ArtsFusion 2008, A Celebration of the Arts as Human Spirit
Welcome to ArtsFusion 2008, a celebration of the arts on the Virginia Tech campus, in the Town of Blacksburg and throughout the New River Valley community! This year's festival is April 12 - 19, 2008.
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Today's Events
April
12
Art
Appalachian Folk Art (Woodcarving) Demonstration by Brad Smith
11:00am - 4:00pm
Brad Smith, Appalachian folk artist, returns to the Floyd Country Store to demonstrate traditional woodcarving. Come see him in action and speak with the artist.
Admission: Free
Venue: The Floyd Country Store
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
12:00pm - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition
4:00pm – 9:00pm
Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition – Projection of a 4th year architecture studio’s European experience.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by the XYZ Gallery Student Art Association and the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
The Art of Blacksburg High School Students
10:30am - 4:30pm
The Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will be exhibiting the work of Blacksburg High School Art Students through the month of April. This exhibit runs throughout the month of April. A free reception will be held Friday, April 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Venue: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Doors: Past, Present and Future
11:00am - 3:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
IMAGES, OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS, a collaborative exhibit of painting and tapestries by Joanna and Donald Sunshine
12:00pm-4:00pm
This exhibit runs from April 2 - April 26.
Admission: Free
Venue: Art Armory Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
Dance
Disco Fever, Social Dance
7:30pm lesson, 8:30pm open dancing
Polyester pants, tab collars, and Farrah Fawcett hair - it's time for Disco Fever. What's the lesson? Hustle of course!
Admission: $5
Venue: Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center
Dance Potpourri - An Evening of Middle Eastern Inspired Dance
7:30pm
Admission: Free
Venue: Haymarket Theater, Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech
Sponsored by Hill and Veil, The Middle Eastern Dance Associatin at Virginia Tech
Old-Time Country Dance featuring Mac Traynham & Friends
7:30pm
Mac Traynham & Friends, extraordinary Old-Time mountain musicians, will play this Saturday night dance at The Floyd Country Store. Come flatfoot, clog, two-step, waltz, and square dance the night away.
Admission: $6
Venue: The Floyd Country Store
Music
Jamboree
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Performances are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month October thru April. Two live bands are scheduled for each event, one bluegrass and one old-time band.
Admission: Free
Venue: Edwards Hall, New River Community College
Sponsored by the New River Community College Fiddle, Banjo & Dance Club
Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem
8:00pm
One of the greatest pieces of western art music and text, Brahms’ Requiem transcends religious boundaries and provides comfort to us all. Massive in its orchestration and demanding in its libretto, this masterpiece requires consummate artistry and will showcase the extraordinary musicianship of our community orchestra. Joining the Symphony will be the Blacksburg Master Chorale and the Virginia Tech University Choirs.
Admission: $8 general; $5 student/senior ; Available in advance at http://www.uusa.vt.edu
Venue: Burruss Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Student Recital: Matthew Bartley, Trumpet
3:00pm
Junior trumpeter, Matthew Bartley, presents a spring recital. Also joining Matthew are The Brassmen, a brass quintet.
Admission: Free
Venue: Squires Recital Salon, Virginia Tech Squires Student Center
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
WUVT's 60th Anniversary Celebration
8:00pm
WUVT is turning 60 and we'd like to invite YOU to celebrate our birthday with us! The night will feature bands such as Output Message, Sol Creech Band and True Levelers. Please come out and support independent student run radio.
Admission: $5
Venue: Awful Arthur's
April
13
Music
Senior Recital: Vladimir Smirnov, Composition
3:00pm
Vladimir Smirnov presents his senior composition recital.
Admission: Free
Venue: Squires Recital Salon, Virginia Tech Squires Student Center
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Student Recital: Saxophone Quartet
8:00pm
Students perform a spring quartet recital.
Admission: Free
Venue: Squires Recital Salon, Virginia Tech Squires Student Center
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Performance
Community Conversations through the Arts
3:00pm
Community Conversations through the Arts will be a multidisciplinary arts performance event scheduled close to the anniversary of the shootings because we want to hold space for our community to come together and have the opportunity to celebrate itself, reflect on what we’ve come through, and look toward the future in a way that is unique and gives us ownership of our own stories.
Admission: Free
Venue: Lyric Theatre
Sponsored by HERE: Honoring Experiences, Reflections, and Expressions
Art
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
12:00pm - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Closing reception for: Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Closing reception for the exhibit Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition – Projection of a 4th year architecture studio’s European experience.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by the XYZ Gallery Student Art Association and the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
Doors: Past, Present and Future
2:00pm - 4:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
12:00pm - 4:30pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
April
14
Art
Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition
4:00pm – 9:00pm
Architecture Europe Travel Exhibition – Projection of a 4th year architecture studio’s European experience.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by the XYZ Gallery Student Art Association and the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
Doors: Past, Present and Future
10:00am - 5:00pmpm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
Dance
Tap Extravaganza
5:00pm
Come see performances by Ann Kilkelly’s Footnotes; the kid’s tap class from the Center of Dance in Blacksburg, the tap dance class from the Virginia Tech Department of Theatre Arts, and the newly reorganized Tap Ensemble at Virginia Tech directed by Krista Roop.
Admission: Free
Venue: Black Box Theatre, Performing Arts Building, Virginia Tech
Sponsored by the Tap Ensemble at Virginia Tech
Film
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita. A Kartemquin Films production.
3:00pm
This film examines the controversies surrounding stem cell research through the personal story of a Northwestern University scientist and his daughter who suffered a spinal cord injury that changed the direction of her father's research. The film is followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker, Maria Finitzo, and Virginia Tech faculty from Departments of Philosophy, Biochemistry, Rhetoric, and Science and Technology Studies. The panelists address questions from the audience and discuss the role of film in sparking productive dialogue on controversial scientific and social issues. For more information about the film, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/events/?ID=713
Admission: Free
Venue: The Lyric Theatre
Sponsored by the Center for Study of Rhetoric in Society, the Virginia Tech Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Science and Technology Studies.
April
15
Art
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
Mary Montgomery - Through My Garden Gate
1:00pm - 5:00pm
A chance to see the works of local watercolorist, Mary Montgomery. A special reception will be held on the 19th, come speak with the artist herself. This show runs from April 15 - May 3.
Admission: Free
Venue: Miller Off Main Street
IMAGES, OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS, a collaborative exhibit of painting and tapestries by Joanna and Donald Sunshine
12:00pm-4:00pm
This exhibit runs from April 2 - April 26.
Admission: Free
Venue: Art Armory Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
The Art of Blacksburg High School Students
10:30am - 4:30pm
The Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will be exhibiting the work of Blacksburg High School Art Students through the month of April. This exhibit runs throughout the month of April. A free reception will be held Friday, April 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Venue: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Doors: Past, Present and Future
10:00am - 5:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
10:00am - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Film
Golub: The Late Works are the Catastrophes. A Kartemquin Films production.
7:00pm
This film explores the issue of violence in modern societies through the work of the American painter Leon Golub. The film is followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker and president/co-founder of Kartemquin Films Gordon Quinn and Virginia Tech faculty from the Departments of Art and Art History, Communication/Film Studies, and Religious Studies. The panelists will address questions from the audience and reflect on the role of art and artists in processes of social critique and change. For more information about the film, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/events/?ID=707
Admission: Free
Venue: The Lyric Theatre
Sponsored by the Center for Study of Rhetoric in Society, the Virginia Tech Departments of English and Communication, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and ASPECT.
April
17
Theatre
Lightning at Our Feet
7:30pm
Directed by Obie-winning and new Virginia Tech faculty member Bob McGrath, Lightning at Our Feet is an original production based on the writings of Emily Dickinson that incorporates the trailblazing, multi-media theatrical techniques that have garnered critical acclaim for Bob and his collaborators at Ridge Theatre in New York City. This show runs from April 17 - April 25.
Admission: $9 general, $7 student/senior, Available in advance at http://www.uusa.vt.edu
Venue: Squires Studio Theatre
Sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Art
Mary Montgomery - Through My Garden Gate
1:00pm - 5:00pm
A chance to see the works of local watercolorist, Mary Montgomery. A special reception will be held on the 19th, come speak with the artist herself. This show runs from April 15 - May 3.
Admission: Free
Venue: Miller Off Main Street
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
IMAGES, OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS, a collaborative exhibit of painting and tapestries by Joanna and Donald Sunshine
12:00pm-4:00pm
This exhibit runs from April 2 - April 26.
Admission: Free
Venue: Art Armory Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
The Art of Blacksburg High School Students
10:30am - 4:30pm
The Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will be exhibiting the work of Blacksburg High School Art Students through the month of April. This exhibit runs throughout the month of April. A free reception will be held Friday, April 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Venue: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Doors: Past, Present and Future
10:00am - 5:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
10:00am - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Opening reception for: Write It, Cut It, Paste It, Save It: Collage and Textile Arts
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Opening reception for: Write It, Cut It, Paste It, Save It: Collage and Textile Arts a showcase of student work including collage, industrial felt and fabric art. This show runs through May 1.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by the XYZ Gallery Student Art Association and the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
April
18
Music
University Jazz Band Spring Concert
8:00pm
The Virginia Tech Department of Music University Jazz Band and combos perform their spring concert.
Admission: $8 general; $3 seniors/students
Venue: Graduate Life Center, Multi-purpose Room, Virginia Tech
Sponsored by the Department of Music in the Virginia Tech School of the Arts
Friday Night Jamboree featuring Victory Express, Katie & the Bubbatones, and MasterGrass
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Weekly event at The Floyd Country Store showcases top-notch local and regional Gospel, Old-Time, and Bluegrass music and dancing. Come out for a night of family-friendly, old-fashioned Appalachian fun.
Admission: $3
Venue: The Floyd Country Store
Juxtaposition Spring Concert
7:30pm and 9:00pm
Juxtaposition is an all male A cappella group at Virginia Tech and has been entertaining Blacksburg for over a decade. The group covers a variety of music, from the Beatles to John Legend.
Admission: $7
Venue: Lyric Theatre
Sponsored by Juxtaposition
Theatre
Lightning at Our Feet
7:30pm
Directed by Obie-winning and new Virginia Tech faculty member Bob McGrath, Lightning at Our Feet is an original production based on the writings of Emily Dickinson that incorporates the trailblazing, multi-media theatrical techniques that have garnered critical acclaim for Bob and his collaborators at Ridge Theatre in New York City. This show runs from April 17 - April 25.
Admission: $9 general, $7 student/senior, Available in advance at http://www.uusa.vt.edu
Venue: Squires Studio Theatre
Sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Dance
Friday Night Jamboree featuring Victory Express, Katie & the Bubbatones, and MasterGrass
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Weekly event at The Floyd Country Store showcases top-notch local and regional Gospel, Old-Time, and Bluegrass music and dancing. Come out for a night of family-friendly, old-fashioned Appalachian fun.
Admission: $3
Venue: The Floyd Country Store
Cheaper-Than-A-Movie Beginner Workshop
7:00pm
For less than the cost of a movie you can learn from the beginning the basics of two dances and sample a third. No experience or partner necessary!
Admission: $7 per person, $12 per couple
Venue: Sapphire Ballroom
Art
Mary Montgomery - Through My Garden Gate
1:00pm - 5:00pm
A chance to see the works of local watercolorist, Mary Montgomery. A special reception will be held on the 19th, come speak with the artist herself. This show runs from April 15 - May 3.
Admission: Free
Venue: Miller Off Main Street
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
IMAGES, OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS, a collaborative exhibit of painting and tapestries by Joanna and Donald Sunshine
12:00pm-4:00pm
This exhibit runs from April 2 - April 26.
Admission: Free
Venue: Art Armory Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
The Art of Blacksburg High School Students
10:30am - 4:30pm
The Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will be exhibiting the work of Blacksburg High School Art Students through the month of April. This exhibit runs throughout the month of April. A free reception will be held Friday, April 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Venue: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Doors: Past, Present and Future
10:00am - 5:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
10:00am - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Write It, Cut It, Paste It, Save It: Collage and Textile Arts
7:00pm – 9:00pm
A showcase of student work including collage, industrial felt and fabric art. This show runs through May 1.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by the XYZ Gallery Student Art Association and the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
April
19
Art
Pottery, Paintings & Collaborative Work by Potter David Crane and Artist Janet Niewald
10:30am - 6:00pm
This exhibit runs from March 26 - April 19
Admission: Free
Venue: Matrix Gallery
Artists Reception: Mary Montgomery - Through My Garden Gate
1:00pm - 5:00pm
A chance to see the works of local watercolorist, Mary Montgomery. A special reception will be held on the 19th, come speak with the artist herself. This show runs from April 15 - May 3.
Admission: Free
Venue: Miller Off Main Street
IMAGES, OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS, a collaborative exhibit of painting and tapestries by Joanna and Donald Sunshine
12:00pm-4:00pm
This exhibit runs from April 2 - April 26.
Admission: Free
Venue: Art Armory Gallery
Sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts.
The Art of Blacksburg High School Students
10:30am - 4:30pm
The Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center will be exhibiting the work of Blacksburg High School Art Students through the month of April. This exhibit runs throughout the month of April. A free reception will be held Friday, April 11, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.
Admission: $2 adults, $1 children
Venue: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Doors: Past, Present and Future
11:00am - 3:00pm
What is a door? Well maybe its 80"X60" or a view into your eye; maybe wooden with a handle, or a photograph or painting; maybe obvious or not recognizable at all. This exhibit runs from April 4 - May 15.
Admission: Free
Venue: Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing
12:00pm - 10:00pm
An exhibition to honor the victims, recognize support received and show how our community became stronger as a result of this tragedy. The show contains documentary photographs from Blacksburg community members and items sent to Virginia Tech from all over the world. This exhibit runs from April 5 - 20. Reception, April 8, 4:00pm - 6:00pm. For a virtual tour, visit: http://www.uusa.vt.edu/artGallery/virginia_tech_remembers/index.php
Admission: Free
Venue: Perspective Gallery
Sponsored by University Unions & Student Activities
Write It, Cut It, Paste It, Save It: Collage and Textile Arts
3:00pm – 7:00pm
A showcase of student work including collage, industrial felt and fabric art. This show runs through May 1.
Admission: Free
Venue: XYZ Gallery
Sponsored by Solely Swing
Dance
Swing Dance Workshops
11:00am - 12:00pm, 12:15pm - 1:15pm, 2:30pm - 3:30pm, 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Swing dance workshops concentrate on specific areas of dance to develop any area you'd like to improve! Classes available for all levels of dancers. No partner required.
Admission: $10 per workshop or $35 for all four
Venue: Old Dominion Ballroom, Squires Student Center
Sponsored by Solely Swing
Spring Fling Swing Dance
7:00pm beginner lesson, 8:00pm – 12:00am dance
We’ll warm up with a beginner lesson before dancing all night to a live swing band? All levels encouraged, no partner required.
Admission: $10
Venue: Old Dominion Ballroom, Squires Student Center
Sponsored by Solely Swing
Music
Animal Crackers: an interactive experience where animals, music and children come together
3:00pm
Virginia Tech Faculty Artists pianist Tracy Cowden and baritone Theodore Sipes and guest artist pianist Erica Sipes present a 30-minute program of classical music with animal themes, including excerpts from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and Poulenc’s The Story of Babar. This concert is for families and includes fun activities for children.
Admission: Free
Venue: Squires Recital Salon
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Student Recital: Natalie Lauby, Soprano
8:00pm
Student Natalie Lauby, soprano, performs her senior recital.
Admission: Free
Venue: Squires Recital Salon
Sponsored by the Department of Music in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Theatre
Lightning at Our Feet
7:30pm
Directed by Obie-winning and new Virginia Tech faculty member Bob McGrath, Lightning at Our Feet is an original production based on the writings of Emily Dickinson that incorporates the trailblazing, multi-media theatrical techniques that have garnered critical acclaim for Bob and his collaborators at Ridge Theatre in New York City. This show runs from April 17 - April 25.
Admission: $9 general, $7 student/senior, Available in advance at http://www.uusa.vt.edu
Venue: Squires Studio Theatre
Sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts in Virginia Tech’s School of the Arts
Talisman: The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Andersen
11:00am
Part of the Southwest Virginia Community College Festival of the Arts, Talisman: The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Andersen is a children’s program. This year’s theme for the Festival that runs from April 14 – 27 is Spotlight on Scandinavia and the White Nights! For more information about the Festival of the Arts, visit http://www.sw.edu/SVCC_Festival_of_the_Arts/index.htm
Admission: Free
Venue: King Community Center, Southwest Community College
Sponsored by the Southwest Community College Festival of the Arts
Performance
DiD080419 “Derelicts of Time”
8:00pm
Digital Interactive Sound and Virginia Tech’s Intermedia Studio (DISIS) in conjunction with CCTAD and the Department of Theatre Arts presents the multimedia event DiD080419 "Derelicts of Time" that, through synergies among sound, shape, gesture and movement, explores intersections of art and contemporary culture. Designed by DISIS founder and director Ivica Ico Bukvic in collaboration with Carol Burch-Brown and Ann Kilkelly, the program also features Jay Crone, Sue Ott Rowlands, Dane Webster and select creations by DISIS students. For additional info visit disis.music.vt.edu
Admission: Free
Venue: Black Box Theatre, Performing Arts Building, Virginia Tech
Sponsored by the Digital Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio in the Dept. of Music in the Virginia Tech School of the Arts
