Visual and Performing Arts
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Students win regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival awards
Students honored for work on Clark Musical Theatre production of The Little Mermaid.
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Clark students are making ArtsWorcester exhibitions pop
Undergraduate students in last fall’s “Art, the Public, and the History of Worcester: ArtsWorcester,” a Problems of Practice (POP) course taught by Kristina Wilson, professor of art history, are seeing their efforts bear fruit this spring. The students researched contemporary artists to be featured in eight solo exhibitions produced by ArtsWorcester and wrote essays about the artists’ work. The students’…
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Working with ArtsWorcester, Clark students share research with community
Art History Professor Kristina Wilson's Problems of Practice class critically examines, promotes spring exhibitions at local galleries
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Clark composer to receive honor from Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters will recognize Clark University Associate Professor John Aylward with its annual Walter Hinrichsen Award in Music, given for the publication of a work by a mid-career American composer. Professor Aylward will receive the award at the Academy’s annual ceremonies next month. This is the second time the Academy has honored Aylward; in 2011, he received a Goddard…
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Undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects
Nine Clark University undergraduates have been awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to pursue creative research projects in the sciences and humanities. The projects will begin this summer and continue through the 2018-19 academic year. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program encourages and supports Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. This year’s Steinbrecher Fellows’ projects are:…
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Film director visits Clark to screen documentary about Ferguson activists
Filmmaker Damon Davis was in Ferguson, Missouri, during the protests that followed the 2014 fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. He had an idea for a film, but initially didn’t bring a camera with him onto the streets. For the St. Louis native, the city in turmoil was not only a subject for a…
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Environmental journalist John Morano ’82 tells of ‘giving voice to voiceless’
John Morano ’82 returned to campus for the English Department’s Alumni Lecture Series, reflecting on his career as an environmental journalist, in a March 15 talk titled “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” in Dana Commons’ Higgins Lounge. He also presented a workshop for student writers and sat for an interview with Davina Tomlin ’20. “There’s a journalistic ethic…
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Toni Armstrong ’19 turns historical research into an art
Toni Armstrong ’19 didn’t come to Clark University to take it easy. In her three years here, the art history/ancient civilization double major has indulged her curiosity and demonstrated her talents and passions in ways that span multiple disciplines. This kind of workload would be daunting for anyone, but Armstrong has learned to manage. “I need to pursue…
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From stage to page: Alumna scholar co-authors book on Chinese dance
Lynn Frederiksen ’79, M.A.’82, returns to campus as adjunct professor to teach 'African Inspirations: A Dance Collaboration'
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MOMA lecture treats alumni to a look at Clark’s historic art exhibition
Professor Kristina Wilson speaks about historic cyanotypes exhibition displayed at the Worcester Art Museum.