Art is making the ordinary EXTRAORDINARY!

The Campus Arts office is the center of Arts activity on the Northwood Texas Campus.  Students are provided with the opportunities to understand and appreciate the importance of the arts in their personal lives and the value of arts to society.  We are guided by Northwood’s Principle, “The Arts Make Good Business Partners,” and focus on exposing students to various art forms while relating the experience to creativity and entrepreneurship.

Northwood University accomplishes these goals by involving students in:

Student Arts Groups
Provide Northwood students the opportunity to continue developing their talents and creativity.

• Photography Club
• Drama Club
• Voices of Northwood
• Choir
• Campus Newspaper, Knight’s News
• Literary magazine, The Crusader

On Campus Performances:
The Northwood Arts Initiative Program brings internationally known artists to the campus for multi-day residencies incorporating classroom demonstrations, demo-lectures, assemblies, and performances.  In addition, local painters and photographers conduct workshops. As well, local arts groups hold art shows, musical, and theatrical performances on the Northwood campus throughout the year.  Rotating art exhibits are set up in the Butler Gallery throughout the year.

Road Trips:
The Dallas/Ft. Worth area has a wealth of artistic resources, including world class orchestras, museums, and theaters.  Opportunities abound for students to experience some of the best artists in the world.  Each term, the Campus Arts office offers discounted tickets to various events. Past performances include the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra, The Texas Ballet’s Nutcracker, and Theater Arlington’s Driving Miss Daisy.

The Campus Arts Office is located in the Butler Building, room B101. For more information, call 972.293.5401 or e-mail the Arts Director at pritchet@northwood.edu

Arts Director

William (Billy) Pritchett began his association with Northwood University announcing baseball games for the Knights during the 1993 season. He is happy to be back in a full time capacity as Campus Arts Director.

Billy holds an Associate of Arts degree from Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. He did his graduate work in Music History and Choral Conducting at Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, Texas.

Prior to coming to Northwood, Billy spent over a decade as a Music and Arts Director for large churches in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Billy also has taught at Tarrant County Community College and for the Cedar Hill Independent School District. Billy has started and directed numerous choral, instrumental and drama groups; and he has been instrumental in creating and leading several children’s music and dance camps.

In 2003, He and his wife, Lisa, started their own business, Fresh Start Healthy Living, Inc., which is a wholesale distributor of healthy snacks to hospitals, grocery stores, farmer's markets, and schools. Billy still oversees marketing for the company.

William (Billy) Pritchett,
Campus Arts Director
pritchet@northwood.edu

“Creativity is jazz without the music” ~ Jack Allday