This week at Arts Scholars...
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If you haven't signed up for a Field Trip yet...
Please contact Heather (hbremens@umd.edu) as soon as possible with your top three choices from the list below. The field trips that still have availability are:
- Everything in Existence
Date: Sunday, March 3
Venue: ARTECHOUSE
- Analogy/Ambros: The Emigrant
Date: Saturday, March 30
Venue: The Kennedy Center
- Kurt Weill Festival: Street Scene
Date: Wednesday, April 17
Venue: The Clarice
- Evicted & Hoops
Date: Sunday, May 5
Venue: The National Building Museum
Submit your Field Trip deposit
A $10 deposit is required for all field trips, please submit your deposit through UMD's online payment portal.
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CPSA101
- Syllabus quiz due today (Friday) at 11:59pm. Please submit the quiz if you have not done so already. Please not that you can take it as many times as you want, so 100% is almost guaranteed!
- Sign-ups for Citation Reviews start February 11th for those whose last names start A-K.
- Pentathlon 1 due February 12 at 11:59pm.
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CPSA201
- Syllabus quiz due today (Friday) at 11:59pm. Please submit the quiz if you have not done so already. Please not that you can take it as many times as you want, so 100% is almost guaranteed!
- Sign-ups for Capstone Advising Meeting one are now live!
- Pentathlon 1 due February 12 at 11:59pm.
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Special Events
Nyumburu Talent Showcase for Black History Month
Wednesday, Feb. 13
5:30 pm
North Diner
A night of the arts! Performances by Nyumburu Jazz Club, Tiffany Blossom (Soloist), spoken word artists, dance groups, and more.
Black History & UMD Landmark Tours
Thursdays, Feb. 7 & 28 - 12:30 PM
Friday, Feb. 15 - 1:00 pm
Thursday, Feb. 21 - 2:00 pm
Front steps of the Rossborough Inn
Explore the history of black people at Maryland and their contributions to the campus community. Tour by Dr. Kim J. Nickerson and coordinated by MICA. Reserve your spot: orgsync.com/75780/forms/351178
Film
At the Hoff:
- Ralph Breaks the Internet: Friday, February 8 at 8pm
- Creed II: Wednesday, February 13 and Friday, February 15 at 8pm
Literature/Presentation
Spring Comedy show ft. Ilana Glazer
Tuesday, February 12th
Grand ballroom @ Stamp
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Show Starts: 7:00 pm
ILANA GLAZER is a co-creator, writer, director, executive producer and star of the critically-acclaimed show Broad City. The show was renewed for a fifth and final season which is currently in production. Broad City was previously nominated by the Writers Guild of America for ‘Best Comedy Series.’
Visual Art
Here and Now: Recent Acquisitions
UMD Art Gallery
Art-Soc Building
Jan 30 to Apr 5, 2019
Honors the many generous contributions from donors that make possible the continued growth of the University of Maryland Art Gallery's permanent collection. Every five years the Gallery mounts an exhibition of notable recent acquisitions and gifts. Highlights from 2014-2019 include an entire gallery devoted to the work of Washington Color School artist Paul Reed from the Bill McGillicuddy collection and the Jean Reed Roberts collection, donations and promised gifts of significant African Art from the Dr. Stephen and Dr. Sharlene Weiss collection and the Dr. Gilbert and Jean Jackson collection, several Japanese hanging scrolls from the G. Lewis and Kyoko Edayoshi Schmidt collection, major works by Latinx artists Natalia Blanch, Dora De Larios, GeoVanna Gonzalez, and Analia Saban, among many others.
Posing Beauty in African American Culture
Driskell Center
Jan 31 to Apr 7, 2019
This exhibition examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. The exhibition explores contemporary understandings of beauty by framing the notion of aesthetics, race, class, and gender within art, popular culture, and political contexts.
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Dance/Theatre
Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert
Friday, February 8, 7:30 PM - Sun , February 10, 2:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre
Cost: Student/Youth: $10 or FREE
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/spring-mfa-dance-thesis-concert
Two MFA Dance students present original, compelling works as a part of their MFA Program in Dance Thesis. Ama Law presents Tides and Shawn Stone presents 's (apostrophe s).
Music
Eugene Ysaye: At the Feet of the Master
Friday, February 8, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/at-the-feet-of-the-master-eug-ne-ysa-e
Experience all of the Six Solo Sonatas for Violin (1923) by Eugene Ysaye performed by graduate and undergraduate students as part of a total-immersion, semester learning project. The students will share their direct lineage to the Belgian master, explain how he entirely revolutionized the craft and the art, even how the repertoire links to some of the most prominent musicians of the Twentieth Century; then play, tag-team style, this daring magnum opus - the most challenging in the genre since J.S. Bach's model 200 years earlier.
Faculty Artist Series: Strata, A Thousand Whirling Dreams
Sunday, February 10
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/faculty-artist-series-strata-a-thousand-whirling-dreams
Strata, an ensemble including violin faculty member James Stern and guest artists Audrey Andrist, piano, and Nathan Williams, clarinet, presents a dazzling recital of music by contemporary American composers. Selections include the title work by Dana Wilson (inspired by the poem As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes), and music by Paul Schoenfield, Libby Larsen, Margaret Brouwer, and a work written for Strata by celebrated Maryland alumnus Jonathan Leshnoff.
NextLOOK: Be Steadwell - A letter to My Ex, the musical
Friday, February 15
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://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/nextlook-be-steadwell-a-letter-to-my-ex-the-musical
Composer and vocalist Be Steadwell tells stories of love, loss and intimacy with LGBTQ-affirming pop music. Following the 2018 release of her album Queer Love Songs, Steadwell brings her album to life through theater and performance. A Letter to My Ex is a collage of music, movement and film, narrating one character's journey through the ups and downs of love.
Opera New Work Reading: Hajar
Friday, February 15
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/opera-new-work-reading-hajar
Elisabeth Mehl Greene's new opera Hajar synthesizes the Jewish and Islamic stories of Hagar/Hajar into a modern tale of a Syrian refugee mother and her son trying to reach safety in America. Hajar confronts the immigration crisis in the United States and worldwide, challenging the acceptance of policies that resist compassion.
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GALLERY ASSISTANT Work Study Position available
Gallery Assistants are a vital part of the University of Maryland Art Gallery's daily operations. They perform a wide variety of administrative and security related functions, including protecting art and other UMD property. Gallery Assistant positions are currently funded through the Office of Financial Aid's (OSFA) Federal Work-Study (FWS) program. Please carefully review OSFA's FWS program eligibility and requirements before applying for a Gallery Assistant position. Search for available positions here.
2019 MOSAIC Leadership & Identity Retreat
Deadline: February 12
The MOSAIC Retreat is a two-day, one-night weekend retreat focused on exploring the relationship between diversity and leadership. Interactive sessions and group discussions are designed to create an environment for individuals to examine their identity and how it influences their understanding of and approach to leadership. The MOSAIC experience will challenge, grow, and develop students!
Program Details:
- The MOSAIC Diversity & Leadership Retreat will be held at YMCA Camp Letts in Edgewater, MD
- A pre-retreat dinner and orientation will be held on campus the evening of Friday, February 22, 2019.
- Check in on campus will begin at 8:30 am on Saturday. Students will return to campus by 4:00 pm on Sunday.
- The retreat fee is $25 which includes transportation, housing accommodations, all meals, a t-shirt and program materials. Participants’ fees can be sponsored by a campus department, office, or organization.
- MOSAIC is led by trained student and staff facilitators from the Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy and Leadership and Community Service-Learning offices.
- Interested students can apply by February 12 at go.umd.edu/mosaicapplication19
Lunch with Leaders: Green America
February 13
11:30am - 1pm
7878 Diamondback Drive, Suite B
The Do Good Accelerator, in collaboration with the Center for Global Sustainability, is hosting its February Lunch with Leaders event featuring Green America and ethical consumerism. The event is open to students, staff, faculty and community members and includes a free lunch! Please register through Eventbrite here: go.umd.edu/lwlga.
Community Service Leadership Opportunity
Deadline: February 18
Good Neighbor Day, a community-wide day of service for Greater College Park, is seeking volunteers to serve as project Team Leaders for the 8th Annual Good Neighbor Day event on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Interested volunteers can learn more and apply at http://go.umd.edu/GNDTL2019 before February 18 to be considered. All are welcome to apply – students, staff, faculty, and community residents. Feel free to share with your friends!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - MULTIRACIAL HERITAGE MONTH
Deadline: February 22
The office for Multicultural Involvement and Student Advocacy (MICA) is looking for a student artwork to highlight in a curation for Multiracial Heritage Month this upcoming March 2019.
This piece will be hung for the whole month of March in the Teaching and Research Gallery Room of the UMD Art Gallery in the Art-Soc Building. We are looking for an artwork revolving around the themes of interfaith, spirituality, and womanhood, to honor Women's History as well as Multicultural backgrounds.
Other topics the artwork can include or intersect the overall theme with: struggles with multiethnic/biracial identity, mental health/mental wellness, colorism, feelings of not belonging/not feeling whole, intergenerational issues, queer identities, mosaic of cultures/backgrounds, etc. Email submissions to art curating Coordinator at MICA, Ghonva Ghauri: gghauri@umd.edu
Submission requirements:
- Image of artwork: must be clear and high quality
- A note listing: materials, mediums, and dimensions of the piece
- A one-page write-up to explain the visual piece's relevancy to the theme outlined above (not: references to a mosaic of multiple race/cultures
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