Visual and Performing Arts Archives

Visual and Performing Arts

Scaling the Wall

Ten years after graduating from Clark, Doug Martung ’05, who goes by the stage name Voli, is blazing his own path through the music industry. I spoke with him about where he’s been, where he’s going and how his time at Clark has impacted his music. Your music is a hybrid of rap, rock, hip-hop and…
David Strassler, M.B.A. ’11, honorary Trustee and Clark champion, receives ADL honor for lifetime achievement, leadership

David H. Strassler, M.B.A. ’11, honorary member and former chair of the Board of Trustees and longtime supporter of Clark University, recently was honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in recognition of his dedicated commitment to the fight against ant-Semitism and for his decades of leadership in the service of ADL’s mission to combat hate.…
In Good Company

A troupe of Clarkies is turning the Boston theater scene on its head
‘Art After Clark’ exhibition showcases alumni creations

The Clark University Visual and Performing Arts Department celebrated the artistic visions of 17 studio art alumni at a Feb.12 reception for the third “Art After Clark” exhibition, now on display through April 2 at the Traina Center for the Arts’ Schiltkamp Gallery. Represented media and techniques range from handmade journals and fabric sculpture to printmaking, photography, painting,…
New Geller Jazz Concert Series set to open at Clark with legendary bassist Ron Carter, other greats

The Visual & Performing Arts Department at Clark University has received a generous gift from The Estate of Selma Geller, which establishes a biannual jazz concert series that will pair new and emerging artists with jazz legends and support audience development programming. The Geller family’s enthusiasm for jazz inspired their gift to Clark, which will support two…
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco to speak at Clark University Jan. 20

One year since he appeared at the podium during President Barack Obama’s inauguration, celebrated poet Richard Blanco will join the Clark University celebration of Martin Luther King Day, beginning at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. In “Journey to the Podium,” Blanco will consider his remarkable journey as a gay Cuban-American…
Oscar winner brings star power to Clark

Melissa Leo participates in first Mobile Media Workshop
Armenian Genocide drama ‘Deported’ gets Sept. 10 staged reading at Clark University

Playwright Joyce Van Dyke stood in the lobby of the New Repertory Theatre following a 2003 performance of her drama, “A Girl’s War,” when she was approached by a distinguished man who introduced himself as Dr. Martin Deranian. He told her that his mother, Varter Nazarian, and Joyce’s grandmother, Elmas Sarajian, had been very close…
Cheryle St. Onge ’83 sees the big picture through her photographs

When she studies a smattering of seeds in her palm, or observes a series of waves crashing on the Maine coast, Cheryle St. Onge ’83 sees more than the byproduct of natural forces — she sees art. And with the click of a shutter, she makes art. St. Onge employs an 8 x 10 view camera,…
Neighborhood Strings instrument-giving ceremony a beautiful prelude

On a chilly winter night, young students and family members from the neighborhood gathered in the Winton Faculty Dining Room at Clark University to celebrate the love of music. The staid, wood-paneled hall was filled to overflowing on Jan. 8 for an instrument-giving ceremony and potluck dinner organized by Neighborhood Strings, the Worcester Chamber Music Society’s new program that…