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Feb
26

Tatiana Mann: Finding Your Why

As artists and humanists, why do we choose our career paths?

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

February 26, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

In Finding Your Why, Dr. Tatiana Mann will lead us to explore why we engage with our disciplines, what informs our decisions and how to light our creative fire to fuel our future success. As...

Mar
12

Kelley Bell

Projections, Inflatables, and Artistic Spectacles

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

March 12, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Kelley Bell is an artist/designer/educator celebrated for creating vibrant projection mapping works on a grand scale and gallery installations that emphasize joy, community, and human connection....

Mar
28

Thomas Talawa Prestø

Africana Aesthetics and Polycentric Dance

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 231

Date & Time

March 28, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description

Thomas Talawa Prestø is a pioneer in Africana performance studies and a foremost specialist in polycentric dance technique. As the founder of the internationally acclaimed Tabanka Dance Ensemble,...

Apr
2

Melissa Hyatt Foss

Rewilding Sound and Form

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216

Date & Time

April 2, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Melissa Hyatt Foss is an instrument-maker, musician, composer-performer, researcher, and teaching artist developing artistic and educational projects that explore pre-Colonial sound artifacts of...

Apr
28

AI and Artistic Practice

Sam Pluta, Brea Souders, and Eryk Salvaggio

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

April 28, 2025, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

Composer and sound artist Sam Pluta, visual artist Brea Souders, and video artist and writer Eryk Salvaggio each use and interact with AI in their artistic practice. They will introduce us to...