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September 10, 2022

Welcome to the monthly arts newsletter from the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division at Alfred university. This newsletter highlights stories and news from faculty, staff, students and alumnx in addition to recent and upcoming on campus arts events and programs.
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Fall Semester Arts Season Calendar

The School of Art & Design and Performing Arts Division announce Fall semester arts events including Weekly Wednesday Speaker Series, Alfred Art Walk, Exhibitions and Performing Arts Events.

 
 
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Cohen Gallery BIPOC exhibition kicks off fall semester

Alfred University’s Cohen Gallery will host a reception for the exhibition Open Space from 6 to 8 pm Friday, Sept. 2. The exhibition will run to Oct. 3.

 
 
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School of Art & design + Performing Arts Division Welcomes New Faculty and Staff

The School of Art & Design and Performing Arts Division is pleased to welcome new faculty and staff this academic year.

 
 
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Weekly Wednesday Artist Speaker Series

The School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division kicks off the fall Weekly Wednesday Artist Speaker Series with a lecture by the Artist duo Luftwerk. The lecture series takes please every Wednesday, throughout the fall semester at 7 p.m. in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center.

 
 
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Alfred University to host glass instrument concert by noted musician Dennis James

Alfred University will host a concert by Dennis James, a musician who will play all-glass instruments, the Franklin Armonica and Cristal Bischet, on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Miller Theater.

 
 
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The Institute for Electronic Arts Welcomes Resident Artist Jeremy Chance

The Institute for Electronic Arts welcomes resident artist Jeremy Chance from September 5-10.

 
 
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Fosdick-Nelson Gallery presents Luftwerk

Alfred University’s Fosdick-Nelson Gallery will host a reception for the exhibition Frequency / Chronology by Luftwerk from 6 to 8 pm Friday, Sept. 9. The exhibition will run through October 9.

 
 
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Upcoming Exhibitions and Opportunities at the Turner Gallery

The Robert C. Turner Gallery in Harder Hall's McGee Pavilion launches the fall semester exhibition series with two exhibitions opening on Sept. 9. "Ground Play:2022 Summer Intern Showcase" opens on the main floor, while on the catwalk, "Invasive", features an exhibition of work by senior Ellie Gamble.

 
 
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Open Draw Returns to the Brick Every Friday

Open Draw: Friday Night Figure Drawing is a free figure drawing session, open to AU students of any major as well as the Alfred Community every Friday evening at 5:30 pm on the First Floor of the Brick. Come practice your drawing skills! Bring your own drawing supplies.

 
 
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Clam Jam Exhibition in the TSI Harland Snodgrass Gallery

An Exhibition entitled "Clam Jam" by second year Graduate Student in Electronic Integrated Arts Sarah Turner is on view in the TSI Harland Snodgrass Gallery in Harder Hall through September 11.

 
 
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Music students to perform at Lincoln Center

Alfred University music students, studying in the Performing Arts Division, School of Art and Design, will perform Sept. 10 in the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center with the Asian Culture Symphony for the Golden Night Concert

 
 
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IDEA Lab Presents Fall semester events

IDEA Lab presents its program schedule for the fall semester, 2022. IDEA Lab is an overarching umbrella for cultivating a diverse and inclusive environment providing co-teaching and co-learning experiences as part of an Anti-Racist Program at the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division at Alfred.

 
 
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First-year MFA presentations

Alfred University will introduce first-year Master of Fine Arts graduate students at an event scheduled for Sept. 14 at 4:30 p.m. at Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center.

 
 
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Maureen Weiss presents September 15 Bergren Forum

Maureen Weiss, associate professor of performance design and technology in Alfred University’s Performing Arts Division, presents the Sept. 15 Bergren Forum titled "SCENE SHIFT / redefining artistic pathways" with collaborator Sibyl Wickersheimer. Weiss and Wickersheimer will discuss their book, "Scene Shift: U.S. Set Design in Conversation."

 
 
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Book Launch reception for Scenographer Maureen Weiss of Performing Arts; co-editor of "Scene Shift"

Maureen Weiss, Associate Professor of Performance Design and Technology in Alfred University’s Performing Arts Division, conceived, curated and edited Scene Shift, which was published in August by Focal Press. A reception and book signing with co-editor Sibyl Wickersheimer will be held on September 15 in the Sceneography Gallery in the Miller Performing Arts Center.

 
 
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Alfred Art Walk Returns September 15, 5-8 pm

Alfred Art Walk, which takes place the third Thursday of every month, returns on September 15 with a wide variety of events open to the public.

 
 
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Alfred University to sponsor Urban Bush Women Dance Company performances

Alfred University, Division of Performing Arts, Department of Dance is partnering with SUNY Brockport to sponsor performances by the Urban Bush Women Dance Company on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16 and 17, at Harwell Dance Theater at Suny Brockport.

 
 
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Professor Coral Lambert sculpture to be unveiled next month; ISC award to follow

Alfred University Professor of Sculpture Coral Lambert, the winner of the Outstanding Educator Award sponsored by the International Sculpture Center, will be honored Sept. 23 at a ceremony on the Alfred University campus.

 
 
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The Institute for Electronic Arts Welcomes Resident Artist Henry Chung

The Institute for Electronic Arts Welcomes Resident Artist Henry Chung September 12 - 17.

 
 
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Institute for Electronic Arts Welcomes Resident Artists Rob Swaiston and Zorawar Sidhu

The Institute for Electronic Arts Hosted resident artists Rob Swaiston and Zorawar Sidhu from August 15 - 27.

 
 
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IEA Artist-in-Residence schedule

The Alfred University School of Art and Design announces the schedule for Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) Artists-in-Residence for the fall 2022 semester.

 
 
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The Institute for Electronic Arts Welcomed Resident Artist Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli

The Institute for Electronic Arts hosted resident artist Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli from August 29 – September 3.

 
 
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Compassion in Action Exhibition and Performance at the Sceneography Gallery

"Compassion in Action", an exhibit and performance of work by Sharon Kagan will be on view in the Sceneography Gallery, Miller Performing Arts Center fro October 10 through December 9, 2022. The performance "Release Me" will take place October 10 - 14 from 10 am-3 pm.

 
 
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The Shop at Cohen open for business; online store available

The Shop at Cohen, a recently-opened retail space in the Cohen Gallery on Main Street in Alfred, now offers an online store which allows visitors to virtually shop for fine art and craft produced by Alfred University faculty and staff.

 
 
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SOAD Associate Professor Eric Souther to co-host Art and Immersive Technology workshop

Alfred University Associate Professor of Video Art Eric Souther will co-host a series of Art and Immersive Technology workshops presented later this month by the Arts Council for Wyoming County and Arts Services Inc.

 
 
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Second Light Matter Festival to open in fall, now accepting submissions

Alfred University’s School of Art and Design this fall will host the second Light Matter Festival, inaugurated in 2021 and dedicated to gathering works of experimental film, video art, and the media arts.

 
 
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Two artists visiting campus through BIPOC Summer Resident program

Alfred University’s School of Art and Design and Performing Arts Division announces two new artists visiting campus as part of the first annual BIPOC Summer Resident artists program. Adrian Aguilera and Jacoub Reyes will be on campus, working at the Cohen Studio on Main Street in Alfred, from July 18 to Aug. 10.

 
 
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Assistant Professor of Ceramic Art Johnathan Hopp has been selected as a 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow

Alfred University Assistant Professor of Ceramic Art Johnathan Hopp has been selected as a 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in the category of architecture and design.

 
 
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Alfred University honors IDEA Lab with 2021-22 Cultural Unity Award

The IDEA Lab in Alfred University’s School of Art and Design was named winner of the University’s Cultural Unity Award for the 2021-22 academic year.

 
 
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Lauren Lake, SOAD, Performing Arts dean, exhibits at Maude Kerns Art Center in Oregon

Artwork by Lauren Lake, dean of the School of Art and Design and Performing Arts Division at Alfred University, is being shown in an exhibition currently on view at the Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene, OR.

 
 
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Katarina Riesing, associate professor of Foundations, to show work in solo exhibition opening Aug. 25

Artwork by Katarina Riesing, associate professor of Foundations in the Alfred University School of Art and Design, will be shown in a solo exhibition that opens Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College.

 
 
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Adero Willard, Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics to exhibition work in two person exhibition

Artwork by Adero Willard, visiting assistant professor of ceramics in the Alfred University School of Art and Design, will be shown in an exhibition that opened Sept. 2 at Southeast Missouri State University.

 
 
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Work by alumna Scout Dunbar ’11 shown in Maine gallery

Artwork by Alfred University alumna Scout Dunbar ’11 was exhibited recently in a solo show titled “On the Water’s Edge” at River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta, ME.

 
 
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