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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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Public events in the School of Art and Design/Performing Arts Division are scheduled for the end of the semester: Friday, December 3 - December 10, 2022. All events are free and open to the public.
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The IEA (Institute for Electronic Arts) has two experimental project residency programs, one for electronic media and one for print media. Both programs support artists with a one or two-week residency, an artist stipend, travel-support, lodging, technology access, materials, and technical assistance. Artists have access to a combination of emerging, contemporary, and historical media arts tools and materials, many are unique and not ordinarily available in a studio setting. The resident artists have 24-hour dedicated access to the IEA studio and equipment.
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Four Alfred University faculty have been awarded funding through the University’s International Fellowship for Faculty Development program, supported by the Pamela and Gene Bernstein Fund for Faculty and Student Development.
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Eight Alfred University alumnae will show their artwork at the 48th annual Old Church Pottery Show and Sale, to be held in Demarest, NJ Friday through Sunday, Dec. 2-4.
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A glass sculpture by Alfred Alumnx Anjali Srinivasan ‘02 (BFA) is now hanging in the Corning Museum of Glass as a selection by CMOG’s Rakow Commission, which was inaugurated in 1986 to support the development of new works of art in glass.
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Maine ceramic artist Ayumi Horie (BFA School of Art and Design) is a central focus in INSPIRATION, the newest episode of Craft in America, the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated documentary series on PBS discovering the beauty, significance, and relevance of handmade objects and the artists who make them.
Based in Portland, Maine, Horie believes that handmade objects hold power, and together with the stories that accompany them, can drive change. She exemplifies leveraging the internet to influence contemporary craft – creating practical, usable ceramics combined with unapologetic activism.
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Neil Tetkowski '77 (BFA) is featured in the exhibition Common Ground on view at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY. Common Ground uses Tetkowski’s World Mandala as the centerpiece of an exhibition that showcases the Everson’s vast collection of world ceramics.
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For 23 years, Nanako (Nana) Yatani ran Nana’s Cafe, a popular eatery on Main Street in Alfred, offering her customers healthy, authentic Japanese cuisine not found in many small college towns. When the restaurant closed in 2020, Sharon McConnell ’86, sensing the Alfred community’s collective loss, reached out to Nana with the idea of publishing a cookbook of her recipes.
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Public events in the School of Art and Design/Performing Arts Division are scheduled for the end of the semester: Friday, December 9 - December 16, 2022. All events are free and open to the public.
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6pm, Thursday and Friday December 1 & 2, Alfred University Dance Department presents End of Semester Informal Dance Showing.
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Alfred University Music program presents - Popular Music Ensemble Live Recording Sessions.
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Alfred University Music Department presents a Student Recital featuring students from the music program.
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Sana Musasama will speak on her work as an artist, activist, and advocate for women and girls victimized by trafficking across the globe.
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Opening December 9, 6-8pm - Locations: The Alfred Art Studio at The West & Graduate Painting Studios (Binns-Merrill 134)
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An exhibition of interdisciplinary projects between glass engineering students and sculpture students.
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The University Chorus and Encore Choir present their fall semester concert, "There is Sweet Music Here" featuring choral classics and popular songs featuring students and community members.
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Class of 2022, Fall BFA Exhibitions
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