The Department of Art and Visual Technology sponsors a variety of cultural programming outside of the classroom that works to enhance AVT student's educational experiences while being a valuable cultural resource to the campus community and community at large. AVT currently programs exhibitions in four galleries on campus. The Fine Arts Gallery, Gallery 123, The Mason Hall Atrium and The Alcove Gallery feature exhibitions by both students and internationally celebrated artists.

The AVT lecture series, Visual Voices, runs through the academic year with a full schedule of eight nationally recognized visiting artists and designers who will speak about their work and the world of art and design and interact with students in seminars and studio visits. The AVT ArtsBus program began in 1987 as a one day bus trip to New York city each term with the intention of exposing GMU students to the New York art scene. ArtsBus now schedules 14 day buses over three trips each term, taking more than 1,000 people to New York City during the academic year. Day trips have also been made to Richmond and to Philadelphia.

The Multimedia Performance Studio (MPS) creates original productions often drawing on: historical or science fiction sources; innovative stagings of opera and new music theater; multimedia scenography for theater, dance and performance art; and indoor and outdoor projection installations. MPS artists, who consist of faculty and students, work in the Mason Media Lab and the Harris Theatre at George Mason University, where they experiment with new and traditional stage technologies and develop imaginative approaches to the integration of these technologies with the live action and music of theater. Great Performances at Mason is a program of George Mason University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. The College of Visual and Performing Arts creates an academic environment in which the arts are explored as individual disciplines and interdisciplinary forms that enhance and strengthen each other. The GMU Center for the Arts features world renowned performances in theater, dance and music.