Arts & Culture
VPA鈥檚 Ralph Zito Receives Juilliard School鈥檚 President鈥檚 Medal
Ralph Zito, professor and chair of the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, received the Juilliard School鈥檚 President’s Medal at the 50th anniversary celebration of Julliard鈥檚 Drama Division on Oct. 9. Zito, an alumnus of…
VPA Dean Michael Tick Appointed Treasurer of International Council of Fine Arts Deans
Dean Michael S. Tick of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was appointed treasurer of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) at the council鈥檚 recent annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tick, who is serving…
Award-Winning Photographer Gerard Gaskin to Lecture at Light Work Thursday at 10 a.m.
Light Work will present a special lecture and Q&A session with 2010 Light Work Artist-in-Residence, photographer Gerard H. Gaskin, Thursday, Oc. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Light Work Lab, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316…
Student Blends Art History, Communications for Future Goals
Art history and public relations major Hanwen (Gavin) Liu was interested in working on a student publication that represented the work of young contemporary artists. He didn鈥檛 quite find what he was looking for鈥攕o he started his own. After encouragement…
Steve Gorn to Play Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 24
Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Gorn will give a concert, 鈥淭he Transformative Power of Music,鈥 on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. in 105 Life Sciences Building. His music combines the classical Indian tradition of bansuri flute with a contemporary world…
Backstage Names VPA鈥檚 Musical Theater Program One of 10 鈥榊ou Should Know鈥
Backstage has listed the musical theater program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 Department of Drama as one of 鈥淭en Musical Theater College Programs You Should Know.鈥 According to Backstage, the list, which does not numerically rank the…
Top Architecture Schools of 2018: 黑料不打烊 Architecture repeats at No. 3 in U.S.
For the second consecutive year, the 黑料不打烊 School of Architecture undergraduate program has been ranked #3 in the nation by DesignIntelligence (DI) in聽its list of 鈥淭op Architecture Schools.鈥 DI is the bimonthly journal of the Design Futures Council, considered…
Poets Explore Theme of Disability as a Way of Knowing at Oct. 24 Event
Poets Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson will share verses from their book, 鈥淏order Songs: A Conversation in Poems,鈥 at a reading Tuesday, Oct. 24, in celebration of Disability Awareness Month. The event, part of Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A…
George Saunders Wins Man Booker Prize for 鈥楲incoln in the Bardo鈥
Saunders鈥 win was announced by Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, at a dinner Tuesday evening at London鈥檚 Guildhall. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall presented a trophy to Saunders.
SYRFILMFEST 2017 Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Film Screenings, Discussions
The 14th annual 黑料不打烊 International Film Festival (SYRFILMFEST 2017) opens Wednesday, Oct. 18, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 22, with some three dozen films (including a silent film classic), as well as a filmmakers’ forum and discussions with 黑料不打烊-born actress…