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Geetings from Dean Ron JonesSubmitted by Ron Jones
This greeting has to begin with a thank you, for not only accepting this eNewsletter, but more importantly, taking the time to read it. We are very grateful for your interest in our College, the arts at USF and in this newsletter. This second edition, like the first and all the issues to follow, puts the spotlight on the incredible arts faculty and the extraordinary arts students here at USF. Together they walk the talk!
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Dance Faculty Jeanne Travers Educates and Inspires with International FlairSubmitted by Julie Rose
In 2003, professor Jeanne Travers attended a conference in France that included the unveiling of Chantal Bernard’s International Book of Peace, a book featuring a collection of messages of peace and hope written by Nobel Peace Prize recipients, dignitaries, princes, presidents, artists, scholars, religious leaders and poets. Travers was enthused by both messages in the book and Ms. Bernard.
During a research sabbatical leave in 2005, Ms. Travers began choreographing a piece based on seven selections of text from the book. She traveled between Tampa and Paris creating the choreography with dancers in both cities. As the work took shape and continued to develop she added musicians from Algeria, Tunisia, Iran and France and text narrated in English, Arabic and French.
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Works in the Community: USF Visual ArtsSubmitted by Wallace Wilson
The past two weeks have been filled with School of Art and Art History faculty, students and alumni exhibiting their artworks in the Tampa area.
The dynamic “Keith Haring: Art and Commerce” exhibition kicked off on Friday night, March 17, with a large and diverse crowd at the Tampa Museum of Art. The new Interim Director of the Museum is Ken Rollins, who earned his BA from USF. TMA and its guest curator, Jade Dellinger, who received his BA in Art History from USF, originated the Haring show. Also on view that same night were two huge murals, one illuminated and one a projected video on the front of the museum, by Jeff Whipple, another graduate of our program at USF. The latter projects were a part of Lights on Tampa, a public art project that has garnered national attention.
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Impending Visit to Paris Promises InspirationSubmitted by By Robert Yaniz Jr.
Due to the richness of its culture, Paris has long been a beloved destination for art and art history students. The city’s elegance and distinct style lend itself to adulation and provide inspiration for artists worldwide. In order to present students with the chance to gain valuable firsthand experience in one of the most aesthetically fulfilling cities in the world, the School of Art and Art History is proud to present its 2006 Summer Art Program in Paris, which takes place from May 31-June 30.
Now in its 18th year, this program allows students to journey beyond the classroom, providing an immersive and truly invaluable educational experience. Lou Marcus, who has directed the program since its introduction in 1987, believes that it is a vital part of the students’ education. 444
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Robert Stackhouse Celebrates USF’s 50th AnniversarySubmitted by Kristin Soderqvist
In the spring of 2005, the Office of University Special Events and Ceremonies began a collaboration with USF Graphicstudio | Institute for Research in Art to commission an original work of art as part of the USF’s 50th anniversary celebration. Margaret Miller, director of the Institute for Research in Art, suggested that Robert Stackhouse be contacted as the artist to create the work.
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USF Resident Artist Series Submitted by Jennifer Lenhart
Tapping into its distinguished music faculty talent, the College of Visual & Performing Arts has created the Resident Artist Series. Critically acclaimed and accomplished professors perform, in part, to bring attention to the artistic excellence of the School of Music and also as an incentive to attract music students to USF from all over the world.
April 9 at 4 p.m.in FAH 101 Svetozar Ivanov, piano will perform music by Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, Rodion Schedrin, John Cage, Eric Satie, Alexandre Scriabin, George Crumb and Robert Helps.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students and seniors. 427
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USF Theatre presents Crumbs from the Table of JoySubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
USF School of Theatre and Dance presents Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage. The performance will be presented April 6 – 8 and April 12 – 15 at 8 pm and April 8 - 9 at 3 pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors and can be purchased through the College of Visual & Performing Arts Box Office by calling 813.974.2323 or on-line at the website below.
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Postcolonialism and After: Symposium and ExhibitionSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
The Stuart S. Golding Endowment Lecture Series presents presents Postcolonialism and After: A Graduate Art History Symposium and Art Exhibition.
The symposium will take place April 14 at 9 a.m. in the Alumni Center's Traditions Hall and will explore the current trends that have emerged from postcolonialism in both academic scholarship and contemporary artistic practice. At its conception, postcolonialism encompassed both the analysis of colonial discourse and the writings of the ex-colonized. Recently, it has evolved to define writings that resist all manifestations of colonialism and examines the body of culture impacted by imperialism up to the present day. Some even argue that globalization renders postcolonialism obsolete.
The artworks in the exhibition reveal the increasing closeness of peripheral territories and its large effect on postcolonial studies. They show these theoretical concerns and incorporates issues of globalization, transnationalism, or multiculturalism. The exhibition will take place April 14 at 8 p.m. at the Covivant Gallery, 4906 N.Florida Avenue.
Admission is free and open to the public.
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The Jazz Masterworks Series and the Distinguished Master Artists Series Present Chick CoreaSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Chick Corea will be the recipient of this year’s USF Distinguished Master Artist award, celebrating with three highly-charged appearances with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge in the season’s final installment of the Jazz Masterworks Series, April 22-24.
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Spring Choral Concert: "The Best of American Musical Theater"Submitted by Dan Petrie
Ensembles of the USF Choral Program will present an evening of spectacular music in tribute to American Musical Theater. Featured will be the USF Chamber Singers, Bel Canto Women's Chorus, and University Singers directed by Dr. Richard Zielinski and Dr. Lynne Gackle. Selections to include works from West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Rent, Guys and Dolls, Sound of Music, Wicked, Showboat, and Carousel, among others. The concert will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 8 p.m. in Theatre I on the USF Tampa campus. Tickets are $6 adults / $3 students and seniors, call the CVPA Box Office at 813-974-2323 for reservations. For more info about the USF Choral Program please visit us online at 442
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Alumni Greg Pitts is Cast in SitcomSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
College of Visual & Performing Arts alumni Greg Pitts, a 1992 Theatre Arts graduate, is in the cast of the new TV sitcom Sons and Daughters. The show premiered on Tuesday, March 7 at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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Graphicstudio Curator is Quoted in Chicago Sun-Times Submitted by Jennifer Lenhart
Noel Smith, curator of education at Graphicstudio and co-curator of the Los Carpinteros exhibition: Inventing the World, organized by the USF Contemporary Art Museum and now on display at the Chicago Cultural Center, is quoted in a review of the exhibition in the February 26, 2006 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times.
“It’s a tough existence, Artists in Cuba have to be local and international at the same time.”
“This is work that everyone can understand on one level or another. The artists take ordinary items and endow them with a different meaning that often has to do with a little linguistic twist.”
Noel Smith traveled to Chicago for the opening of the exhibition and gave a talk on contemporary Cuban art and Los Carpinteros. 429
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School of Music Faculty Invited to Conduct at National ConventionSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
 The School of Music’s William Wiedrich was invited to conduct at the prestigious combined College Band Directors National Association and National Band Association Convention in Nashville on February 23. Wiedrich conducted the Leon High School Band (Tallahassee) in Eric Whitacre’s Cloudburst. Wiedrich and the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestras commissioned and premiered the orchestral version of Cloudburst in 2004.
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Art History Faculty Receives Positive Book ReviewSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
Associate Professor of Art History, Elisabeth Fraser, has had an important review of her recent book, DELACROIX: ART AND PATRIMONY IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, published in online C.A.A. Reviews (From the College Art Association, the primary professional academic organization in the U.S).
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MFA Graduate Featured in Lights on TampaSubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
School of Art and Art History MFA graduate, Jeff Whipple is featured in Tampa’s Public Art Program Lights on Tampa. The project opened March 17 and Jeff’s installations Long Time No See, a video projection onto the façade of the Tampa Museum of Art and Illuminations of Ruminations, a 300 foot illuminated hand-painted mural on the museum courtyard, are currently on display every Friday and Saturday night from 7-11 p.m. until April 8.
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