This week at Arts Scholars...
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Art Events
Workshop Previews
Sunday, November 10
1 - 3:30pm
The Arts Scholars Workshop Preview is this Sunday! All Arts Scholars are required to attend. Come see what your peers have in store and choose which workshops you are interested in participating in this Spring. Snacks will be available. Sign up for workshop preview preferences here by 12:00pm today! Students who do not indicate preferences will be assigned to two previews. The final list will be emailed by Saturday.
Coffee & Crafts: Mixed Media Collage (#Visual Art)
Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 6:00-7:30pm
Location: Bel Air Lounge
Hosts: Melissa Olisse & Gabi Frolich
Sign up here
Are you bored of making flat looking art pieces? Come work with mix media. Get the best of all worlds and watch your art pop when you combine different mediums. Mix mosaics, painting, and collaging to make creative art pieces like these.
Coffee & Crafts: Love Yourself with Pasta (#Visual Art)
Date: Thursday, November 14 6:30pm
Location: Bel Air Lounge
Hosts: Justyn Alexander & Simran Kishore
Sign up here
Come unwind by creating a picture of your "best self" with pasta! Explore the good parts of oneself instead of the “bad” using mindfulness techniques and using a nontraditional craft material to make a unique decoration for your room!
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CPSA100
Makerspace/Studio A Visits
Next week colloquium will be split again. Half the group is going to the Makerspace in McKeldin and half the group is going to Studio A in the basement of Stamp. The Triangles, The Creamsicle, and half of Kate’s group (A-H) will go to Studio A. Kate’s Group (L-Z), The Bananas, and The Glue will go to the Makerspace.
Workshop Previews on Sunday!
Please note that attending two previews and completing the post-event survey is required and graded. The post-event survey is due on Sunday at 5pm.
Due on Monday: Pentathlon 4!
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CPSA200
Film Workshop
Attention all film buffs! This week we will participate in an interactive film workshop. Questions we will explore: What is the role of play and experimentation in the creative process?
Workshop Previews on Sunday!
Please note that attending two previews and completing the post-event survey is required and graded. The post-event survey is due on Sunday at 5pm.
Due on Tuesday: Pentathlon 4!
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Website Features Our Student Leaders!
Find out more about the students who lead the Arts Scholars community in exciting new directions! Check out our new Meet Arts Scholars page.
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Mixed Categories
Diwali Festival of Lights Celebration
Tuesday, November 12
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/campus-diwali-at-umd-tickets-76836306461?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR0kBS3eGSvjIfvuekKgegiE7Up9U-6ab3W0awMIu_vUe2dNGDT-QcnuoxI
Come out and celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, which marks the beginning of the Indian New Year and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. The event will feature an insightful exhibition, inspiring speeches, musical performances, and FREE FOOD! Come experience the true meaning of Diwali.
Music
Stefon Harris & Blackout
Friday, November 8, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Free, no tickets required
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/stefon-harris-blackout-usa
For a decade, Stefon Harris' ensemble Blackout seemed to have vanished. Then, in 2009, in the bold album "Urbanus," the modern jazz vibraphone linchpin led his quintet through a mix of Gershwin interpretations and Jackie McLean covers, with a nod to Stevie Wonder along the way. Fusing jazz vibraphone with strong interests in R&B and Latin sounds, Harris has explored the frontiers of his instrument since first emerging in the late 1990s.
Concerto Competition Prelims
Sunday, November 10
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Free, no tickets required
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/concerto-competition-prelims
Join the search for the UMD Symphony Orchestra's next featured soloist. In the first round of this annual competition, UMD School of Music students perform concerto excerpts or concert pieces for an independent jury panel. With each round of the competition, the field is narrowed until the final round, when a winner and runners-up are announced.
Chamber Music Showcase
Monday, November 11, 5:30 PM - Tue , November 12, 2019 7:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Free, no tickets required
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/chamber-music-showcase-0
School of Music student artists perform a moving collection of chamber music repertoire for strings, woodwinds, brass and piano. The culmination of rehearsal and coaching during the fall semester, these concerts are an integral part of coursework for School of Music students and provide a glimpse into the training they receive for performing in major ensembles.
Tenebrae (United Kingdom)
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Free, no tickets required
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/tenebrae-united-kingdom
If angels exist, they sound exactly like the 17-voice Tenebrae. Tenebrae's performances are an odyssey of the voice. In concert, "Tenebrae [is] special," raves The Guardian. "These [are] exemplary performances, lucid and ... commanding." In this performance presented at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, the beloved chamber choir celebrates 20th century English choral music, particularly the work of prolific poet and composer Ivor Gurney. Tenebrae closes with Herbert Howells' heart-rending "Requiem," an extraordinary piece showcasing the ensemble's impeccable precision, always in service to their musicality.
Oculus [Five] Woodwind Quintet: From Square One
Wednesday, November 13
8:00 PM - 10:15 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Free, no tickets required
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/from-square-one
Oculus [Five] looks forward to their debut recital as the UMD School of Music's Fellowship Woodwind Quintet for the next two years. This concert will feature works by Taffanel, Tomsi and Barber.
Concerto Competition Finals
Friday, November 15
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Free, no tickets required
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/concerto-competition-finals
UMD School of Music students vie for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the UMD Symphony Orchestra in the final round of this annual competition. Finalists perform 15- to 20-minute excerpts of a concerto or concert piece for an independent jury panel. Following the jury's deliberation, a winner and runners-up will be announced.
Presentation
Vestiges of Ice: Data, Digital Tools and Art
Thursday, November 14
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Mathematics Building, Room 1403A
https://umd.libcal.com/event/5766102
STEAM Salon with Cy Keener: "Vestiges of Ice: Data, Digital Tools and Art"
Cy Keener is artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology. His current focus is on recording and representing environments undergoing drastic changes due to our climate crisis. In this presentation, he will share his experience collaborating with the International Arctic Buoy Programme to deploy art / science instruments to record multi-year sea ice, his effort to digitally document the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland for an immersive virtual reality experience. STEAM Salon is an informal discussion series by faculty and student speakers in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) who seek to engage and inspire the university community with their current research.
Artists Of Conscience: Veterans, Art & Wellness
Thursday, November 14
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
The Phillips Collection 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009 (take advantage of a FREE BUS to the Phillips!)
https://www.phillipscollection.org/events/2019-11-14-international-forum
Join us for a discussion about the impact that art and art therapies can have on the lives of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic-brain injury (TBI), and other combat-related psychological health conditions. Speakers include Jane Chu, Art Advisor, PBS; Sara Kass, MD, Military and Medical Advisor, Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network; Army Sgt. Zach Herrick, Purple Heart Recipient and Founder, American Heroes HeART; Ben King, Iraq War veteran and Founder, Armor Down; and Klaus Ottmann, The Phillips Collection Cheif Curator and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs.
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Dance
Royal Scottish Country Dance
Wednesday, November 13
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Mathematics Building Rotunda
Cost: Free
We offer a Scottish country dancing class and practices. (An ancestor of square dancing and a cousin of the dancing you have seen in Jane Austen movies.) Taught by certificated Scottish Country Dance teacher Howard Lasnik (Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics). ANYONE can come! No experience required! No partner needed!
Contact: Howard Lasnik 301-405-4929 lasnik@umd.edu
Salsa & Bachata Dance Class
Thursday, November 14
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Activities Room
Cost: $30 for UMD Students
https://stampunion.umd.edu/StudioA/classes/Course.aspx?id=3395
A Salsa & Bachata class on Thursdays from 6 to 7 pm on Thursdays is offered Oct. 31 to Dec. 12. To register, visit: https://stampunion.umd.edu/StudioA/classes/Default.aspx or call: 301.314.2787. These classes are for all members of the public but there is a discount for those associated with the university!
Film
At the Hoff (https://www.facebook.com/events/2331059403823555/):
- High Life, November 13 @ 8pm
- Dragged Across Concrete, November 14 @ 8pm
Theatre
Flyin' West: a Story of African American Women Pioneers
Friday, November 1 - Sat, November 9
7:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Regular: $25; Student/Youth: $10
http://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/flyin-west
Set in 1898, Flyin' West is the story of African American women pioneers who settled together in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas. This work by Pearl Cleage explores themes of determination, racial pride, intermarriage and the power of love to highlight the female empowerment that she sees as vital to the African American community.
Visual Art
Inspired! Jim Henson at Maryland
Thursday, August 8, 2019 - Tue , May 26, 2020 (all day)
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
https://www.lib.umd.edu/mspal/gallery
The exhibit provides a window into the profound impact Henson’s experiences on campus, both in the classroom and in his extra-curricular activities, had on his creative and professional development, laying the foundation for a remarkable career that included the creation of the Muppets and beyond. Featured are 25 pieces of original art created by Jim Henson (1936-1990), theatrical programs and ephemera, photographs, and an interactive digital archive of Henson’s sketchbooks, student projects, and press clippings from The Jim Henson Company Archives, Special Collections in Performing Arts, and UMD's University Archives. Video clips from the 1950s and 1960s demonstrate the breadth of Henson’s genius, already evident in his early work on local Washington television.
Lia Halloran: The Same Sky Overarches Us All
UMD Art Gallery
September 5 to November 22
Monday to Friday, 11 am to 4 pm
Art/Sociology Building
The exhibition explores the lesser-known history of early women astronomers and the central role they played in modern astronomy, including the discovery and documentation of major celestial bodies. Using large-scale cyanotypes -- a photographic printing process developed in the mid-nineteenth century, primarily for scientific use -- Halloran examines how perception, time, and scale informs the human desire to understand the world and our emotional and psychological place within it. The exhibition also features her first immersive, three-channel video installation, Double Horizon (2019), an aerial exploration of the space above Los Angeles.
Still Here: Art on HIV/AIDS
October 29th through December 7th
This fall the Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park, presents Still Here: Art on HIV/AIDS, an exhibition of contemporary artwork on HIV/AIDS in dialogue with panels from The NAMES Project Foundation AIDS Memorial Quilt. The AIDS Memorial Quilt was last hosted in the STAMP Gallery 30 years ago. In the interceding years and despite many technological and medical advances, HIV/AIDS remains an epidemic that disproportionately impacts the dispossessed and marginalized: queer men, trans women, racial and ethnic minorities, intravenous drug users, and economically vulnerable sex workers. Political stagnation and apathy, failed policy, and insurmountable paywalls for preventative drugs remain major barriers to ending the epidemic. Much has changed since The Stamp Gallery last hosted The Quilt in the 1980s, but what political, social, and medical barriers to prevention and treatment remain?
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Opportunities
Join the Hate-Bias Response Team
Due: November 11 at 5pm
The Hate-Bias Response Team is recruiting students to serve on the team's student advisory group, which will launch in Spring 2020. The creation of the student advisory group establishes a formal mechanism to ensure student input is integrated into actionable goals of the Hate-Bias Response Team. The team is seeking students who are passionate about improving hate bias response on campus. Applications are available online HERE.
Call for Student Artwork Submissions: Juried Winter Show at the Stamp Gallery
Deadline for Submissions: Friday, November 22, 2019
See: https://stamp.umd.edu/Stamp_Gallery
The Stamp Student Union Gallery announces a call for student artwork for a juried exhibition to be held during the Winter Session. Artwork in this exhibition will be displayed on the walls in front of the windows of our gallery during the winter session; all forms of media, including 2-D, 3-D and digital, are accepted. Proposals are open to all currently enrolled University of Maryland students. Any questions about the submission guidelines can be directed to stampgallery@umd.edu
Study Abroad Opportunity
https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/11216
The Education Abroad Program "In the Shadow of Vesuvius" (Italy, Summer Session 1A) is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the archaeological recording of historic buildings, using ancient Roman villas around Pompeii as a classroom!
New Makerspace!
Want to make amazing things with 3D printers, laser cutters, and other computer-controlled tools? Have ideas for the tokens for your homegrown board game? Need to fix something using traditional tools like hammers and saws? Interested in making cool art pieces that combine aesthetics with electronics or other technology? Looking for crafting tools and sewing machines? Guess what - we've got just the space for you!
The shiny new Brendan Iribe Center (home to the Department of Computer Science and UMIACS, the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies), has an incredible FREE FOR ALL STUDENTS makerspace called the Singh Sandbox -- go and make cool things! You are welcome to just walk in and check it out (it's in Iribe room 1231; go upstairs to the first floor then down the hall towards Baltimore Ave, away from campus). The student volunteers will walk you through what they offer, and explain what you need to do to start using the tools. Or, go online and take a quick safety quiz (ter.ps/learn2make) and lessons specific to the tools you want to use, so when you get there, you'll be ready to get to work! Why not start with the Glowforge laser cutter?
For more info visit their wiki at ter.ps/SandboxWiki or check out their Facebook page at ter.ps/sandbox. New training modules are being added each month so if there is a tool you want to learn be sure to ask to be notified when the training is ready, their email address is SandboxUMD@gmail.com.
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This newsletter was sent on May 17, 2019.
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