This week at Arts Scholars...
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Happy Spring Break!
Harold, Heather, and Kenna hope you all are having relaxing Spring breaks!
Arts Fest Poster/T-shirt Competition
Let your design be the face of Arts Fest! The Arts Scholars Program is looking for a poster/T-shirt design for the annual Arts Fest which will be held on April 26/27th, 2019. The event is mandatory for all Arts Scholars students so an inclusive, creative design will be seen and admired by your peers! The winning logo will be printed on t-shirts and promotional posters, posted on social media, and hung in Bel Air. If you would like to submit a logo design for the contest, please adhere to these rules and submission guidelines. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact us at cpsacoffeehouse@gmail.com. Good luck and happy creating! Deadline March 31 at midnight.
Spots available on the Kennedy Center field trip!
Join us on Match 30 for a trip to the Kennedy Center to see Analogy/Ambros: The Emigrant by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. We will be departing Bel Air at 5:30pm and returning at around 11:30pm. Spaces will be offered on a first come first serve basis and are open to those who have already been on a field trip this semester. Please let Heather know if you would like to attend ( hbremens@umd.edu).
A true pillar of modern dance, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company makes a triumphant return, having last performed at the Kennedy Center in 2011. Choreographed by Artistic Director and Kennedy Center Honoree Bill T. Jones and Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, the company brings three separate evening-length works that delve into the voice of the marginalized in our society, exploring identity, migration, survival, and family. Dancers move, sing, and speak as they are accompanied by live music, video, and projections that help guide the story.
Concert in Close Quarters coming soon!
Save the date for the upcoming Concert In Close Quarters featuring Tomeka Reid and her stringtet on Thursday April 4th (approx. 6:30pm in the CCC--more details to come). Here's a link to her website: http://www.tomekareid.net
Cellist, composer, educator, and UMD School of Music alumna Tomeka Reid is described as "a remarkably versatile player" (Chicago Tribune) for her nimble improvisations with classical cello. Equally adept in classical and jazz contexts, Reid predominantly finds herself in experimental settings and composes for a wide range of instrumentation, from big band to chamber ensemble, that combines groove along with freer concepts. In this performance, Reid presents her Stringtet, combining seven string players with drums in a unique improvisatory ensemble.
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Nominations are now being accepted for Scholars Faculty and Staff Appreciation Awards
During your time at College Park Scholars, has a program faculty or staff member had a significant impact on you? Has a Scholars graduate assistant pushed you to excel? The Scholars Faculty and Staff Appreciation Awards give you the chance to recognize these people. Nominate any Scholars faculty or staff member for any of the following awards: Outstanding Mentor, Most Engaging in Class, The Face of their Field, Unsung Hero, or a “Create Your Own” category. Students can submit a nomination form until April 11.
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Contribute to a Capstone!
The following Arts Scholars would like your contributions for their capstone projects. Please consider contributing to one or more of the projects below.
Submissions wanted for VADE Magazine
Deadline: March 25
Balbina Yang is launching a creative writing and arts magazine for Asian-Americans. VADE Magazine is dedicated to serving the Asian-American community through fiction, poetry, photography, fine arts, and music. VADE is currently accepting submissions for the spring semester! Please email magazinevade@gmail.com with your work and check out the website at vademagazine.wordpress.com. For best consideration, please submit my March 25 at midnight. Hope to hear from you soon!
Survey on Americanization and African Culture
Chidinma Opaigbeogu & Adwoa Andoh are conducting a survey to better understand the African students at UMDs perspective on Americanization and African culture. They will use the information to help inform their capstone project which will be a poetry and painting exhibition to showcase the beauty of Africa and provide a safe space for other Africans who have felt their identity has been affected by being in the States. You can complete the survey by following this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/114HNJYzc5wjv6WWYkH2Dy9IIqnvd5IcZ_S6T_Np1UTc/viewform?edit_requested=true
Survey on Popular Comics
Justyn Alexander is conducting a study about what elements of comics (storyline, inking style, coloring, layout, etc.) students find most appealing. Fill out this survey about what makes engaging and popular comics (in general) for a chance to win $50!
https://goo.gl/forms/jLEVYxNmSO26hutf2
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Dance
Royal Scottish Country Dance
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Mathematics Building Rotunda
We offer a Scottish country dancing class and practice. (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! No Scottish heritage required!
Second Season: Graduate Dance Concert
Friday, March 29, 2019 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dance Theatre
Free, tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/second-season-4
Featuring provocative choreography by MFA in Dance students, this concert is a collection of eclectic new works, serving as an unguarded exploration of these diverse artists' talents and interests.
Film
Atomic Homefront Screening
Monday, March 25, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
South Campus Commons, 1102 Building 1
https://www.facebook.com/events/2190274234559855/
ATOMIC HOMEFRONT shines an urgent and devastating light on the lasting toxic effects that nuclear waste can have on communities. Focusing on a group of moms-turned-advocates in St Louis, Missouri, the film follows the women as they confront the EPA, government agencies that are slow to provide aid, and the corporations behind the illegal dumping of dangerous radioactive waste in their backyards.
At the Hoff:
- On the Basis of Sex - 3/26 and 3/27 at 8pm
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.
Visualizing Narratives: Shaping Resistance
February 13th - March 30th
Stamp Gallery
Monday – Thursday 10am - 8pm, Friday 10am - 6pm, and Saturday 11am - 5pm
Visualizing Narratives: Shaping Resistance seeks to explore the role of visual production around protests and forms of resistance. It will consider such questions as: How does the mass media visually shape narratives? How does artwork respond to, reshape, interrogate, or blur these narratives? How does the visual response to protests and resistance movements by artists memorialize or historicize events? The exhibition presents works in a variety of media––including sculpture, photography, installation, and video––by Becci Davis, Malik M. Lloyd, Leah Modigliani, Susanne Slavick, and the TUG Collective.
New exhibitions at UMUC. See: https://issuu.com/umucachiever/docs/spring_2019_art_umuc_f?e=5712148/68088134
Creative Jam LIVE Tournament
Friday, March 29, 2019 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Edward St. John Learning & Teaching Center
DIT is partnering with Adobe to host UMD's first Creative Jam LIVE! Students can participate in a fast-paced tournament to develop a user experience. Exercise your decision-making process, test your design-thinking skills, learn industry-standard design tools (Adobe XD), get inspired by industry speakers, receive feedback on your work, and win gift card prizes! Following a one-hour crash course on Adobe XD on the day of the Jam, student teams will design an infographic, poster, app prototype or website supporting the theme, Digital Responsiblity.
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Literature
Reshaping the Landscapes of Arab Thought Symposium
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Prince George's Room
http://go.umd.edu/PenLeague19
The Gibran Chair for Values and Peace is hosting the first symposium in the United States about three leading figures in the Arab Renaissance: Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani and Mikhail Naimy. These three thinkers and writers were immigrants whose powerful voices reshaped the 'Mahjar' (emigre) literature. They also founded and launched the Pen League, the first Arab-American literary society, in 1920.
The symposium will feature discussion and presentations by scholars from 10 universities in the US, Canada, and the UK on the contributions of Gibran, Rihani, and Naimy to the rich fabric of the American culture. Keynote remarks will be offered by Dr. Paul Salem, president of the Middle East Institute. The day will conclude with a reception and an innovative, interactive exhibit featuring the works of Gibran, Rihani, and Naimy
Music
Bach Cantata
Thursday, February 21 - May 2
1:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Grand Pavilion
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/bach-cantata-1
Bach, the great master, wrote more than 200 cantatas, and UMD Choral Activities aims to sing them all in this series of informal performances by students, faculty, staff and community friends.
Kreativity Open Mic Night 2018
Friday, March 1 - Mon , May 13
7:30 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Cafritz Foundation Theatre
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/kreativity-open-mic-night-2018
Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance, and spoken word.
Faculty Artist Series: Tim Powell, Saxophone
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/faculty-artist-series-tim-powell-saxophone
Tim Powell performs a program of classical saxophone works by composition faculty members Robert Gibson, David Froom, and Thomas DeLeo, along with a premiere by Gregory Wanamaker and works by Scott Edward Godin and Lex van Delden.
Kurt Weill Festival: An Affair to Remember
Friday, March 29, 2019 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Free, tickets required.
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/kurt-weill-festival-an-affair-to-remember
One of the great Weill interpreters of our time, Austrian-born soprano Ute Gfrerer joins UMD faculty member Tim McReynolds for an evening focused on the remarkable love story of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. Through Weill's music, we explore the earliest days of their relationship, their immigration to America, and beyond.
Presentation
The Inca in the Plaza: Contested Change in Cuzco, Peru
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Architecture Building, room 1101
Admission is free, no tickets required
http://go.umd.edu/silverman
By Helaine Silverman, Professor of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois. Conserving places of cultural heritage in historic urban centers that also are vibrant and changing is a matter of much debate. A case in point is Cuzco, Peru where the recent installation of an Inca king atop a Belle Époque fountain in the middle of the premier public space of the city has prompted a major dispute between the Municipality (which erected the statue) and the Ministry of Culture (which seeks its removal). Beyond local political antagonisms and ambiguity in the national legal code for heritage management are intertwined issues of place, authenticity, identity, memory, visual integrity, community stakeholdership, colonial legacies, and different value systems. This talk uses the controversy over “the Inca in the plaza” as a platform to discuss management of the past in “living” historic urban landscapes.
DC Queer Studies Symposium: Reflections on Disidentifications at 20
Friday, March 29, 2019 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Tawes Hall, Ulrich Recital Hall
Free
http://go.umd.edu/DCQS19
In 1999, the queer theorist and performance studies scholar José Esteban Muñoz published the book Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics. It remains one of the most influential works in queer theory and queer of color critique over the last two decades. The book brought together fields of study too rarely put into conversation – women of color feminisms, literary-critical theory, and histories of theater and performance – and developed a new framework for the concept of “disidentification” to address the dynamics of social exclusion and cultural production among queer people of color engaged in both experimental and popular culture. The 12th Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium will bring together scholars and artists for a one-day event dedicated to the legacy of this field-defining book.
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