This week at Arts Scholars...

Coffee & Crafts this week!

Relax, be creative, and earn Pentathlon credit! Please sign up here for upcoming Coffee and Crafts events: https://goo.gl/forms/ehmEjz8syQ9ndtL62

Monday, November 12
Join Marieh to create your astrological birth chart in Bel Air Study Lounge from 3 - 4:30 pm.

Thursday, November 15
Join Simran in a throwback to the past making jewelry and other accessories with gimp from 3:30 - 5pm.

Sign up to preview the Spring Workshops!
On November 18 from 1 to 3:30pm you have the chance to try out two workshops that you might like to take next semester. Don't miss out on trying your first choice! Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/IoRnrkKIJOU9SbI83

What Arts events would you attend?
Arts Advisory board are conducting a survey to see what events you would like to attend. Fill it out here: https://goo.gl/forms/hnfVvc1mpr88f1V63

CPSA100
Colloquium

Monday, November 12th: Final Project Work time
This colloquium is time dedicated to working with your groups on your final projects.

And remember to visit the Makerspace in McKeldin!
Please sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/0tjs4RqyAs49MHv72

Extra credit opportunity!
To receive 3% extra credit in CPSA100, please fill out this survey on your experience in Arts Scholars by November 18th at 11:59pm: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_ekAbhweNu51RNSl

CPSA200

Colloquium

Tuesday, November 13th: West African Drumming Workshop

Drumming Empowerment will lead a workshop on West African Drumming. The workshop will give an overview of the history, cultural significance, and offer an opportunity to try out different types of West African drums!

Pentathlon Opportunities

Literature/Presentations:
Manuel Miranda: Identity, Space, Program, Place
Friday, November 9
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
Cost: Free
http://www.arch.umd.edu/mapp/lecture/kibel-gallery-talk-identity-space-program-place
Manuel Miranda is a graphic designer based in New York City and exhibition designer of 10 Sectors, 10 Solutions on view in the Kibel Gallery. His studio, MMP, works across an expansive media spectrum to make places and ideas visible, legible and navigable to people. In addition to a professional practice, Manuel is a critic in the graduate graphic design program at Yale School of Art and former VP of AIGA New York's board of directors. In 2015, his team created the winning proposal for the Van Alen Institute's National Parks Now competition to imagine new audience engagement strategies at urban parks for the National Park Service.

Coren Sharples & SHoP Architects Lecture
Friday, November 9
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Architecture Building, Great Space
Free
https://go.umd.edu/Ud3
Join us for a lecture by internationally-known architect and local alum Coren Sharples, Principal and Founding Partner of SHoP Architects, a firm with offices on five continents that was established over twenty years ago to harness the power of diverse expertise to design buildings and environments that improve the quality of public life.

Comedy Open Mic Night
Monday, November 12
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, TerpZone
See: https://go.umd.edu/U5e
Comedians of all skill and experience levels are welcome to come out and try new material the first Monday of each month at The TerpZone.

Artist Conversation with Sobia Ahmad
Thursday, November 15
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Adele's
http://stamp.umd.edu/gallery
STAMP Gallery and The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development proudly present: In Conversation with Sobia Ahmad. This talk is in conjunction with STAMP Gallery's current exhibition, Mirrored Re-Collection. Join us for an hour-long talk in which Ahmad will discuss her body of work, followed by a question and answer session. Sobia Ahmad dissects how social, cultural, and political forces shape personal narratives and community experiences. A strong believer in the power of art for social change, Ahmad explores how our deeply intimate struggles of identity and belonging can inform larger conversations about fluidity of self, womanhood, and activism.

NextLOOK: Ronya-Lee Anderson
Friday, November 16
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Joe's Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
Pay what you wish, no tickets required.
https://go.umd.edu/US2
Kings and Queens is a multi-disciplinary project designed to highlight the contributions of African-American artists to the beloved musical genre: Rock n' Roll. The project will combine monologues, live music, projections, dance and discussion honing in on artists such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jimi Hendrix, Big Momma Thorton, Bo Diddley, Louis Gordon and others. Beyond noting the practice of cultural appropriation, the project will illustrate the influence of black musicians on their white successors like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin, generally considered the greatest rockers. In workshop and performance Kings and Queens links the lives and legacies of black and white artists, the richness of their synergy lost due to racial discrimination and ignorance.

Dance/Theatre:
Royal Scottish Country Dancing
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Mathematics Building Rotunda
Free
A Scottish country dancing class and practices. (An ancestor of square dancing and a cousin of the dancing you may 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. And no Scottish heritage required!
Contact: Howard Lasnik 301-405-4929

Citizen: An American Lyric Performance
Friday, November 9 - Fri , November 16
7:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre
Cost: Student/Youth: $10 or FREE
See: https://go.umd.edu/Ufj
Everyday racism can come on slyly - a hasty glance or too-casual comment. Sometimes from a friend. Or a coworker. Other pointed or veiled aggressions play out in the classroom, on the street, on the national stage, in the media, at home - all the time. The cost of micro and macro aggression thrown against a white wall of racism is played out individually as Black Americans, and cannot be ignored. Adapted from Claudia Rankine's acclaimed book of poetry, this searingly provocative meditation on race in America is not a play. It's a fast-moving, fluid theater at the speed of thought.

Films and Screenings:
Salam Neighbor

Tuesday, Nov. 13
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Global Crossroads Atrium of HJ Patterson
We'll be screening the award-winning documentary, "Salam Neighbor." Two American filmmakers receive permission from the UN to live for a month in a refugee camp in Jordan (apparently now the fourth-largest city in the country, I'm assuming by population), and chronicle their experiences with their Syrian refugee "neighbors" in the camp. A short discussion will follow.

Movies at the Hoff Theater this week:

Eighth Grade, 11/ 14 & 16 @ 8pm

Pose Screening and discussion
Friday, November 16
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Marie Mount Hall, Room 2218
Cost: Free
See: https://www.facebook.com/events/1903540303059558/
The category is: LIVE. WORK. POSE!
Yes, that's right. If you missed this summer's historical series, Pose, don't worry. We will be hosting a weekly screening & discussion in the LGBT Equity Center Fridays at noon. Hope to see you there!

Music:
Brahms and Bartok Symphony Orchestra Concert
Friday, November 9
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Cost: Student/Youth: $10 or FREE
See: https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/brahms-and-bartok-umd-symphony-orchestra
Faculty soloists Irina Muresanu, violin, and Eric Kutz, cello, join the UMD Symphony Orchestra for Brahms' beloved Double Concerto. The program concludes with Bartok's virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra.

Choro Das 3 Performance
Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
See: https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/choro-das-3
Choro Das 3 is a vibrant and virtuosic all-female instrumental ensemble, returning with a new album to the Washington, DC area after a hugely successful sold-out show in 2017. These three young, talented sisters play in seamless harmony, carrying on the rich tradition of Brazil's first popular music choro. Choro Das 3 is a family-based band composed of: Corina (flutes), Lia (7 string acoustic guitar) and Elisa (mandolin, clarinet, banjo, and piano) with their father, Eduardo (pandeiro).

The Immigrants 2: Wind Orchestra Concert
Saturday, November 10
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Cost: Student/Youth: $10 or Free
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/the-immigrants-2-umd-wind-orchestra
A leading voice among collegiate ensembles in premiering new works for winds, the 10th anniversary season of the UMD Wind Orchestra, led by Dr. Michael Votta, will feature faculty soloists, world-premiere performances and masterworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. UMWO has performed in side-by-side collaborations with major professional ensembles and has been invited to perform at international, national and regional conferences.

Fall Choral Collage: UMD Men's Chorus & Treble Choir
Sunday, November 11
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://go.umd.edu/Uf9
In this combined concert, SOM's choral ensembles share the stage, offering a program of eclectic repertoire ranging from Renaissance madrigals to Barbershop arrangements. Featuring the Treble Choir, Men's Choir and University Chorale.

Chamber Music Showcase
Monday, November 12 and Tuesday, November 13
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/chamber-music-showcase-1
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 spring semester, this concert is an integral part of coursework for UMD School of Music students and provides a glimpse into the training they receive for performing in major ensembles.

Azure: Sensory-Friendly Concert featuring Invoke
Tuesday, November 13
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dance Theatre
Free, tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/azure-sensory-friendly-concerts-with-invoke
INVOKE, a string quartet that plays music of many forms, curates a program and venue at a high artistic level that meets the needs of those with cognitive disabilities. Move or dance in any direction! The Clarice provides a suitable surface and plenty of space. There will be a wide array of fun tactile fidgets (feather boas, stress balls, etc.) to provide relief and to help keep the audience engaged and excited. Attractive non-fluorescent lighting enhances the experience and eliminates the buzzing/humming of traditional fluorescent lighting. Earplugs are also available on request.

Masterful Strings: Violin & Piano
Wednesday, November 14
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://go.umd.edu/Ufy
American violinist and international soloist, Pamela Frank and critically acclaimed pianist, composer and conductor, Stephen Prutsman will perform a recital of duo music. Presenting beloved classics alongside new works, repertoire will include Brahms' G Major Violin Sonata, Bach's E Major Sonata for Violin with keyboard obbligato and works by Fritz Kreisler.

Piano Masterclass with Stephen Prutsman
Thursday, November 15
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://go.umd.edu/UfC
Three School of Music piano students will be selected to perform live in a masterclass for Stephen Prutsman. Hailed as one of the most innovative musicians of his time, Prutsman moves easily between classical, jazz and world music styles as a pianist, composer and conductor, exploring common ground and relationships in the music of all cultures and languages.

Invoke (USA) Quartet Performance
Thursday, November 15
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Cost: Student/Youth: $10 or FREE
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/invoke
Described as "not classical...but not not classical," string quartet and UMD School of Music alumni invoke dodge genre classification by tying together many traditions including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, minimalism, and even 16th century motets to create truly unique contemporary repertoire, written by and for the group. The Artist Partner Program brings you the new Speed of Sound Sessions (S.O.S.), a celebration of musicians who support and promote composers whose work was created in the 21st Century and who respond to the contemporary world in which we live. The S.O.S. Sessions are a fun, interactive way to engage with adventurers just like you.

Know of any events on campus that other Arts Scholars should attend? Let Kenna know!

Other Opportunities

College Park Scholars is seeking student worker for the Communications team!
College Park Scholars is seeking an undergraduate student to work part-time for the central staff as part our communications team. Reporting to the Scholars assistant director for communications, the individual will support communications and marketing efforts approximately 10 hours per week. Some of the work is expected to be performed remotely, during the student’s own time. The position may on occasion involve work outside of normal business hours. Please contact Kenna or Heather for more details.

Artist's Commissions
The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) and the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association (LRCA) are seeking artists to create designs and paint murals on a total of 3 storm drains in Lamond-Riggs. The goal of these murals is to raise awareness of storm drains as a connection to our local waterways. Selected artists will receive a commission of $750 per storm drain. This Mural Design competition is open to artists of all ages, including school groups and individual students. Materials (paint and brushes) will be provided. Designs are due by 5pm on November 16th.
https://www.anacostiaws.org/blog/call-for-artists-storm-drain-murals-in-lamond-riggs.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=95aa29e2-a541-49d5-9cf3-2d50807ec6e5

Be a NextNOW Student Curator!
Do you have a passion for bringing people together through art? Get involved in the performing arts at Maryland and join the NextNOW Fest team! The Clarice's Artist Partner Program is looking for student curators that will collaborate with Clarice staff to design a student-focused festival experience and create marketing methods that will drive student attendance to the festival. Student curators must commit to the project from January 2019 through October 2019. Each curator will receive an honorarium of $750.
The deadline to apply is Sunday, November 18, 2018. The full job description and application can be found here: http://theclarice.umd.edu/nnf/student-curator-application

Road Trips to the Real World: Wolftrap
Are you interested in an internship or future career in arts management? Looking for something to do over winter break in January? Check out the Road Trips to the Real World program, offering an employer site visit to the Wolf Trap Foundation to the Performing Arts to learn about their paid internship and apprenticeship programs on January 10 from 10 am- 12:30 pm. Each site visit is $10 and you must provide your own transportation. Register soon (hurry, some sites will fill very quickly!). Please visit the https://www.eace.org/road-trips-to-the-real-world for more information and to register. There are 19 other employer visits happening up and down the east coast in January as well (see the whole list by visiting the website link).

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This newsletter was sent on November 9, 2018.