School of Fine Arts
Over 200 Would-Be Entrepreneurs Seek Mentoring, Business Advice
More than 200 students attended the kickoff for UConn’s sixth annual Innovation Quest (iQ), hoping their dreams of creating a new business will come to fruition. The iQ program offers advice, encouragement and mentoring from experts in business incubation and strategy.
Greenhouse Studios’ First Projects Grapple with ‘The Limits of Text’
Greenhouse Studios, a new research unit at the University of Connecticut, is beginning implementation of a collaboration-first approach for the creation and communication of scholarship thanks to a $789,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This award is the first of its kind at UConn and part of the Mellon Foundation’s Scholarly Communications program, […]
Stage Left: Playwright Enters as CRT Director
Michael Bradford directs the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of two one-act plays, headlined by 'Waiting for Lefty,' which opens today.
World Premiere Performance by Sackler Composition Prize Winner David Dzubay on March 2
A world premiere performance of a composition by David Dzubay will be performed on March 2, 2017 at 8pm in von der Mehden Recital Hall. Tickets can be purchased at vdm.ticketleap.com. Composer David Dzubay, was named the recipient of the 11th Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize presented by the University of Connecticut, a […]
‘Banners and Cranks’ Features Traditional Asian and European Puppetry Storytelling at the Ballard
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present the grand opening of its new exhibition Banners and Cranks: Paintings and Scrolls in Performance on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. Banners and Cranks: Paintings and Scrolls in Performance will feature a global array of traditional and contemporary cantastorias and crankies—forms of sung picture […]
From Conflict to Peace: The Role of Art
Memorials commemorating a nation’s past conflicts can help build a more peaceful future, say two UConn researchers.
‘The Great American Songbook’ : a Night of Music from the 20’s – 50’s at the Benton Museum
The UConn Voice and Opera proudly presents The Great American Songbook! For one night only, come to the William Benton Museum of Art for an evening of enchanting music. Enjoy America’s popular songs from the 1920’s-1950’s by students with special help from the piano stylings of Allan Conway. From Harold Arlen to Rodgers and Hammerstein, […]
Not Your Average Professor: an Interview with John O’Donnell
John O’Donnell, a printmaker and new media artist, is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at UConn. He utilizes traditional and experimental techniques to address topics such as illusion, construction, failure and nostalgia. Whether through prints, paper, performance, or video, O’Donnell is able to captivate any observer. The way students interact with O’Donnell could not be […]
UConn Collegium Musicum Set for Rare Performance of Brockes-Passion
The UConn Collegium Musicum, a group of musicians who specialize in music from the 17th and 18th centuries, will perform Reinhard Keiser’s “Brockes-Passion” on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church 46 Valley St., Willimantic. A Passion oratorio is an extended musical work with soloists, chorus and orchestra describing the suffering of […]
New Exhibition Treads ‘Sacred Ground’
'UConn Reads: Sacred Ground' at the Benton Museum is based on this year's UConn Reads selection, which outlines a vision of America where people of all faiths can make a country where diverse traditions thrive side by side.