The Fine and Performing Arts Department strives to:

• Provide knowledge and skills for aesthetic literacy.
• Develop awareness of design/composition elements/techniques.
• Deeper knowledge of/acceptance of self.
• Develop appreciation/reverence for human experience in the arts.
• Inculcate cultural/personal diversity, tolerance for disagreement.
• Explore ethical, value, and moral meanings in the arts.
• Provide opportunities for personal expression via studio activities.
• Integration of arts studies with on-campus arts events.
• Connection of Iona arts studies with NY City cultural resources.