The College of Visual and Performing Arts seeks to provide comprehensive professional and liberal arts education for students in the disciplines of dance  fashion  interior design  music  theatre and cinema and the visual arts  to serve the educational needs of all Radford students by providing comprehensive opportunities and experiences in the arts and design  to enrich the artistic and cultural environment of the university  western Virginia  the Commonwealth of Virginia  and beyond  and to make significant artistic contributions in the disciplines of dance  fashion  interior design  music  theatre  and the visual arts