Visual and Performing Arts Archives

Visual and Performing Arts

The sounds of Spree Day

Band 3 Piece Meal and artist Van Ward — all Clarkies — draw musical inspiration from many places
Panel offers insight into music and disabilities

The Geller Jazz Concert Series on April 6 included the virtuosity of trumpeter Tom Harrell, who performed in Razzo Hall, and a more discreet, though no less impactful, conversation in Dana Commons. Matt Malsky, dean of the college and professor of music, organized and hosted a panel of scholars who addressed the various ways in which…
2016 Climate Change Teach-In asks crucial questions about issue

The stakes are high. The planet is changing profoundly. What does it mean, what is possible, and what is needed? Clark University’s second Climate Change Teach-In on March 23 brought the campus together for a deep consideration of the challenges to the planet’s health. The day featured a variety of teach-in sessions and a campus-wide…
Panelists explore a very human problem

“What is it about humans?” The question rings true of just about anything people do, but it has special resonance when considered in the context of our planet’s fate. The March 23 Clark University Climate Change Teach-in panel “What is it about humans?” featured Hugh Manon, associate professor of screen studies, Stephen Levin, associate professor of English, and Usha Ilyer, assistant professor…
Making Black Lives Matter on Earth: Teach-in dialogue looks at race and climate activism

Session Two of the March 23 Climate Change Teach-in at Clark University was organized around the question, How do we choose to respond? The session comprised nine conversation groups or panels. One panel, Making Black Lives Matter on Earth, examined racial justice and environmental movements, revealing connections and disconnections between them. More than 50 attendees filled concentric seating, facing panelists and…
Writing a different future for the planet

Climate Change Teach-in session delves into role of speculative fiction in the environmental debate
Clark University student creates mural for food bank

For Clark University junior Katlyn A. Greger, artistic interests transcended into effective practice when she was given the opportunity to create a mural for the Worcester County Food Bank. The biology and studio art double-major was initially recognized for her creative abilities while interning with North Grafton-based Community Harvest Project over the past summer. As a sustainable farming intern, Greger…
Impossible is nothing

Clark senior Skye Wingo looks back — and ahead — at chasing his dreams
Clark commissions new work by award-winning playwright John ADEkoje

Clark Arts is proud to present “The American of Wisconsin and the Story of Two Lovers by a Bridge,” a new play from Boston playwright — and Company One Theatre (founded by Clarkies) board member — John ADEkoje. The play centers around Gebnga, a Nigerian stand up comedian trying to find his way in Lacrosse,…
‘Macbeth’ brings sound and fury to Atwood

Witches cursed, ghosts haunted, guilty hands were stained with stubborn blood, and once again, as he has on countless stages for almost 400 years, the murderous Macbeth met the fate he deserved. It all took place in Shakespeare & Company’s 2016 touring production of “Macbeth” in Atwood Hall, Feb. 3-5. The performance was funded by…