands of young musicians to EKU’s campus in Richmond, Kentucky, offering a transformative experience in music education. “For almost a century, Foster Music […]

    EKU Grad, Now Harvard Fellow, Joins Allied Gaming Board of Directors

    Chi Zhao, ’10, a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, was appointed as an independent board director for Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company. She chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee and serves on the compensation committee. Zhao received a bachelor’s in broadcasting and electronic media from Eastern Kentucky University. As a […]

    Contact Information

    Institute for Creative & Collaborative Arts

    521 Lancaster Avenue
    Campbell 309
    Richmond, KY 40475

    859-622-1629
    Fax: 859-622-6509
    ida.kumoji@eku.edu

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