Visual and Performing Arts
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Ebert Fellowship earned Clark alum a ticket to Sundance
FADE IN: INT. SASHA KOHAN’S MAINE BEDROOM – NIGHT SASHA, a 2016 Clark University graduate, hesitantly approaches an open laptop placed on a desk. Its screen glows back at her as she reads an email, her eyes growing wider. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SASHA KOHAN’S MAINE LIVING ROOM – NIGHT Sasha enters room with laptop, shows…
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Clark Diarist explores more than just art with new major
Alli Jutras ’19 learns in and out of the classroom with Media, Culture and the Arts program
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Music forecast is promising for 3 Piece Meal
In 2015, Clark University students Akiba Davis ’16, Asir Arif ’18 and Diego Baraona Calvo ’17 added “groovy beats” to the annual International Students Association International Journey event. A year later, the trio — transformed into 3 Piece Meal — created “Tomorrow’s Forecast,” their first studio album released Feb. 8 on Bandcamp. “Tomorrow’s Forecast” addresses climate change and a host…
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‘Recursive’ sculpture exhibit by adjunct professor Johnathan Derry opens at Schiltkamp Gallery
Clark University will host “Recursive,” a solo exhibit by Johnathan Derry, sculptor and adjunct professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, from Monday, March 13, through Thursday, April 20 at the Schiltkamp Gallery in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St., Worcester. An opening reception will be held at the gallery at 4 p.m. Thursday, March…
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Daysha Williams ’17 has gotta have an acting career
Daysha Williams’ Clark University experience has been a series of serendipitous moments. She first arrived on campus intending to pursue a career in public relations, but registered for a First-Year Intensive course called “How to Act Right on and off the Stage.” In that class, she met Raymond Munro, professor of theatre arts, and discovered both a calling…
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Drawn to their art: Cartoonists on why comics go outside the lines
Cartoonists James Sturm and Caleb Brown spent time at Clark on Feb. 7 talking about the joys and challenges of their profession as they opened the exhibit “Cartooning: Sense, Nonsense, Applications” at the Higgins Lounge in Dana Commons. Curated by Sturm, co-founder of the The Center for Cartoon Studies, the exhibit will be on display through…
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Clark student given sound advice for a theatre career
Upon arriving on campus, R Baldwin ’19 fell in love with the atmosphere at Clark University: the freedom to pursue an academic interest alongside students and faculty who push you to be your best. “Clark is really good about giving students flexibility in their education, which I think is extremely valuable,” Baldwin says. The political science major,…
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Acclaimed jazz artist Ravi Coltrane will headline 2017 Geller Jazz Concert at Clark University
Tickets available now for March 29 event
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Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission
Clark University Associate Professor of Music John Aylward was awarded a 2017 commission by the Fromm Music Foundation. One of 12 composers chosen by the Harvard-based foundation, Aylward’s commission offers him the chance to compose a new work and a subsidy to have his collaborating musicians bring that music to life. The Fromm Foundation chose its commissioned composers…
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John S. Winkleman ’77 gets to the art of the matter
Walking down Lexington Avenue in New York recently, John S. Winkleman ‘77 noticed a familiar piece of art hanging in a storefront window. Looking more closely, he recognized it as one of his sketches. The pen-and-ink drawing was part of a series Winkleman created for Our Town, a community newspaper covering the East Side of the…