On February 5. 2025, George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) announced the public launch of the Give Voice initiative, a $35 million fundraising effort to renovate and modernize the Center for the Arts, which was built in 1990. The Give Voice initiative is part of Mason Now: Power the Possible—the university’s first one-billion-dollar comprehensive fundraising campaign to support student success, research, innovation, community, and stewardship.
Read more about the Give Voice Initiative launch event, and enjoy highlights from throughout the momentous event in the series of photos below:
L to R: George Mason President Gregory Washington, Barry Dewberry, Director of the Dewberry Family School of Music Linda Monson, CVPA Dean Rick Davis, and Arlene Evans, at the Mason Arts Elevated event on February 5, 2025.
CVPA Dean Rick Davis speaks at the Mason Arts Elevated event.
Rocio Barragan (BFA Dance 2027) performs Me Voy Con el Viento at Mason Arts Elevated.
Jennah Sidiabed, Elise Legault, E Griggs (Musical Theater students) perform "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof at Mason Arts Elevated
VP Advancement and President of GMU Foundation Trishana Bowden, CVPA Dean Rick Davis, Bob Buchanan, CVPA Senior Director of Development Susan Graziano
GaYoung Lee (DMA Piano Performance 2025) and Annette Lee (BM Violin Performance 2025) perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor at Mason Arts Elevated.
Barry Dewberry, Arlene Evans, Director of the Dewberry Family School of Music Linda Monson, and Kai Shi (DMA Piano Performance 2026).
