This week at Arts Scholars...

First Coffee & Crafts!

Arts Scholars hosts small TA- and peer mentor-led events as opportunities for you to relax, make art, socialize, and earn Pentathlon credit. The first one of the year is bracelet making on September 25, 8-9:30pm. This event can count toward Pentathlon credit as #VisualArt. Sign up here.

Art House - Lanyards & Keychains!

Need help keeping track of your keys? Come join Arts Advisory Board and make DIY lanyards and keychains using string, beads, and more! You can even use your DIY craft to keep track of your important personal items during the upcoming Penn State vs UMD game. This event will be held on Thursday, September 26 from 7:00 – 9:00pm in the CCC1100 and can count toward Pentathlon as #VisualArt.

Get Involved!
Scholars in Action
Program Representatives are the bridge between Scholars in Action and each Scholars program, linking Scholars students to upcoming service events. There are only three of us on the Executive Board, so we need you to connect us with your program and perform the following duties:

Be available on Sundays from 5-6 PM for general body meetings. Our meetings will typically be every other week, however, we do ask for some flexibility when we are organizing multiple projects.
Communicate with your Scholars program peers about upcoming SIA service events through emails, announcement or other means.
Attend and assist us in some of the service projects we host.
Familiarize yourself with your Scholars program director and explore potential service projects specific to your program (especially programs with service requirements).

Being a Program Representative for SIA is a great leadership position that allows you to be more involved with Scholars, and it doesn't require a huge amount of time commitment. Apply here.

Colloquium Updates

CPSA100
UMD Art Gallery Visit
Meet at the Art Gallery in the Art-Sociology Building for a visit to the Lia Halloran and Carlos Martiel exhibitions. Directions are posted on ELMS.

CPSA200
Workshop with artists Dorian Blue and Sobia Ahmad
You will learn about Dorian and Sobia's experiences in Arts Scholars, their trajectories into the professional art world, and their creative process. After introduction, each of our visitors will lead an interactive arts workshop. Come prepared to ask questions and create!

And sign-up for a Sophomore Citation Review on ELMS as soon as you can.

Check out our new website!

Arts Scholars now has our very own website! Designed for current Arts Scholars students, the website is a great resource for seeing what events are coming up, learning more about the program, and viewing photos from past Arts Scholars events. Check out Arts Scholars today!

Pentathlon Events

Dance
Royal Scottish Country Dance
Wednesday, September 25
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

Film
At the Hoff in Stamp Student Union:

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - September 21st @ 10:00pm
Misommar - September 26th & 27th @ 8:00pm

DC Shorts International Film Festival
September 19-28
Various venues
https://festival.dcshorts.com/
The 2019 DC Shorts International Film Festival is one of the largest collections of short films in the United States! This year, out of more than 1200 entries from around the globe, our programmers have selected 156 unique films that will screen in 19 showcases that reflect the 38 nations they represent — bringing a world view to Washington, DC.

Brazilian Film "Black Orpheus" Screening
Wednesday, September 25
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
H.J. Patterson Hall, Global Crossroads Space (Lobby)
As part of the Latinx Heritage Month, the Latin American Studies Center will screen the Brazilian movie Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro).

Music
The French Connection Chamber Performance
Sunday, September 22
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/faculty-artist-series-the-french-connection
Sarah Frisof and Rita Sloan are joined by fellow School of Music faculty Mark Hill, Gregory Miller, Robert DiLutis and Joseph Grimmer for a concert of unusual French chamber music for flute, piano and winds in various configurations. The performers will present duos, trios and a sextet from Poulenc's Paris of the 1930s to the 21st century's Techno-Parade by Guillaume Connesson.

String Duo Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei
Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Cost: Free for students
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/abigail-washburn-banjo-and-wu-fei-guzheng
What do you get when you cross a 2,000-year-old court instrument from the royal banquets of China's Qin dynasty, an early banjo style of the Appalachian Mountains and two close friends who have mastered their respective styles to the point of utter virtuosity? The result is Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei's stunning string duo, a cultural commingling of songs and storytelling rooted in traditional Appalachian and Chinese music.

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.

Social Housing
Sept 13 - October 20, 2019
Kibel Gallery, Architecture Building
https://arch.umd.edu/mapp/event/municipality-building-vienna-residential-construction-1920-2020
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's Kibel Gallery, in conjunction with the Austrian Cultural Forum and the City of Vienna present an exhibition and symposium on Social (Affordable) Housing. The exhibition, "The Municipality is Building. Vienna Residential Construction 1920 to 2020," begins on Friday, September 13th at 1:00 pm with an opening reception, followed at 2:00 pm, by the symposium, "The Vienna Model: Social Housing for the 21st Century."

Tour an Artist's Studio
September 27, 8:45 am- 1 pm
RSVP HERE: go.umd.edu/cgasf19

Join us for a special career shuttle to Carol Brown Goldberg's art studio in Chevy Chase! Carol received a BA in American Studies from UMD and a BA from the Corcoran School of Art. She has taught at UMD and American University, served as Artist in Residence at the Chautauqua Institute and serves on the board of the Phillips Collection, among many other accomplishments. Carol has shown in the US and internationally in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions and her work is found in many museums and private collections. Learn more about Carol's background here: www.carolbrowngoldberg.com

This career shuttle is a must for any student considering a career in fine art. During our visit, we will tour Carol's studio and learn more about a career as an artist. We will travel together by van to Carol's studio. Please meet the van outside Taliaferro Hall (backside of Francis Scott Key Hall) at 8:45 am. We will return to campus by 1 pm.

Opportunities

Work at the Clarice
Need some extra money? See current employment opportunities here.

Publish Your Work
Stylus, UMD’s student-run literary arts journal, is looking for your work. Contact styluslit@gmail.com to find out more.

Join the UMD chapter of Youth Art for Healing

The Youth Art for Healing-University of Maryland Chapter brings together artists from the campus community to paint works of art that will be put in healthcare environments. These works are meant to provide a sense of comfort and healing for patients as well as the artists themselves. If interested in this unique service opportunity, please email 3 sample pieces (at least 2 paintings) to youthart.umd@gmail.com. Include your name, year and a sentence about your artistic history.

Winter study abroad opportunity

Business, Society and the Economy Program Director Mark Wellman will be leading a winter study abroad course in South East Asia, Jan. 10 – 25 (dates subject to change). Students will have the opportunity to study in Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore and engage in a series of cultural activities, company visits and adventure excursions. Apply by Oct. 1.

Follow Arts Scholars on Social Media

We have a new Instagram account! Follow us on Instagram @umd.artsscholars to stay up to date on events and connect with your peers.

You can also join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/526726647663819

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This newsletter was sent on May 17, 2019.