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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

  • David Dixon

    EKU Instructional Design & Learning Technology Graduate
    At the end of the day, I chose EKU because it helped me become better at what I care about most—teaching, designing meaningful learning experiences, and supporting students in a way that actually makes a difference.
  • 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!

Upcoming Events

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Foster Music Camps

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STEM START

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News & Updates

EKU Pep Band Goes National With Music Student Recording for Video Game

Most students cheer for their team on gameday, but one Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) pep band member will be heard by millions in the new EA SPORTS College Football ’27 video game.  Silas Feeback, a junior music education major from Nicholas County, Kentucky, recently spent three days in Nashville recording over 15 songs for the […]

EKU Choirs Take the Stage at Carnegie Hall

On March 22, more than 40 students from the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Choirs stepped into the spotlight at Carnegie Hall, one of the most iconic concert venues in the world, for a performance they will never forget. This marked EKU’s first major choir tour since 2017. The students, representing all three EKU choral ensembles, […]

EKU Trombone Society Invited to National Workshop

The Institute for Creative and Collaborative Arts (ICCA) School of Music is proud to announce that the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Trombone Society was invited to the 2026 American Trombone Workshop in Ft. Myer, Virginia.  Hosted by the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” March 25-28, the 2026 American Trombone Workshop held on historic Joint Base […]

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