University, Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith college students may purchase tickets to Performing Arts Series events for reduced prices. The Center is one of the University's premiere cultural and educational programs. Serving as a forum for American arts, the Center has a long history of designing and implementing programs which present a world view of the arts. Performing arts at the Center also include Jazz in July, Residential Arts Asian Dance and Music Program, Magic Triangle Jazz series, the summer Bright Moments Festival, and the Performances Plus series which brings 8,000 school age children annually to campus. The University Gallery is nationally recognized for its contemporary art installations.
Exhibitions specialize in sculptural installations and works of art on paper.
The Gallery frequently tours its shows nationally and produces professional catalogues which are exchanged with peer institutions. It houses a permanent collection of 2,500 works of art on paper. Hampden and Wheeler Galleries exhibit emerging and established artists from New England and New York. Augusta Savage Gallery is a multicultural, multi-arts facility, promoting the work of artists of color and encouraging artistic expression of issues of culture and identity. Fine Arts Center educational programs provide opportunities for student enrichment in the arts.