This week at Arts Scholars...

Field Trip Deposits

Haven't submitted your field trip deposit? Make sure you submit it by Monday, September 9.

First Look Fair

It's your chance to get involved in student clubs!

Wednesday, September 11 & 12
McKeldin Mall
10 am - 3 pm

Get Involved!

Student Advisory Board
Application Deadline - Thursday, Sept. 12th @ 11:59pm
www.scholars.umd.edu/joinsab
The Scholars Student Advisory Board is a great opportunity to get involved as a freshman representative for your program. Gain experience in student leadership, event planning, fundraising and introducing new ideas that will support the continued success of College Park Scholars. You will also be working closely with student representatives from all 12 Scholars programs. Meetings are biweekly on Fridays at 3 p.m. Applications are due Sept. 12.

Free Clarice Tickets

Need Pentathlon credit? No need to pay for tickets at the Clarice. Sign-up for free tickets here.

Colloquium Updates

CPSA100
Look Club Discussions
This week we will be discussing your favorite artwork. Before class complete the Arts Journal Entry 2 assignment. The Syllabus Quiz is also due at 11:59pm on Monday.

Next weekend, the NextNOW Festival is at the Clarice! Be sure to attend and complete the NextNOW assignment on ELMS.

CPSA200
Ask the Experts
We will hear from our very own Arts Scholars alumni about their capstone projects! Come prepared to ask questions of our guests.

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

NextNOW Fest 2019

Friday and Saturday, September 13 & 14
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/nextnow-fest-2019

Dance
Royal Scottish Country Dance
Wednesday, September 11
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:

Detective Pikachu - September 7th @ 8:00pm
Rocketman - September 11th & 12th @ 8:00pm
Yesterday - September 13th @ 8:00pm

Presentation
Josh Peck
Friday, September 6
9 PM
Stamp Grand Ballroom
https://www.see.umd.edu/joshpeck
This will be a moderated Q/A with Josh Peck as he talks about his previous work (including Drake and Josh, The Amanda Show, etc.) and his new YouTube career!

Visual Art
Self-Care Crafting

Monday, September 9
5-7pm
Cambridge Community Center
As part of National Suicide Prevention Week, create crafts that double as self-care tools and stress management. While you are there, take a moment to participate in a free depression screening in a private room nearby with a clinician from UMD's Counseling Service. For more National Suicide Prevention Week events, see: http://blog.umd.edu/terpstakecare/nspw2019/

Survivor Love Letter Workshop
Thursday, September 12
5:30pm
https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2019/survivor-love-letter-workshop
Survivor Love Letter is a movement for survivors of sexual assault and their allies to publicly celebrate their lives. Started by filmmaker and activist Tani Ikeda in 2012 on the anniversary of her rape, #SurvivorLoveLetter has rippled out to become a hashtag, a letter writing campaign, and a viral social movement. In this workshop, facilitated by Tani, you will have an opportunity to tell your story in the form of a poem, a personal monologue, a letter to yourself, a song, or whatever comes to mind. This workshop is being presented in connection with "A body, home," which is a multimedia, intergenerational dance piece on sexual violence performed in the back of a moving truck. Performances of the dance will be part of NextNOW Fest on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13 and 14, and will incorporate excerpts of letters written during this workshop.
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.

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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301-405-0522
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This newsletter was sent on May 17, 2019.