Arts Weekly Newsletter 12/6

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Good Luck on Finals!!!


Spring Registration Information

  • Freshmen: Register for CPSA101. Workshop schedules will be announced in January. If you have a class that conflicts with the CPSA101 slot, you will be able to sign up for a Workshop on a Tuesday. Email Heather to have the conflict approved. The Arts supporting course list is available on ELMS under files.
  • Sophomores: Register for CPSA201 and your corresponding Capstone course (CPSA240 for service learning projects; CPSA250 for individual projects; CPSA260 for workshop leaders). Workshop schedules will be announced in January. If you have a class that conflicts with the CPSA201 slot, you will be able to sign up for a Workshop on a Monday. Email Heather to have the conflict approved. The Arts supporting course list is available on ELMS under files.

Colloquium Updates

CPSA100
Final Project Presentations, Part 2 (last class!)
  • 5:00-6:00pm - exhibition set up
  • 6:00pm - announcements and reminders
  • 6:05pm - Viewing exhibitions and exhibition introductions by The Bananas and The Creamsicle (round 1)
  • 6:25pm - Viewing exhibitions and exhibition introductions by The Bananas and The Creamsicle (round 2) 
  • 6:45pm - End of semester wrap up
  • 6:55pm - Exhibition take down
  • 7:15pm - end and exhibition take down
Due: Pentathlon 5, Arts Journal 6, Final Project Individual Review
CPSA200
No class!

Due: Pentathlon 5, Final Reflection
 
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.

Pentathlon Events

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.

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?  

Theatre
Porte Parole (Canada): The Assembly
December 5 - 7
8PM 
Kogod Theatre

The bitter polarization of the 2016 American presidential election inspired pioneering Montreal theater company Porte Parole to consider what may sound like a terrifying scenario—having a dinner party with four strangers of very different political persuasions and urging them to discuss their differences over wine. Would they listen? Would they get along? Could they be convinced to change? The Assembly re-creates that scenario, based on a conversation with very real participants, with divergent viewpoints, chosen directly from the University of Maryland community. The actors do their best to conjure those actual strangers and make the play feel like a real-time snapshot of our own very real divides. During the play, the audience is asked to participate, to take their own seat at the table and dig into topics about their community with their community. This is catalyzing art that asks a necessary but seemingly intractable question: how can we change the world without learning to break bread with our neighbors?

Second Season: "Soundtrack" and "The Triumph of Horus"
DEC 6 - 7

Clarice
Enjoy Soundtrack, written by Diallo Adams, and The Triumph of Horus: An Ancient Egyptian Sacred Drama, translated by H. W. Fairman, adapted and directed by Allison Hedges.

The Muses - Original Works Project - Fall 2019
SUN, DEC 8 • 3PM
Cafritz Foundation Theatre, Clarice
The Muses proudly present their Original Works Projects, a memorable night of short plays created and produced by students.

Dance

Swing Graduation Social Dance
Saturday, December 7
8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Prince George's Room
See: ter.ps/sdcgradf19
Swing Dance Club at UMD is celebrating their swing graduates who successfully completed an entire Lindy Hop or West Coast Swing series with a WCS and Lindy Hop mixed social dance party! There will be a drop-in beginner lesson for both dances so its a perfect time to learn a new dance or introduce your friends to swing! No partner or experience needed!

NextLOOK: Chitra Subramanian: Temple
Friday, December 13, 2019 . 7PM
Joe's Movement Emporium
Temple shines the spotlight on the fraying of public life and the growing reality that people participate in institutions less and less. Through the language of Indian Dance and Hip-Hop culture, Chitra Subramanian will explore the experiences and stories of her South Asian immigrant journey. She will also showcase the limitless ways in which Hip-Hop continues to transform, inspire and unleash untapped talent and power.

Music

Clarinet Studio Recital
FRI, DEC 6 • 5PM
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice
The Clarinet Studio performs the works of Francis Poulenc, Heinrich Sutermeister, Carl M. von Weber, Ferdinand David, Louis Spohr, Paul Jean Jean and more.

Kaleidoscope of Bands Concert
FRI, DEC 6 • 8PM
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice
University Band, Community Band and Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band
The School of Music’s finest bands come together for a crowd-pleasing extravaganza under the direction of Associate Director of Bands Andrea Brown.


An Evening of Balinese Gamelan & Japanese Koto
UMD Gamelan Saraswati Ensemble and UMD Japanese Koto Ensemble
FRI, DEC 6 • 8PM
Kay Theatre, Clarice
Two of the School of Music’s world music ensembles, The UMD Gamelan Saraswati Ensemble and the UMD Japanese Koto Ensemble share the stage in this combined concert.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Friday, December 6, 2019 . 8PM
Memorial Chapel
Five choirs, brass quintet and organ bring the joy of the holiday season to life with carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and goodwill. Program highlights include Benjamin Britten's Chorale After an Old French Carol, Levente Gyöngyösi's Gloria Kajoniesis with guest violinists James Stern and Myles Mocarski and an arrangement by S. Hatfield of Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, which originated from the Provence region of France in the 17th century. Then sing along to the beloved David Willcocks carols. 

From Björk to Schmitt
UMD Wind Orchestra
SAT, DEC 7 • 8PM
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice
From the Icelandic rockstar Björk’s Overture to Dancer in the Dark to Florent Schmitt’s joyful Dionysiaques, enjoy a dynamic evening of modern masterworks for wind orchestra.

Handel's Messiah
UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Chamber Singers
SUN, DEC 8 • 3PM
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice
For the first time in two decades, the School of Music brings this classic beacon of the holiday season to the University of Maryland. Proceeds from this holiday favorite will benefit School of Music student scholarships!

UMD Percussion Ensemble
MON, DEC 9 • 8PM
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice
Usually positioned at the back of the orchestra, members of the percussion section move center stage to reveal the colorful, melodic potential of their instruments in this striking concert of contemporary music.

 

Opportunities

Scholarship Opportunity
Deadline: December 31, 2019
The Phi Beta Kappy Society, the nation's most prestigious academic honor society, has launched a new undergraduate scholarship program to connect promising arts and sciences students with opportunities in public service. The Society invites online applications for the Key into Public Service Scholarship, which will award $5,000 undergraduate scholarships and a trip to DC for up to 20 rising sophomore, junior, and senior liberal arts and science students interested in public service careers. Characteristics of ideal recipients include intellectual curiosity, interdisciplinary breadth and depth of arts and sciences coursework, leadership propensity, and service to others.
 Students can visit PBK.org/ServiceScholarsApp to learn more and apply. The application deadline is December 31, 2019.
 

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